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eassy on 'selfies have come to stay'

Answer 1

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Selfies are the “new” trend. New because some people still haven’t figured out it’s now part of our lives and that this “trend” is going to last for a while. As a digital consultant but also as a professor, I come across people who doubt selfies will survive the year. Here are 10 reasons why they should change their mind and start using them instead of ignoring them.

1. Selfies have been here for long, they just weren’t called selfies yet

As a matter of fact, selfies appeared along with the mobile phones featuring a camera. People started taking pictures of themselves to send them to their friends and family. The arrival of smartphones linked to social accounts only made the sharing easier. Just like sharing music was possible since the 80s with recorded tapes, selfies have existed for over a decade.

2. Humans like to show off, this is no breaking news

As far as Andy Warhol is concerned, every one can claim their 15 minutes of fame. Right. The 21st century has only made it more frequent and gave the possibility to cumulate those 15 minutes. Each and every aspiring actor, singer, model, porn star can display images and videos (let’s just consider they belong to selfies) on walls, newsfeeds, blogs and other digital channels that keep on multiplying. “This is me” should become the 2010s’ baseline.

3. Social is the new hype

For years, people have craved for intimacy. VIPs fled from paparazzi, hid behind sunglasses and tinted windows. Now, they publish pictures of themselves at home, in their bath, with other famous friends, their pet or even nobodies to show how close they are to their fans. Sharing those pictures has become the ultimate chic, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram the places to be. Forget about the new en vogue club, social networks prevail.

4. Selfies make great, free content for brands

All brands have the same issue: how to create great content marketing for less? Less money, less time, less constraints… Some marketing specialists have found the Holy Grail: asking the community to participate. For free. Only by sending their own content. And as pictures are the most efficient way to attract the attention on the web, it hasn’t been long before brands started asking their online communities to send pictures. An endless source that will provide with unlimited images shared by brands with the agreement of the so-called models of the day.

5. Tuning a picture has become a hobby

Before the smartphones and their apps was Photoshop. Photoshop demanded a bit of training, a computer and spare time. Now, everyone can tune images with the right app. Instagram and its filters has opened the path to numerous others and we can now add text, frames, modify the colors, the textures or the saturation. More than just sending your picture, you can now send your picture, meaning one that has been taken and modified by you. In a tap of the finger, you become model / artist.

6. Selfies are the new vote

You remember those numerous polls, surveys and petitions flourishing on the web? When for decades our participation meant signing – either on paper or digitally -, reducing us to a name on a list, the new way to give your advice features… you! The Fedoras for Fairness initiative is one among many. No longer are you a name, now you’re a face, you exist, people see you and this is a major change giving credit to your action.

7. Don’t stick only to what you do

Forget all about the “do as I say, not as I do” and switch to “do as they do, not as I say”. Right, you’re not the selfies type. This is for teenagers, people longing for a certain form of recognition and geeks. If you say so… But the truth is: selfies exist and because they don’t belong to your world doesn’t mean they will disappear any time soon. Hence, look at your audience’s habits: if they do it, just use it.

8. Look at the numbers

On October 17, 2013, 35 million selfies had been published on Instagram, meaning with the hashtag #selfie. This is not a concept, this is a fact. And this is only for Instagram… Now imagine adding other social networks… Selfies have become part of our everyday lives, whether you want it or not. Even if you don’t post selfies, there is no doubt you come across them on your various feeds.

9. Selfies are tomorrow’s password

Instead of remembering numerous passwords and creating new ones each time you subscribe to a new website, why wouldn’t you simply send a picture of yourself? Easy, fast, efficient… Science-fiction? Not for long since an app called FaceCrypt offers such a possibility for iPhone and iPad users.

10. Selfie is the word of the year 2013

As of November 19, 2013, “sefie” has entered the Oxford Dictionary. It is officially a word, existing outside of the web. Nobody can ignore it anymore and even your grandmother can look it up if she hears it on the radio. And I bet you wouldn’t want your grandmother to be hyper you are; would you?



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Answer 2

Ah, the Golden Age of Technology. A time of laptops, internet, smartphones, and, inevitably, selfies. Selfie-taking is common practice among youth worldwide. They regularly make appearances on our Facebook dashboards and Instagram feeds, so often some may have become nearly blind to their presence. But the world is still in hot debate about this new fad--are selfies merely harmless photographs, or are they the sole cause for narcissism and low self-esteem in young people? I plead the former. Selfies are simply a way of creating an electronic self-portrait, the likes of which has existed for centuries. They’re nothing more than harmless photo taking, a trend that too many are pointlessly fussing over. They can even be a creative outlet for self-expression.  

It can be argued that the selfie already is an art form in of itself. Selfies can help teens define themselves, and portray themselves as they want to be seen in the eyes of others. They are just another way of expressing one’s personality. Selfies hold a wide range of possibilities for self-expression—the photo can be creatively edited, the subject of the photo can pose with items they feel help identify themselves, or they can show themselves doing an activity they enjoy. They way a person chooses to portray themselves in a selfie can say quite a bit about them as a person. Selfies are a way for people to highlight the qualities they are proud of, and to unashamedly reveal them to the world. If people can bring themselves to think of selfies as outlets for creativity, instead of merely attention-seeking mechanisms, they could see the possibilities that lie in the art of selfie-taking.

The commotion around the selfie phenomenon is sure to die down eventually. Every new trend has its doubters, those people who refuse to come around to the new way of thinking, instead insisting that the old ways were somehow better. People have a tendency to balk at the idea of change, instead resisting the inevitable. When the first talking movies were released, most people insisted it was simply a fad that would disappear. Did it? Certainly not. Upon the invention of computers, it was incredibly silly to think anyone would ever use one in the home. Now look at all the opportunities we could have missed if those pessimists had been right. Those who refuse to acknowledge the good parts of the selfie are not the forward thinkers that we need in this society. We need people who can help evolve the selfie, who can release its full potential, until one day no one blinks an eye when they see one of these self-portraits. The selfie is in hot debate now, but soon people will realize it’s here to stay, and move on to making a fuss about something else.

It seems one of the biggest concerns around selfies are that today’s youth are becoming too narcissistic. All this selfie-taking appears self-indulgent. But the essence of selfies--a recreation of oneself--isn’t new. How many times did one paint a self-portrait in elementary school, to be displayed on the classroom wall for all to see? Although students had to stare into a mirror for an hour and copy their own image by hand, then have it hung for anyone’s admiration, no one considered that a gateway to narcissism. How can you call that harmless, and then point fingers at the selfie phenomenon? If this is still unconvincing, it should be noted that self-portraits have been around for centuries. Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol--in addition to dozens of other famous artists--all created various self-portraits in their lifetimes. These were respected artists, whose work is still relevant today. Who’s to say that the art of the selfie won’t be perfected to the point where it becomes just another art form, to be marveled at for generations to come? If one is going to accuse selfies of being narcissistic, they’ll first have to examine the work of famous artists and decide if they’re willing to call their portraits pointless.

As long as people have fun with it, and don’t get to focused on how many “likes” they’re getting on your photos, selfies are harmless. They’re just another self-portrait, another way of expressing oneself, another trend to be accepted into society. Selfies don’t need to be the enemy; they’re simply another part of this Age of Technology we’re living in. And no matter how hard one fights against them, they’re not going away. Selfies are here to stay, and either one can jump on the bandwagon and embrace this trend, or they can be left in the dust.

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