As COVID-19 hit the world, social media formed an immediate online archive of the crisis that enfolded. This essay examines how this moment of collapse intersects with Instagram as a platform specifically. How do we exist on a platform built up around notions of aspiration and happiness while being in crisis? And what can cultural studies scholars add to such a platform in these times?

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实时存档危机：Instagram，文化研究和崩溃时期

随着COVID-19的问世，社交媒体立即形成了在线危机的在线存档。本文研究了崩溃的这一瞬间如何与Instagram平台相交。在危机中渴望和幸福的观念围绕着一个平台上，我们如何生存？在这些时代，文化研究学者可以为这个平台增加什么呢？