Abstract
How often do we check our social media accounts and see pictures of nicely plated dishes, elegantly set tables, and appealing restaurants and cafés? What elements make these images pleasant? To what extent do they influence our preferences, choices, and behaviours? Visual materials generate expectations about what food should look and be like, not only in itself but also in terms of places of production and consumption. The way things appear in pictures are at least partly expression of the design of the objects depicted in them: chefs are quite intentional in the way they present their culinary creations, arguing that customers eat with their eyes first; dishes and silverware are chosen to convey specific moods and styles, and are arranged with great care; the spaces surrounding food generate meaning through architecture, interior design, and lighting, as sensory environments influence our perceptions, our behaviours, and our individual and collective experiences from the point of view of affect (Wrigley & Ramsey, 2016).
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Research Methods in Digital Food Studies |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 177-188 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781000364262 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367819262 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- General Psychology
- General Social Sciences