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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eckel, Julia (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ruchatz, Jens (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Wirth, Sabine (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Communication.; Social media.; Photography.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Media and Communication.; Social Media.; Cultural Theory.
• Physical Description: XXI, 392 p. 44 illus., 40 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319579498
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57949-8

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.