PhD Student in AR filters and digital beauty cultures on social media, Swinburne University of Technology
Lauren A. Miller is currently a confirmed PhD student at Swinburne University of Technology. Prior to returning to study, Lauren spent almost a decade working in marketing and social media management. Lauren's PhD project examines Instagram’s augmented reality filters through a socio-technical lens, with a focus on how the technology impacts beauty and surgery culture. Lauren's research interest include feminist approaches to social media, digital privacy/surveillance, digital beauty cultures, theories of the technology user as cyborg, and digital embodiment praxis.
Instagram has announced it will be removing beauty filters – but the damage is done
Sep 19, 2024 10:26 am UTC| Technology
Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025. This means more than two million user-made filters offered across WhatsApp, Facebook and, most...