Are Selfie’s a Fad or a Part of our Lives for the Long Haul?
Smile! Selfies have exploded over the past 10 years because of the technology of camera phones, the availability of the internet and our basic need to communicate with others. By simply taking a picture of yourself and posting it on any form of social media, you are participating in this new age fad. Camera phones, social media sites, and instant messaging abilities are helping to keep this fad alive and continuing into the next decade as it shows no slowing down anytime soon. This once was a younger generation phenomenon, but it has quickly turned into a craze that all ages are jumping into and trying. “[S]elfies have become the catchall term for digital self-portraits” (Wortham). …show more content…
With the continuous upgrading and updating of phones to accommodate the need to be able to click a photo at a moment’s notice, and place that photo on the social network for all to see, what can be next to make it better. As pictures (before the internet became so popular) were taken, they were mainly to show a particular event in someone’s life. Vacation photos, family reunions, landscape photos of places where people went were some of the things that were placed in a photo album. One had to take the picture with a camera, go and get the film developed at a store or by mail and then you were able to share this photo with people that you knew and wanted to share them with. As time has gone by, technology has expanded and cameras have been incorporated into cell phones as necessity that a person needs to have at a moment’s notice to take a picture when they need …show more content…
Selfies will be a part of our society for the long haul. As other new fads come and go, the selfie continues to evolve and receive more recognition, and usage, being thought and used each day. People will continue to keep this phenomenon alive as long as they have a need to use it. Today it appears that there will always be somebody who has that need. Showing expressions of oneself is something that will continue through time. Maybe this a good thing for those that have a problem with self-expression with others as they can be more open and honest as long as they don’t have to do it in front, or with someone, in close quarters. One can be popular on the internet without having any actual face to face contact. This may be beneficial for them and give them a sense of belonging to something that they may not have had without the internet and social media. Those who post selfies for anyone to see, and not having to actually see them face to face, gives them some feeling of
Smile! Selfies have exploded over the past 10 years because of the technology of camera phones, the availability of the internet and our basic need to communicate with others. By simply taking a picture of yourself and posting it on any form of social media, you are participating in this new age fad. Camera phones, social media sites, and instant messaging abilities are helping to keep this fad alive and continuing into the next decade as it shows no slowing down anytime soon. This once was a younger generation phenomenon, but it has quickly turned into a craze that all ages are jumping into and trying. “[S]elfies have become the catchall term for digital self-portraits” (Wortham). …show more content…
With the continuous upgrading and updating of phones to accommodate the need to be able to click a photo at a moment’s notice, and place that photo on the social network for all to see, what can be next to make it better. As pictures (before the internet became so popular) were taken, they were mainly to show a particular event in someone’s life. Vacation photos, family reunions, landscape photos of places where people went were some of the things that were placed in a photo album. One had to take the picture with a camera, go and get the film developed at a store or by mail and then you were able to share this photo with people that you knew and wanted to share them with. As time has gone by, technology has expanded and cameras have been incorporated into cell phones as necessity that a person needs to have at a moment’s notice to take a picture when they need …show more content…
Selfies will be a part of our society for the long haul. As other new fads come and go, the selfie continues to evolve and receive more recognition, and usage, being thought and used each day. People will continue to keep this phenomenon alive as long as they have a need to use it. Today it appears that there will always be somebody who has that need. Showing expressions of oneself is something that will continue through time. Maybe this a good thing for those that have a problem with self-expression with others as they can be more open and honest as long as they don’t have to do it in front, or with someone, in close quarters. One can be popular on the internet without having any actual face to face contact. This may be beneficial for them and give them a sense of belonging to something that they may not have had without the internet and social media. Those who post selfies for anyone to see, and not having to actually see them face to face, gives them some feeling of