Nathan Jurgenson is a social media theorist and author of “The Social Photo: On photography and social media” (Verso Books, 2019). Nathan is founder and editor in chief of Real Life magazine, co-founder and co-chair of the Theorizing the Web conference, an editor emeritus at the New Inquiry, and Sociologist at Snap Inc.
Much of this work centers on a critique of “digital dualism”, a phrase he coined to describe the false belief that the internet is a separate virtual sphere or cyber space. Instead, Nathan approaches digitality as embodied, material, and real.
Nathan lives in Los Angeles, California.
nathanjurgenson@gmail.com
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A book I wrote, published in 2019. It’s not too long.
versobooks.com/books/2947-the-social-photo
I am Editor in chief of Real Life, which is a magazine about living with technology that I founded in 2016. It’s good!
reallifemag.com
Theorizing the Web is an event held annually since 2011 that I founded together with PJ Rey. Today, I co-chair the event with David A Banks. The event hosts critical, conceptual conversations about technology and society. It’s fun to go to.
theorizingtheweb.org