SELFIE – EXPOSED IDENTITY IN DIGITAL MEDIA – ORIGINALITY OR BANALITY?
SELFIE – EXPOSED IDENTITY IN DIGITAL MEDIA – ORIGINALITY OR BANALITY?
Author(s): Katarína Fichnová, Łukasz P. WojciechowskiSubject(s): Philosophy, Psychology, Media studies, Photography, Sociology
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Arts; Creativity; Identity; Media; Photography; Selfie; Self-portrait;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with a phenomenon of selfie, its popularity and relation to auto- observation and ego ontogenesis. The aim of this paper is to identify its originality (versus banality) and describe relation of selfie to identity and creativity in digital media space together with excursion into the history of a photograph. It also presents results of empirical excursion into the issue and describes a relationship of selfie to identity and creativity of its creator.
Journal: Marketing Identity
- Issue Year: 3/2015
- Issue No: 1/2
- Page Range: 327-347
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English