This book brings a rich and nuanced analysis of selfie culture. It
shows how selfies gain their meanings, illustrates different selfie
practices, explores how selfies make us feel and why they have the
power to make us feel anything, and unpacks how selfie practices and
selfie related norms have changed or might change in the future. As
humans, we have a long history of being drawn to images, of
communicating visually, and being enchanted with (our own) faces.
Every day we share hundreds of millions of photos on Facebook,
Instagram and Snapchat. Selfies are continually and passionately
talked about. People take vast amounts of selfies, and generate more
attention than most other social media content. But selfies are
persistently attacked as being unworthy of all of this attention: they
lack artistic merit; indicate a pathological fascination with one’s
self; or attribute to dangerously stupid behaviour. This book
explores the social, cultural and technological context surrounding
selfies and their subsequent meaning.
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Why We Love (and Hate) Them
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781787543591
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Emerald Publishing Limited
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter