User:Mihail Bakalov/Trimester 4/READING, WRITING AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES/MediaObject
DEFINITION OF SELFIES
"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."
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 RAISED WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS.
In the future everyone will be famous for 15 min.
" 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. "
- http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/selfies-hardly-the-end-of-civilisation-as-we-know-it-20140912-10g5k5.html
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.