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When is a selfie not a selfie?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 30.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | selfie, social media
Summary | Ben Innes posted a picture of himself with the man who hijacked his plane, and commented “best selfie ever”. However, a selfie is supposed to be a photograph that you would take of yourself with a smartphone. Was it really a selfie if the stewardess took the snap?
Image Description | Photograph of Ben Inness and the hijacker, screenshots of several tweets, front page of the Sun and The Times, and video of Ellen DeGeneres's famous selfie.
Image Tags | male(s), selfie, Twitter
If you don't want to police your social media circle, just let Bill do it
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 24.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | meme, research/study, selfie, social media
Summary | A new meme is policing how people should behave on social media. The format of the meme always goes like this: "This is Bill. Bill does [blank]. Be like him." accompanied by a stickfigure drawing of Bill. The meme is popular in various countries with different lanuguages. It shames users who overshare or post too many selfies, etc. A recent poll conducted by Bing has shown that 40% of Facebook users think their friends statuses are boring and 25% think that their friends post too many selfies.
Image Description | N/A
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