Exploring the Selfie : Historical, Theoretical, and Analytical Approaches to Digital Self-Photography

• Tác giả: Julia Eckel, Jens Ruchatz, Sabine Wirth
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3319579498
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 302.23 Media (Means of communication)
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (XXI, 392 pages 44 illustrations, 40 illustrations in color.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 281222
• Chủ đề: 1. Communication; 2. Culture-Study and teaching; 3. Photography; 4. Social media; 5. Media and Communication; 6. Cultural Theory; 7. Photography; 8. Social Media

Tóm tắt

 This volume explores the selfie not only as a specific photographic practice that is deeply rooted in digital culture, but also how it is understood in relation to other media of self-portrayal. Unlike the public debate about the dangers of 'selfie-narcissism', this anthology discusses what the practice of taking and sharing selfies can tell us about media culture today: can the selfie be critiqued as an image or rather as a social practice? What are the technological conditions of this form of vernacular photography? By gathering articles from the fields of media studies
  art history
  cultural studies
  visual studies
  philosophy
  sociology and ethnography, this book provides a media archaeological perspective that highlights the relevance of the selfie as a stereotypical as well as creative practice of dealing with ourselves in relation to technology