Amanda Bynes Obsession With Selfie

A photograph, painting, canvas, or drawing today is not the same as it was a decade ago. Technology has evolved to the point where we can photoshop a person into a picture, enlarge a person’s butt, or even whiten people’s teeth. At what point do those technological advances cross a line? With social media ranging from Facebook and Twitter to Instagram and Tumblr, do these media sites promote egotistical behavior? In January of 2013, John Paul Titlow discusses some of the disadvantages and advantages that Instagram has in his essay: “#Me: Instagram Narcissism and the Scourge of the Selfie” that was posted on a website called ReadWrite. Although Instagram was primarily created to simply share pictures, it has evolved to do much more than that. Some businesses use it to advertise, some people use it to share their art, but then there are some people use it to flaunt their own personal lives in the form of pictures. Titlow acknowledges that Instagram is a desirable way to share art and diverse imagery, but additionally acknowledges that it can be a place where one can promote their own self-popularity. He explains that Instagram has become remarkably important in people’s lives to the point that they cannot view life past those Instagram likes (Titlow). Ultimately, Titlow succeeds in emphasizing the issues that Instagram has created by reason of the way he expresses his text, while furthermore expressing who the audience of his essay is, and by making his overall purpose clear.

In this article “Note to selfie” John Dickerson an American journalist explains there may be a deeper reason why people now a days are obsessed with documenting their lives through their phones and social media. The author had a habit of writing down sayings he heard and thoughts he had throughout the day in this small journal. He compared writing in these journals to what others do every day on social media and on their phones. It is important to capture these moments so you can keep them with you forever, like he did with the journals. He himself admits to using his phone a lot to document things he finds meaning in. Stopping to document these things, either through writing or picture, means you are actively engaging with what is going on, according to the author. If you find meaning in something and want to either capture it for yourself or for the rest of the world to see, it means that you are connected to what is going on around you, enough to actually take

Lovelock begins talking about Instagram, a social media platform which is used to share pictures with your followers. He talks about how people tend to upload photos with the #transformationtuesday, claiming to have transformed their physical features. As more pictures that are being recently uploaded within social media, the further we see people enhancing their photos to become flawless. As we dig further into the social media side of the internet, we are going to see just how much influence society has on people and their decision to become who they perceive as perfect. Throughout the

Also, Molly Fosco says selfies are a way to get to know ourselves better. She says we post selfies as a way to feel fulfillment and self-worth (Fosco). This data proves Syme’s argument that selfies truly are

1. Brooks, David. “Character in the Selfie Age.” The Importance of Character, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, 19 June, 2015, London. Guest

First off, there’s the selfie whose subject thinks they looks amazing and that they deserve to be #instafamous. They’re using their camera as a mirror, taking dozens and dozens of pics until they capture that perfect angle. Then, of course, they stop to admire the picture of their face before uploading it. The more likes that selfie gets, the better the person feels about themselves. And the better they feel about their looks, the more selfies are going to get posted.

I don’t know about you, but others have this false conception that only naturally talented people can capture eye-catching images. That is only half true. Of course you need skill, but we often forget that the greatest among us were once obscure amateurs. Just like, “Anyone can cook,” according to fictional chef, Gusteau, anyone can take a picture. Advances in modern technology have made sure of that. Just pull out your “smart” phone and take a selfie. It just requires a little training and experience. (More on that

To begin with, selfie shaming has illustrated how social norms in new media culture conflict with the social norms of older generations. Unlike the social norms of new media culture, more traditional social norms call for people to use technology moderately and in the appropriate places. This is exemplified by how the sports announcers commented that “Every girl in the picture is locked into her phone. Every single one is dialled in. Welcome to parenting in 2015! They’re all just

In the article “Sportscasters mock sorority girls for taking selfies at a baseball game, get ridiculed for being old”(2016), sorority girls who take selfies at baseball game is defined as bad behavior, the grown men did selfie shaming to them, therefore many people joined in the army of criticizing those girls, even some people did not want, but they have to follow the social beliefs. It is clearly to see that the social understanding leads people to think. Actually the sorority girls are just a group of teenagers who want to take a beautiful picture, but the selfie shaming makes them become the public attention. The selfie shaming tells us that the society has a bias to new media

I do think some people put too much effort into their pictures and thoughts on social media applications because they are insecure of what others think about them, and they want to impress people they know. Instagram users that are models or celebrities that have thousands or even millions of followers are usually described as people who feed off of attention or narcissistic. This is usually true for many of these public figures because they show something that a large group of people crave to see (Let’s not get too specific here) whether it’s satire or beauty or anything else. And they get many likes on the things they post which makes them have very high expectations for getting positive feedback, and they are emotionally affected if these expectations aren’t met. In the essay “#Me”, Titlow said “Some of these kids are showing skin. Just about all of them – male and female alike – are seeking some kind of approval from their peers and the larger community..”. I wholeheartedly agree with what he said here because based on what I’ve observed on social media, some people tend to post too many pictures or say a lot of things for likes. One example I’ve seen of this is on Facebook, when someone says “Like my status if you think this” or “Share my post if you agree”. I believe these people want to gain approval from the people they know, as well as people they have special feelings

What a selfie shows is just a tiny moment, which is the second we press the camera button. Tiny thing matters, a little change of face expression could change the whole style of a selfie. I think photo is a wonderful thing, it has countless possibilities, because all elements in a picture might change, it’s going to be another picture one second

As stated above, the way an individual portrays themselves online affects how others perceive them. When posting a selfie, the subject of the photo and others perceptions of the photo vary. Typically, one’s views on how other people perceive them are accurate, however occasionally a meta-perceptual trait blind spot can occur. A trait blind spot is when other people can see one’s traits accurately, however the individual cannot. The self-serving bias is a type of trait blindspot where one overestimates their positive traits and underestimates their negative traits. A study (Re, Wang, He, & Rule, 2016) found that the self-serving bias affects selfies because the subjects tend to see themselves as more attractive and likeable than the average

The greater the effort and concern around creating and posting the most attractive selfies, the greater the body image concerns. Rather while we’re on social media, let's keep in mind that it was meant for communicating, connecting and sharing experiences with others. As well as when we come into contact with photos of celebrities that normally have us focusing on which way we can become like them, let's focus on how their industry has helped them look that way. This way no one is being encouraged and slows down the process of industries putting up billboards or different advertisements because there is no one else to encourage that has the interest anymore. So let's stop body shaming already, and embrace that we all have our own beauty. We don't need the media or anyone to give us permission to feel comfortable in any kind of bathing suit or clothing. Stopping all the criticism would lead to an end of the cycle of body

The first main cause is vanity. People would not want to take a lot of selfies if they were not that vain; they would only do such if they were that much proud of themselves. People sometimes feel that they have a better appearance or a better pose compared to others, this is why they would take a lot of selfies and post those all over the Internet. The second main cause is the influence around. A lot of people, especially teenagers, are influenced by this trend. They might not like to take a lot of selfies, but because people who almost always take selfies from wherever surround them, they too are now being influenced and tempted to do such. The third and last main cause is social networks. It is because of these social sites, like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter that give a reason to people to take selfies; to post those pictures online. People nowadays post their selfies almost every day on these social sites, some people would even post their selfies online every hour; people become very much vain because of social

In much the same way as Goffman described life as a play; it called “Dramaturgy”, people are learning to perform their self in everyday life. Erving Goffman defines dramaturgy, “in which social life is analyzed in term of drama or the stage;” (115). Social media allows people to use different forms of impression management. According to Henslin defines impression management, “People’s efforts to control the impressions that others receive of them.” (115) In my analysis of person B’s Facebook posts I noticed several trends. In the four photos that were selfies I noticed some particular facial expressions, one of Goffman’s sign vehicles. In the four selfies I analyzed, the person was smiling as her facial expression. I believe that the reason she makes this face is to give the impression that she was happy, and make the others who checked her pictures feel happy and think of her as a friendly