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Photovoice 2.0: A Comprehensive Research Framework for the Digital Generation

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Most individuals view the world through images and many share memories through social networking sites (SNSs) and other online spaces continuously. Due to the immense amount of communication through images, it is increasingly important to develop competencies in visual, media, and privacy literacy; therefore, this article presents Photovoice 2.0, an adapted research framework from the original Photovoice research framework of Wang and Burris (1997). The adapted framework is expanded to include steps to analyze visual images at a deeper level, as well as examine ethics of media and privacy literacies. Photovoice 2.0 provides a road map for researchers to follow while exploring new media ecology and while working with the i-Generation (Internet Generation). As a research framework, Photovoice 2.0 includes steps to reinforce the literacies of visual, media, and privacy. The new framework provides participants and researchers the ability to strengthen one’s skills in taking photographs, analyzing, sharing, and articulating the deeper meaning of the images for purposeful social change.

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Aboulkacem, .R., Aboulkacem, S. & Haas, L.E. Photovoice 2.0: A Comprehensive Research Framework for the Digital Generation. TechTrends 65, 874–883 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00642-4

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