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Selfies as social acts

As photos meant to be shared, selfies are not individual acts - they are social acts. Selfies and our presence on social media are a part of an "identity work".

This is the work that we do on a daily basis to ensure that we are seen by others as we wish to be seen. The selfies we take and share are designed to present a particular image of us, and thus, to shape the impression of us held by others.

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Why people take selfies: when technology compels us

Technology (physical and digital) makes it possible, so we do it. But also, we do because both the technology and our culture expect us to.

The selfie is not a new form of expression. Artists have created self-portraits for ages, from cave to classical pa...

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Criticizing and justifying selfies

An assumption that sharing selfies is or should be embarrassing runs throughout the journalistic and scholarly coverage on the topic.

When discussing about this practice, descriptors like "vain" and "narcissistic" inevitably become a part of the conversation. ...

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Impression management

This term refers to the idea that we have a notion of what others expect of us, or what others would consider a good impression of us, and that this shapes how we present ourselves.

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Memes as cultural objects

Memes are cultural entities that encourage their own replication. Memes pack a powerful communicative punch with a combination of repetitious imagery and phrases. They are full of symbolic meaning. As such, they compel their replication. If they were meaningless, if they had ...

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