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Holy selfies: Performing pilgrimage in the age of social media

open access: yesThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2018
In this article, we examine the selfie-taking and sharing practices of Muslim pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. We introduce the concept of the “holy selfie” (a selfie taken during either theHajj or the Umrah pilgrimages) and report on a visual content ...
Nadia Caidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selfie-related concepts and behaviors among Egyptian and Saudi nursing students: a comparative study

open access: yesMiddle East Current Psychiatry, 2021
Background Over the last 10 years, social media has become an integral facet of modern society. Self-presentation and body satisfaction are related to social media and its impact on users’ levels of well-being and self-esteem. This study aimed to compare
Marwa Abd El-fatah Ali El-slamoni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Instagram [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Overview: Capturing pictures helps to preserve memories that will be saved forever, and looking at them allows someone to take a journey back in time to when any given picture was taken.
Michaud, Lindsey
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Selfie-Kult: Bildvermittelte Kommunikation und Selbstbildnis als Kommunikationskode im digitalen Raum

open access: yeskommunikation@gesellschaft, 2019
Der folgende Aufsatz verfolgt die Frage, wie sich Selfies als Kommunikationskode im digitalen Raum lesen lassen. Er beginnt mit einer kritischen Diskussion des Begriffs „Selfie“, das sich als spezifische Form des Selbstportraits verstehen lässt.
Laura Maleyka
doaj   +1 more source

TEST [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
selfiesphotographysocial mediaself-portraiturephenomenological subjectivityThe contemporary and rising trend of the “selfie,” or self-portrait shared online through social media, has rarely been studied.

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Fashion Conversation Data on Instagram

open access: yes, 2017
The fashion industry is establishing its presence on a number of visual-centric social media like Instagram. This creates an interesting clash as fashion brands that have traditionally practiced highly creative and editorialized image marketing now have ...
Cha, Meeyoung   +3 more
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THE CONTESTED CITY OF VENICE: Caring for Commodified Common Infrastructures in a Touristified Environment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay I reveal contested common infrastructures in the interplay between vanishing public infrastructures in Venice and lack of care by governmental actors in a city with a shrinking number of inhabitants. I examine care and commodified public infrastructures in heritage cities facing mass tourism and climate change effects by zooming ...
Cornelia Dlabaja
wiley   +1 more source

Selfie Narratives Made by Young People [PDF]

open access: yesPaidéia (Ribeirão Preto)
This study aimed to investigate the phenomenon of selfies on social networks, identifying the meanings produced by young people about their selfies and seeking to expand the understanding about this type of photography.
Isis Graziele da Silva, Daniel Kupermann
doaj   +2 more sources

Young People and Digital Intimacies. What is the evidence and what does it mean? Where next? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The digital age makes new forms of connection possible, enabling ‘digital intimacies’ including the many practices of communicating, producing and sharing intimate content (‘sexting’; selfies; making, viewing and circulating sexual content; using hook-up
Attwood, Feona   +2 more
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Development of the SkinCARE Questionnaire: Measuring the impact of skin issues on psychological wellbeing in healthy populations

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
The SkinCARE questionnaire is a validated tool for assessing the impact of skin condition on psychological wellbeing. The present data also suggest greater skin wellbeing is linked to lower levels of perceived stress and good sleep health. Abstract Background In recent years, the psychological dimension of skin health has attracted increasing research ...
Alice Newton‐Fenner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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