Selfies - Selbstthematisierung in der digitalen Bildkultur

Generation Selfie: visual self-actualization through digital image and communication technologies is a central cultural pattern of contemporary society. But how exactly does the expansion of digital media change our practices of self-actualization? Ramón Reichert shows how the digital media of self-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reichert, Ramón
Format: eBook
Language:German
Published: Bielefeld transcript 2023, ©2023
Series:Digitale Gesellschaft
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Generation Selfie: visual self-actualization through digital image and communication technologies is a central cultural pattern of contemporary society. But how exactly does the expansion of digital media change our practices of self-actualization? Ramón Reichert shows how the digital media of self-documentation - smartphone technologies such as WhatsApp and online platforms like Facebook and Instagram - establish innovative models of identity and role models and generate new digital contexts for self-actualization - tracking, gamification, and surveillance.
Physical Description:200 Seiten
ISBN:978-3-8394-3665-3
978-3-7328-3665-9