The Selfie:
Making sense of the “Masturbation of Self-Image” and
the “Virtual Mini-Me”1
Alise Tifentale, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY)
Figure 1. Montage of selfies and data visualizations from Selfiecity.
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The Selfie:
Making sense of the “Masturbation of Self-Image” and
the “Virtual Mini-Me”1
Alise Tifentale, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY)
Figure 1. Montage of selfies and data visualizations from Selfiecity.
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For the sources of these two metaphors for the selfie, see, respectively, the following articles: Marche, Stephen.
“Sorry, Your Selfie Isn't Art,” Esquire, The Culture Blog, July 24, 2103.
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/selfies-arent-art and Clark, Roy Peter. “Me, My Selfie and I,” CNN Opinion,
November 23, 2013. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/23/opinion/clark-selfie-word-of-year/
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