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'''DEFINITION OF SELFIES''' | '''DEFINITION OF SELFIES''' | ||
-A picture taken with a cellphone | -A picture taken with a cellphone | ||
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narrates one's own view of desirability. | narrates one's own view of desirability. | ||
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and offer a way of actively asserting agency." | and offer a way of actively asserting agency." | ||
[[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfie | <small>wikipedia-selfie article</small>]] | [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfie | ''<small>wikipedia-selfie article</small>'']] | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 24 September 2014
[Steve: why are selfies important to you?
make annotation of the texts you are using here, take the text out of the sketch status and write about your subject. 1st step - annotate the texts you have found and formulate an argument using those texts.]
DEFINITION OF SELFIES
-A picture taken with a cellphone
"A subversive form of self-expression that narrates one's own view of desirability. In this sense, selfies can be empowering and offer a way of actively asserting agency."
[[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfie | wikipedia-selfie article]]
Narcissus, who after glimpsing his reflection in a pond,
falls so deeply in love with it he is unable to leave –
eventually perishing.
SELFIE USAGE AROSE WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS.
"In the future everyone will be famous for 15 min." Andy Warhol
" Every girl with her own
Wi-Fi connection can become the content, can become a new standard
of beauty that is more diverse and flexible than ever before. "
COMPARISON BETWEEN SELF-PORTRAIT AND SELFIES
James Franco defends the self-portrait stating
they should not be seen as an egocentric act,
but instead a journalistic moment as it cultivates
a "visual culture, the selfie quickly and easily
shows, not tells, how you're feeling, where you
are, what you're doing", much like a
photojournalist image
PHOTOGRAPHIC ASPECT OF SELFIES
the vitriolic backlash stems from a fear of who
it is both in front of and behind the camera.