Understanding Selfies

• Main Author: Katarzyna Pisanski (auth)
• Other Authors: Agnieszka Sorokowska (auth), Piotr Sorokowski (auth), Nicola Bruno (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; group selfies; self-esteem; Human Computer Interaction (HCI); self-presentation; selfie; viewing perspective; perception bias; smartphones; social media; internet
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the year 2013, 'selfie' was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in recognition of dramatic changes in frequency, prominence, and register of the term. This drastic increase in selfie-taking was spurred by two factors. The first was the advent of smartphones equipped with front...