TheWorld

of Selfies

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Selfies are a digital self portrait

“I Share Therefore

I am”

Selfies are a way of documenting and keeping track of our lives

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There is a primal human urge to stand outside of ourselves and look at ourselves

We leave them as traces for others to find

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Our faces act as the caption to what we try to say in a Selfie

The Selfie acts as the medium and we are the message

Dopamine Squirt…

We get excited when someone “likes” or “shares” our Selfies

We have grown to enjoy the world more by inserting ourselves into it

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We prefer online conversations that revolve around images and photos

Snapchat, Facetime, and Skype all gives us the ability to see our own faces

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Selfies are also popular because they allow for users to change their appearance

This gives people the opportunity to chose how they are perceived by others

Phones and other digital devices all allow us to take Selfies

Selfies appear everywhere in our media

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There are songs inspired by the Selfie phenomenon

#SELFIE is a popular song by the DJ due The Chainsmokers

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Selfies have even inspired TV shows such as ABC’s Selfie which will premiere in 2015

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Vine originally didn’t have the front facing camera…

Once they added it, users loved it and made more creative vines with their faces

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More than 50 million snaps are sent everyday

Majority of these snaps are selfies

There are some negative effects caused by Selfies

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We interrupt experience to mark the moment

We put those around us on pause

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Selfies can be linked to narcissism and obsession with beauty and body image

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We rely on others’ perceptions, judgments, and appraisals to develop our social self

We become obsessed with this connected world…

We end up alone together

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Sources

Digital Overload: How we are seduced by distractionBy Erin Anderssen, Globe and Mail, Mar 29th 2014

The Flight From ConversationBy Sherry Turkle, The New York Times, April 21st

The Documented LifeBy Sherry Turkle, The New York Times, Dec 13th, 2013

My Selfie, MyselfBy Jenna Wortham, The New York Times, Oct 19th 2013

Why Snapchat is Valuable: It’s All About AttentionBy: Danah Boyd, LinkedIn,

The Social Psychology of the SelfieBy: Christine Erikson, Mashable