"Tara Ward presents social media as an art historical intervention and in the process makes us look anew at our discipline and at ourselves."--Dana E. Katz, Professor of Art History and Humanities, Reed College "In this groundbreaking study--the first sustained art historical account of Instagram--Tara Ward presents social media as a crucial new visual archive, platform, and medium. Appreciation Post brilliantly theorizes how familiar concepts, from aura to the gaze, look profoundly different in a digital age of endless scrolling, liking, clicking, and sharing."--John R. Blakinger, Endowed Associate Professor of Contemporary Art, University of Arkansas
