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With the spread of smartphones and the rise of social media in China, taking selfies has become a new type of social culture that influences the economy. Selfie culture on Chinese social media has generated the "new form of self-disclosure" that affects the construction of individual identities and the existing beauty standards in Chinese society.
Ana Peraica wrote, about self-portraiture today, in view of the prolification of the production of self-portraits, particularly the so-called selfies: [4] Culture of the Selfie is an in-depth art-historical overview of self-portraiture, using a set of theories from visual studies, narratology, media studies, psychotherapy, and political principles.
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"Selfie" is an example of hypocorism – a type of word formation that is popular in Australia, [5] where it was in general use before gaining wider acceptance. [6]The first known use of the word selfie in any paper or electronic medium appeared in an Australian internet forum on 13 September 2002 – Karl Kruszelnicki's 'Dr Karl Self-Serve Science Forum' – in a post by Nathan Hope.
The modern selfie has origins in Japanese kawaii (cute) culture, which involves an obsession with beautifying self-representation in photographic forms, particularly among females. [24] By the 1990s, self-photography developed into a major preoccupation among Japanese schoolgirls, who took photos with friends and exchanged copies that could be ...
Specifically, with the rise of selfie culture, Snapchat claimed that there are “200 million daily active users that play with or view Lenses every day to transform the way they look”, [12] with more than 90% of young people in the U.S., France, and the U.K. currently using Snapchat filters. Body image expert Jasmine Fardouly, argues that ...
From 2013 to 2014, Eler ran a column on Hyperallergic that was popularly referred to as the "Selfie Column." [6] The column investigated the selfie as a popular culture phenomenon, considering its roots in self-portraiture, social networked culture, and feminism. The column ran every Monday, and included a round up of the week's news, Eler's ...
The modern selfie has origins in Japanese kawaii culture, particularly the purikura phenomenon of 1990s Japan. [21] To capitalize on the purikura phenomenon, Japanese mobile phones began including a front-facing camera , which facilitated the creation of selfies , during the late 1990s to early 2000s.