What Your Selfies Say About You
1. Watch the video below: “Selfie Nation: The Social Self Portrait.” Think about what selfies say about you.
2. So far you can see that we should be taking the selfie seriously. For a psychological perspective on the nature of selfies, watch the video below. You will be asked questions about this next video, and how selfies relate to art, visual art, and photography. Please watch and feel free to stop and take notes.
Activity : Complete the survey on selfie use.
13. Selfie was officially added to OxfordDictinaries.com in August 2013.
12. The first time that #selfie was used was in 2004 on Flickr.
11. The word selfie in the English language has skyrocketed in use. It has increased by 17,000% since 2012.
10. As of October 2013, Miley Cyrus is the celebrity with the most amount of posted selfies on Twitter with 121. Tyra Banks is second with 62.
9. Kylie Jenner, one of the young Kardashians, has posted 451 selfies on Instagram. Snoop Dogg is a distant second with 271.
8. Time magazine included the word selfie in its “top 10 buzzwords” of 2012.
7. During Myspace’s heyday (around 2006-09) self-portraits, known as Myspace pics, were common. These were usually poor quality images in front of a bathroom mirror. The switch to Facebook created a decline in amateur self-portraits, but the release of the iPhone 4 and its front facing camera lead to a resurgence of the self portrait in 2010-11.
6. Samsung discovered that selfies make up 30% of the photos taken by people between the ages of 18–24.
5. There are 35 million posts containing#selfie among the 150 million Instagram users.
4. Designer/photographer Jim Krause claims to have coined the term selfie sometime in 2005.
3. People have taken self-portraits since the 1880s, when camera shutters with self-timers were first available. This increased in 1900 with the debut of the portable Kodak Brownie box.
2. Selfies are most popular in Australia, followed by the U.S. and Canada. In fact, a 2013 surveyfound that two-thirds of Australian women between the age 18-35 take selfies.
1. According to research, the word selfie first appeared in September 13, 2002 on the ABC online forum in Australia.
“Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”
Whether you wanted to know or not, there are the 13 things that you should know about selfies. Maybe next time you participate in the phenomenon you’ll be a bit more enlightened. Then again, you may be too focused on your hairstyle during that all important funeral selfie.
Your assignment for today:
cheyanne freed says
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cheyanne freed says
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uppub6 says
http://sites.psu.edu/imeandmyselfie/
uppub17 says
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cheyanne freed says
http://sites.psu.edu/deliriousphotography/
uppub6 says
well I learned that selfies are just more than a picture… it shows what your doing , who you with , where you at. it might feed your spirit too , a selfie would actually tell the truth , I found that its a fun and easy way to express yourself.
uppub17 says
I liked the Selfie Nation video. I learned more about how there is a lot of different ways to take a selfie. There’s also a lot that some people put into taking a selfie. The PowerPoint also showed a lot about the different types of selfies, and how most selfies are irrelevant to their captions.
wfc5029 says
I believe people post selfies to express themselves, but sometimes people misunderstand its purpose and use it in wrong ways. I also think that the people should have control of themselves and not be taken over by “selfies”, for example the part of the power point video where people were taking selfies at funerals at the wrong times and the wrong moments.
lqv5069 says
In the video Selfie Nation: The Social Self Portrait they mention kids are starting to become more self absorbed because they are taking selfies . I think that is true because I notice know since there is social media and selfies are becoming popular more kids are only worrying about themselves.
uppub27 says
I learned that selfies are a part of a psychological caus. Which I find understandable in some cases but in others I ask why?
bpc5135 says
From the video that we watched today I learned about the difference reasons why people take selfies and the difference pose people do while taking selfies.
uppub35 says
i dont think physiologyt have to do with selfies
jzt5301 says
I really liked the second video it gave me some new insight on selfies and how they can be beneficial to our lives even though there are people who don’t like them. the first video really good as well and again showed me that a selfie is more than just a picture its and art form that should be taken seriously.