{"id":15,"date":"2026-03-31T13:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:09:03","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summary Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Phototrails is a research project that analyzes millions of instagram photos using data visualization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It looks for patterns in how people take and share photos across different cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Project Details (Who, Where, When, What, Audience)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Who:<\/strong> Researchers like Lev Manovich, Nadav Hochman, Jay Chow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong> Global (13 major cities like NYC, Tokyo, Tel Aviv)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong> Around 2013 (ongoing research field)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong> Visualization of Instagram photo data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Audience:<\/strong> Researchers, students, digital humanities scholars, data analysts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 591w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Importance \/ Significance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shows how social media = cultural data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helps understand: Human Behavior, city of culture, Social trends, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Important to DH because it combines: Technology and Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scope \/ Scale of the Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uses millions of Instagram images from cities worldwide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focuses on large-scale urban data patterns rather than individual users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covers global cities <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assessment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The overview is clear and easy to follow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It effectively explains who, what, where, and why<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meets DH best practices by making the project understandable to a broad audience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Overview Project Details (Who, Where, When, What, Audience) Importance \/ Significance Shows how social media = cultural data Helps understand: Human Behavior, city of culture, Social trends, Important to DH because it combines: Technology and Data Scope \/ Scale of the Project Assessment<\/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-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/LSPhototrails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}