Exploring how digital technology , such as TikTok , has blurred the line between the amateur and the professional .
Molly Russell explores how digital technologies , such as Tik Tok , are blurring the line between what we conceptualise as ‘ amateur ’ and ‘ professional ’ through condensing skill sets and power dynamics within production inustries . Definitions of the amateur and the professional are fluid ; they have been continuously researched and debated , shifting in specifics from one paradigm to another and often employed as oppositional terms . This essay will outline critical discourse surrounding amateur and professional definitions , unpack the problematic binarism often associated with the concepts , and explore how digital technology is blurring the line between amateurs and professionals by investigating the TikTok user @ Scorpiosierra . @ Scorpiosierra ’ s videos contain a complex blending of both amateur and professional techniques , which I shall use
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to demonstrate my argument that technology , specifically its affordances , has closed the gap between amateurs and professionals through redistributing knowledge and essential skills . Furthermore , I acknowledge the effects of the technological revolution and its impact on what I label the spectrum between amateurs and professionals .
Theoretical Framework The framework will ground definitions of the amateur and the professional in relation to film and leisure . These fields have the most appropriate elements that relate to the affordances of TikTok , allowing for the incorporation 125
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