Recently the term "selfie" has been gaining more popularity. This is explained by the meme theory. According to the book, a meme theory is "an idea or product that enters the consciousness of people over time."
You may have heard the song #Selfie by The Chainsmokers (if not the video is below), when this song comes on people go crazy and want to take selfies.
Since smart phones have developed a front-facing camera, taking selfies have become easier. People will upload them to social media and #selfie or something similar.
Some people will even take it to extremes. In Spain a man died because he climbed to the top of a train to take a selfie and was electrocuted. One 19 year old boy said that selfies caused him to drop out of school at the age of 15 because he was so addicted. He would spend at least 10 hours a day trying to capture the perfect image. This obsession led him to attempt suicide because he could not take the perfect picture.
A British photographer, David Bailey, says that the selfie craze will die out.
So is this selfie craze just a fad or is it here for a long time? Do some people take it too far?
The song "Selfie" has several references to the Instagram app, which I think is initially where the term came from. From a marketing perspective I would say an app is widely successful if can inspire a popular pop song.
ReplyDeleteI think this is definitely something our kids and grandkids will tease us for some day....
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