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A selfie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera orcamera phone. In August 2013, the term selfie also made its debut in Oxford Dictionaries Online's quarterly update where it is defined as "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website."[1] Selfies are often associated with social networking and photo sharing services such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,Snapchat, and Vine where they are commonly posted or sent. In the Korean entertainment industrythe word selca (short for "self camera") is used to describe photos taken of oneself.[2][3][4] They are often casual, are typically taken either with a camera held at arm's length or in a mirror, and typically include either only the photographer, or the photographer and as many people as can be in focus. Selfies taken that involve multiple people are known as "group selfies". In August 2013 the Guardianproduced a film series titled Thinkfluencer[5] exploring selfie exposure in the UK.
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3 Sociology
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3.1 Gender roles, sexuality, and privacy

4 In modern art 5 Variety and common elements 6 References 7 External links

History[edit]

Early Edwardian woman taking her picture in a mirror roughly 1900.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia taking one of the first teenage self-portraits using a mirror and a Kodak Brownie camera to send to a friend in 1914. This section requires expansion. (August
2013)

Selfies have existed in a less persistent form roughly since the debut of the portable Kodak Brownie box camera in 1900. The method was usually by mirror and stabilizing the camera either on a nearby object or on a tripod while adjusting the

focus via a viewfinder at the top of the box.[6] Russian Grand DuchessAnastasia Nikolaevna at the age of 13 was one of the first teenagers to take her own picture using a mirror to send to a friend in 1914. In the letter that accompanied the photograph, she wrote, "I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling."[7]

Popularity[edit]

Selfies with typical elements associated with "MySpace pics": a young woman in a poorly-lit bathroom, and a young man with a naked torso.[8]

The term "selfie" was discussed by photographer Jim Krause in 2005, [9] although photos in the selfie genre predate the widespread use of the term. In the early 2000s, before Facebook became the dominant online social network, self-taken photographs were particularly common onMySpace. However, writer Kate Losse recounts that between 2006 and 2009 (when Facebook became more popular than MySpace), the "MySpace pic" (typically "an amateurish, flash-blinded self-portrait, often taken in front of a bathroom mirror") became an indication of bad taste for users of the newer Facebook social network. Early Facebook portraits, in contrast, were usually well-focused and more formal, taken by others from distance. According to Losse, improvements in technologyespecially the front-facing

camera introduced in the iPhone 4 (2010) and mobile photo apps such as Instagramled to the resurgence of selfies in the early 2010s.[8] Initially popular with young people, selfies have become popular among adults as well.[10][11] In December 2012, Time magazine noted that selfie was among its the "top 10 buzzwords" of 2012; although selfies had existed for years, it was in 2012 that the term "really hit the big time".[12]According to a 2013 survey, two-thirds of Australian women age 18-35 take selfiesthe most common purpose for which is posting on Facebook.[11] A poll commissioned by smartphone and camera maker Samsung found that selfies make of 30% of the photos taken by people aged 18 24.[13] By 2013, the word "selfie" had become commonplace enough to be monitored for inclusion in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.[14]

Sociology[edit]
The appeal of selfies comes from how easy they are to create and share, and the control they give self-photographers over how they present themselves. Many selfies are intended to present a flattering image of the person, especially to friends whom the photographer expects to be supportive.[10][11] However, a 2013 study of Facebook users found that posting photos of oneself correlates with lower levels of social support from and intimacy with Facebook friends (except for those marked as Close Friends);[15] The lead author of the study suggests that "those who frequently post photographs on Facebook risk damaging real-life relationships."[16] The photo messaging application Snapchat is also largely used to send selfies. Some users of Snapchat choose to send intentionally-unattractive selfies to their friends for comedic purposes. Posting intentionally unattractive selfies has also become common in the early 2010sin part for their humor value, but in some cases also to explore issues of body image or as a reaction against the perceived narcissism or oversexualization of typical selfies.[17]

Gender roles, sexuality, and privacy[edit]

Selfies are particularly popular among girls and young women. Sociologist Ben Agger describes the trend of selfies as "the male gazegone viral", and sociologist and women's studies professor Gail Dines links it to the rise of porn culture and the idea that "theres only one way to visibility, and thats fuckability."[18] Writer Andrew

Keen has pointed out that while selfies are often intended to give the photographer control over how their image is presented, posting images publicly or sharing them with others who do so may have the opposite effectdramatically so in the case of revenge porn, where ex-lovers post sexually explicit photographs or nude selfies (sextingphotos) to exact revenge or humiliate their former lovers.[18] Copyright law may be effective in forcing the removal of private selfies from public that were forwarded to another person.[19]

In modern art[edit]
In 2013 artist Patrick Specchio and the Museum of Modern Art presented an exhibit called Art in Translation: Selfie, The 20/20 Experience, in which viewers use a provided digital camera to take photographs of themselves in a large mirror.[20]

Variety and common elements[edit]

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2013)

A selfie that includes the photographer's body in a bathing suit

A low-angle selfie

A selfie processed withInstagram or a similar photo filter tool

A Selfie pointing down

Well-focused and well-lit selfie taken with a DSLR, by photographer Vera Stuchelov

A space selfie, by astronaut Akihiko Hoshide

A mirror selfie with the photographer looking through a camera viewfinder

A selfie with someone else in the photo

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A selfie of musicianJuliana Hatfield with her dog, taken at arms length

A selfie of a 60 year old man[citation needed]

One example of a selfie facing right

Another example of a selfie facing left

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "selfie: definition of selfie in Oxford dictionary (British & World English)". Oxforddictionaries.com. Retrieved 2013-08-29. 2. Jump up^ "What are selcas?". Kpopselca. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-11-01. 3. Jump up^ "K-Drama Dictionary of Words to Borrow". Soompi. 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2013-9-9. 4. Jump up^ "Song Hye Kyo Shares a Beautiful "Selca"". DramaFever. 2013-4-4. Retrieved 2013-9-9. 5. Jump up^ Guardian - Thinkfluencer - Episode 1 http://theguardian.com/technology/video/2013/aug/29/thi nkfluencer-episode-1-selfies-video 6. Jump up^ "Beginners Guide To Understanding And Using A Brownie Box Camera". 7. Jump up^ "Diaries and Letters - Letters of Grand Duchess Anastasia".

8. ^ Jump up to:a b Kate Losse. The Return of the Selfie. The New Yorker. 2013-06-05 9. Jump up^ Jim Krause, Photo Idea Index, 2005. page 148. 10. ^ Jump up to:a b Adewunmi, Bim (2013-04-02). "The rise and rise of the 'selfie'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 11. ^ Jump up to:a b c McHugh, Jillian (2013-04-03). "'Selfies' just as much for the insecure as show-offs". Bunbury Mail. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 12. Jump up^ Steinmetz, Katy (4 December 2012). Top 10 Buzzwords - 9 Selfie, Time 13. Jump up^ Melanie Hall, "Family albums fade as the young put only themselves in picture" Telegraph, 2013-0613. 14. Jump up^ Coulthard, Charissa (7 June 2013). "Selfportraits and social media: The rise of the 'selfie'". BBC News online. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 15. Jump up^ Houghton, David and Joinson, Adam and Caldwell, Nigel and Marder, Ben (2013) Tagger's delight? Disclosure and liking in Facebook: the effects of sharing photographs amongst multiple known social circles. Discussion Paper. University of Birmingham, Birmingham. 16. Jump up^ Sharing photographs on Facebook could damage relationships, new research shows. News & events, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh. 2013-08-09. 17. Jump up^ Hills, Rachel (2013-03-29). "Ugly Is the New Pretty: How Unattractive Selfies Took Over the Internet". New York Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 18. ^ Jump up to:a b Murphy, Meghan (2013-04-03). "Putting selfies under a feminist lens". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 6 April 2013. 19. Jump up^ Hartzog, Woodrow (10 May 2013). "How to Fight Revenge Porn". The Atlantic.

20. Jump up^ Colburn, June (2013-04-01). "Innovative mirror art gallery from Gallatin alum to be displayed". Washington Square News. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to selfies. Look up selfie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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