The selfie is not only narcissism at every click but also instant autobiography
PM Modi and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently posed for “the world’s most powerful selfie”, garnering almost 32 million views on social media site Weibo. Modi’s selfie outside the polling booth during the general elections may have got him into trouble with the EC, but became a new milestone in political communication. The Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie with the Hollywood elite made distant celebrities seem tantalisingly close. Obama and Cameron’s selfie with the Danish prime minister was a shock of thrilling informality amidst staid governmental images.
The selfie stick is called the narcissi-stick, because the selfie creates a self-absorbed universe. Me-with-the Great Wall and me-with-the Sphinx are not just Read More
