Abstract:
The objectives of this research were to comprehend the meaning and content of street art
in Bangkoks old town and for the promotion of tourism in the area and to investigate the identity of tourists through street art posted on their Instagram. The research applied a number of theories including street art and social art, visual signification, Jakobsons communication model, visual analysis, theories of identity, creative business, and new media. The research emphasized an analysis of two groups of data: 15 street art photos and photos of tourists appearing together with the street art with captions reflecting their personal identity on Instagram. The result revealed that street art presented 4 images: social satire, cultural diversity, elephants, and fantasy. Street art was found to be presented in three forms: a person interacting with an object appearing together with
the street art, the stop motion of a person, and a still life of the person with a painting. Image sharing on online media was characterized by four elements: sharing of a specific location, sharing of sufficient information and details, sharing of potential images with beautiful meanings, and personal identification of the owner of the shared image that contributed to the reliability of the image. Finally, captions of the photos of tourists with street art revealed two images: identity of tourists lifestyle and personal identity including tourists perspectives towards love and a sense of humor