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Niedlichkeit hat ihren Preis
(Cuteness has its price)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 20.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | marketing, privacy, selfie, threat
Summary | A new popular app in China called Meitu lets users edit their selfies. The process includes a beautification filter which enlarges the eyes and adds glitter and a rosy hue to the selfie. The app however suspiciously asks for permission to a lot of user data which does not seem to be necessary for an image editing app. The app likely collects all this data about their users so that they can sell their information to advertizers who want to target specific groups. All free apps have a hidden price.
Image Description | Selfie with the Meitu beautification filter.
Image Tags | female(s), selfie
Es postet, also bin ich
(It posts so I am)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 19.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | brain, emojis, language threat, selfie, social media
Summary | In his new book called "Facebook generation", Roberto Simanowski positions himself between the cultural pessimists and the digital euphorics. He does fear for our language competence and tied to it our memory. We tend to posts selfies and emojis rather than put our feelings into words. We tend to post a link to a song, a video, or an article rather than paraphrase that information make our point in an original sentence. This leads to the degeneration of our language ability and that inability to process information in our own words prevents the creation of memories. Instead we leave a huge digital data trail online.
Image Description | Woman's hands holding a smartphone while using a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), hand(s), smartphone
Geschichten eines Bilderstürmers
(Stories of an image stormer)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 21.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, Instagram, selfie
Summary | Instagram creator Kevin Systrom has created the most popular image-sharing social media platform world-wide. In Systrom's vision, Instagram could partly play the role that traditional news media pla today. To report of significant events as they are enfolding. Already, Instagram posts are printed in newspapers if no reporter was present on site. Facebook has bought the company for one billion dollars.
Image Description | Instagram creator Kevin Systrom with smartphones taking pictures of him.
Image Tags | Instagram, male(s), smartphone
Werdet ihr mich streicheln wie diesen Mops?
(Will you pet me like this pug?)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 25.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | gender, online dating, selfie
Summary | There are patterns of how people present themselves on Tinder. Most use selfies. They say a lot about being single: not only is one alone in the picture but usually also alone in taking the picture using a mirror for instance. Many people try to appear less lonely by posting pictures with animals. Women very often do the so-called duckface so as to emphasize all desirable features like cheekbones and full lips and often write that they expect the men to contact them first.
Image Description | Getty image of a pug and a dog with dreadlocks.
"Heute wird einfach gute Stimmung gemacht"
("Nowadays, it's all about creating a good mood")
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 6.6.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, politics, selfie, Snapchat, social media
Summary | Selfies on social media can have huge currency. They serve celebrities and politicians to style themselves as down-to-earth. Taylor Swift further includes cats in her selfies for the additional cuteness factor. Angela Merkel's selfie with a refugee has served to send the message that refugees are welcome in Germany. Selfies can also be seen as inspired by emojis; people mimick the facial expressions or use a Snapchat filter to emulate emojis.
Image Description | Portrait of the interviewee holding a smiley balloon.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)
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