Rich kids who can afford a life of luxury with their daddy’s money and who are more than happy to show this life to the outside world via the medium of Instagram. In the article “ Rich Kids of Instagram epitomize everything wrong with instagram ” The Atlantic Magazine puts it this way:
“T hese postings are emblematic of the entire medium we all use. To be certain, these wealthy kid pix are particularly funny (and also sad) because they showcase a gross variant of entitlement. Preteens posing with helicopters they did nothing to earn and posting the pictures online for others to ogle provides an easy in for commentary on the state of the American dream. (Dead.) ”
Rich Kids of Instagram
At the end of last year, the word “selfie” was in the Times Magazine’s top ten list of buzzwords . The term was coined in 2005 by designer and photographer Jim Krause. “A 'selfie' is one of those images that is taken by aiming a camera at yourself.” According to the article ' Self-portraits and social media: The rise of the 'selfie' ' selfie-ism is everywhere. The word is even up for inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary. Last week , even former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweeted her first selfie. “ Having so much fun with Chelsea, taking selfies backstage.”
Having so much fun with Chelsea, taking selfies back stage. MT: @ChelseaClinto
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 14, 2013
Hillary Clinton selfie
Me the Media
In the book “ Me the Media – Past, present and future of the third media revolution ” (2008), Bloem latvia phone number list , Van Doorn and myself already wrote: “ Of course, the question arises why we expose ourselves so much. Why tell everything (or a lot) about yourself in front of the eyes of the whole world? One of the explanations can be found in the development of media and technology. We have increasingly begun to analyze meaning from the images of ourselves in the media. Since television, we have been used to watching people and having their behavior commented on. And through that watching, we have become obsessed with ourselves .”