The Selfie Study: Archetypes and Motivations in Modern Self-Photography

Holiday, Steven; Lewis, Matthew J.; Nielsen, Rachel; Anderson, Harper D; Elinzano, Maureen

doi:10.1080/15551393.2016.1223548

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“…Although traditional film-based photography remained dominant for more than a century, over the last two decades it has become almost non-existent as digital photography has become increasingly widespread (Urry & Larsen, 2011: 181). More specifically, the adoption of smartphones as means of taking, instantaneously viewing, sharing and deleting images has fundamentally transformed the practice and meaning of photography (Van House, 2011), not least through the popularity of the 'selfie' (Holiday et al, 2016). Not only has photography in general, as already observed, been de-exoticised as the 'everyday' is captured and shared (Gye, 2007), but tourist photography in particular has been simplified and transformed into a more controlled, performative, reflexive, de-materialised and social activity that has arguably become an increasingly fundamental element of the tourist experience (Haldrup & Larsen, 2010).…”

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Towards an understanding of Chinese tourist photography: evidence from the UK

Sharpley

Gammon

2017

Current Issues in Tourism

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The relationship between tourism and photography has long been subject to academic scrutiny. However, the extent research has adopted a primarily Western perspective, exploring the photographic practices of Western tourists. Conversely, more limited academic attention has been paid to the photographic practices of non-Western tourists. In particular, although China is now the largest source of international tourists, few attempts have been made to date to how and why Chinese tourists engage in photography during their international travels. This paper begins to address this gap in the literature, seeking to identify the extent to which the photographic practices of Chinese tourists are determined by what may be referred to as a 'Chinese tourist gaze'. Drawing on research undertaken amongst Chinese tourists in the UK, it reveals a number of influences that determine the nature and significance of the Chinese gaze, including the traditions of pre-modern travel in China, contemporary socio-economic transformations in China, the role of the Chinese state, and technology, the latter suggesting the increasing adoption of a more universal, de-exoticised (photographic) gaze.

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Towards an understanding of Chinese tourist photography: evidence from the UK

Sharpley

Gammon

2017

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Second: “keeping memories” factor showed that participants wanted to keep memories of special occasions and moments of oneself and also with significant others (Holiday et al, 2016 ). To preserve the significant moments alone and also with others with comfort motivates the participants to choose selfies for capturing such occasions (Shah and Tewari, 2016 ).…”

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“…Selfies also provides a mode for maintaining online social interaction as many selfie users share their selfies on social media to communicate with their peers and audiences about their feelings and whereabouts (Lee et al, 2015 ). Furthermore, selfies also serves as a good way to preserve their memories on social media in the forms of autobiographies and archiving (Holiday et al, 2016 ; Sung et al, 2016 ). It is also proclaimed that a picture is capable of communicating more than words, therefore, selfie might help users to seek attention from their audience and also entertain them (Sung et al, 2016 ; Kearney, 2018 ).…”

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“…Researchers had started incorporating selfie taking intentions along with posting intentions on social media. However, the questions which were asked to the participants had framed selfie taking and posting together as a combined activity (Holiday et al, 2016 ; Shah and Tewari, 2016 ; Yue et al, 2017 ). This paper argues that selfie taking activity (the present study termed as “offline” selfie activity) needs to be studied separately from posting activity.…”

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Exploring Factors Behind Offline and Online Selfie Popularity Among Youth in India

Srivastava¹,

Upadhaya²,

Sharma

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Front. Psychol.

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“The Selfie Culture,” practiced globally, is gaining popularity with each passing day. Owing to its ubiquitous fame across the globe, it becomes essential to inquire the grounds for such worldwide recognition. In few years, it also became the center of attraction among researchers and previous studies had recognized two important aspects of selfie: first, why is selfie posting on social media is increasing day by day and second, who choose to involve more frequently in selfie posting behavior on social media? However, these studies focused only on its online popularity on various social media platforms but did not pay much attention on its offline popularity among selfie takers. In addition to this, the multifaceted sides of selfie which may make it different from other pictures and might also play an important role in its popularity in both offline and online platforms remained unexplored. The present study addressed this gap and explored two important aspects of selfie related behavior, First, it emphasized the significance of understanding the user's conception of selfie and second, it explored the determining factors behind both offline (taking) and online (posting) modes of the practice. 60 college going students (44 females and 16 males) living in Delhi, India participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and qualitative thematic analysis was used to cull out the themes. The results showed five factors (looks good, keeping memories, mood driven, mirroring the self and posting on social media) behind selfie offline (taking) involvement. Further, the online (posting) selfie popularity had been driven by three factors (social approval, being the best among the rest, to maintain online presence). Participants' popularity of selfie usage in both offline and online modes advocates the need to explore the offline selfie involvement of selfie takers in future research. The study also extended the existing conceptualization of selfie phenomenon which could help to unravel its wide popularity among its users.

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“… (Holiday, et al, 2016;Pp. 176-177                           …”

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The Selfie Study: Archetypes and Motivations in Modern Self-Photography

Cited by 18 publications

References 21 publications

Towards an understanding of Chinese tourist photography: evidence from the UK

Towards an understanding of Chinese tourist photography: evidence from the UK

Exploring Factors Behind Offline and Online Selfie Popularity Among Youth in India

الدوافع النفسیة لسلوک السیلفى وعلاقتها بکل من العوامل الستة للشخصیة (نموذج هیکساکو) وتقدیر الذات لدى طلاب کلیة التربیة جامعة الزقازیق

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