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Abstract

The article examines the primacy of vision and the work of the sensorium: the permanently under-construction seat of the senses, that absorbs and interprets information endlessly to make associations that influence food and eating. It discusses how the internet’s social media photo sharing platform plays a pivotal role in food choices as part of our taste apparatus. The article’s focus, situated in middle to high-income countries, concludes that – as a particularly visual example of social media’s attention economy is potentially part of the transformation to more sustainable and ecological eating.

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