{"id":41,"date":"2025-11-04T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2025-11-10T00:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:25:00","slug":"methods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selfiecity followed three main steps to turn Instagram selfies into cultural insights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Data collection:\u00a0Researchers gathered selfies from five cities: Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York, and S\u00e3o Paulo. They did this by using the\u00a0Instagram API.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data analysis:\u00a0Images were analyzed using\u00a0computer vision\u00a0to measure smiles, head tilt, and gaze, combined with using mechanical turks for age and gender. This helped ensure\u00a0accuracy and cultural nuance\u00a0that the computer alone couldn\u2019t capture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data visualization:\u00a0Results were presented through\u00a0interactive charts and photo grids which lets anyone explore trends across cities and demographics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital humanities connection:\u00a0This mix of collection, computational analysis, and visualization shows how digital humanities combines\u00a0technology with cultural interpretation\u00a0while keeping methods\u00a0transparent and ethical.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2286\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-1075x1536.png 1075w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-1433x2048.png 1433w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/data-collection-large-1-1140x1629.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selfiecity followed three main steps to turn Instagram selfies into cultural insights: Digital humanities connection:\u00a0This mix of collection, computational analysis, and visualization shows how digital humanities combines\u00a0technology with cultural interpretation\u00a0while keeping methods\u00a0transparent and ethical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}