Understanding Selfies Piotr Sorokowski, Katarzyna Pisanski, Agnieszka Sorokowska, Nicola Bruno Frontiers Media SA, Apr 27, 2018 In the year 2013, ‘selfie’ was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in recognition of dramatic changes in frequency, prominence, and register of the term. This drastic increase in selfie-taking was spurred by two factors. The first was the advent of smartphones equipped with front cameras and preview screens that made it easy to compose a photographic self-portrait by a process of deliberately exploring one’s image, choosing a pose, and finally taking the picture. The second key change contributing to the rise of the selfie age was the increasing availability of internet connections. It is estimated that about 50% of the world population has access to the internet today (2018; https://www. |
Contents
Understanding Selfies | 6 |
From Renaissance SelfPortraits to SelfiePhotographs | 9 |
Nobody Seems to Like Them Yet Everyone Has Reasons to Take Them An Exploration of Psychological Functions of Selfies in SelfPresentation | 18 |
The Impact of Photo Type on Impression Formation Based on Social Networking Profiles | 32 |
Do Online Privacy Concerns Predict Selfie Behavior among Adolescents Young Adults and Adults? | 46 |
Are Cues in Selfie Pictures Related to Personality Characteristics? | 58 |
What Is Seen Is Who You Are Are Cues in Selfie Pictures Related to Personality Characteristics? | 71 |
How HEXACO Personality Traits Predict Different SelfiePosting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults | 72 |
A Diary Study | 91 |
Investigating the Impact of Perspective on the Perception of Higher Cognitive Variables | 101 |
Converging Evidence from the Extended selfiecity Database | 117 |
Consistently Showing Your Best Side? Intraindividual Consistency in Selfie Pose Orientation | 127 |
The Influence of Gender on Vertical Orientation of Selfies on Tinder | 134 |
Museum Selfies As Identity Work | 140 |
Back cover | 152 |
Distinct Selfie Motivations Are Related to Different Personality Characteristics | 81 |