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050 _aHM621-656
050 4 _aTR575
_b.T55 2018
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100 1 _aTiidenberg, Katrin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSelfies :
_bwhy we love (and hate) them /
_cby Katrin Tiidenberg.
264 1 _bEmerald Publishing Limited,
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 158 pages).
490 0 _aSocietyNow
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis 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.
588 0 _aPrint version record
650 0 _aSelfies (Photography)
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aSocial media
_xResearch.
650 0 _aDigital images
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aSelf-portraits
_xSocial aspects.
650 7 _aSocial Science
_xMedia Studies.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPopular culture.
_2bicssc
776 _z9781787543584
830 0 _aSocietyNow.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787543577
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