_____________________________________ Selfie Generation, Dawn of Innovative Future or Twilight Catastrophe?

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Haroun Isaac Caunda Anne Dominique Tizon Katrina Kaye Monterroyo Relden Loris Campanilla Glynnis Gabrielle Saberon Mar Leo La!nason

Ms" Lou Anne #unzalan $n!lis% Marc% &'()

Abstract

T%e *+,ord Dictionaries %as c%osen -sel,ie- as its .ord o, t%e year ,or &'(/" Sel,ie is de,ined as -a p%oto!rap% t%at one %as ta en o, onesel,0 typically one ta en .it% a smartp%one or .ebcam and uploaded to a social media"- *ur question is0 in t%e upcomin! years 11 and t%e upcomin! ones o, t%is decade 11 do .e need to be more sel,ie or more sel,less2 Is t%is really t%e start o, ne. be!innin! or t%e end o, classical period2 In our country0 t%e .ord 3Sel,ie4 is describes as 3(Internet slang) A sel,1ta en picture"4 T%is .ord !reatly a,,ected and touc%ed people5s li6es because some o, t%e cyberspace users are usin! t%is as a reason to !o online" Some o, t%e users also are tryin! to !et a praise by postin! some o, t%eir pictures" T%e .orst part o, t%is 3Sel,ie4 is0 it is .idely used all o6er t%e social media and all o6er t%e .orld" Aren5t .e t%e most sel,1centered !eneration e6er2 7e are" 7e are t%e most ima!e1conscious0 sel,1important batc% o, ids e6er to .al t%e planet" 7e s%are little tidbits o, our li6es as i, t%ey .ere important 8 .%at .e eat and drin 0 %o. .e sleep0 .%at .e loo li e .it% our s%irts o,," 7e %a6e become our o.n icons9 royalty9 .e all %ad t%is obsession to one5s sel, t%at .e became our o.n paparazzi"

C%apter I
#roblem and its Scope

Re6ie. o, Related Literature A" T%eoretical :ac !round T%e term -sel,ie- .as discussed by p%oto!rap%er ;im Krause in &''<0 alt%ou!% p%otos in t%e sel,ie !enre predate t%e .idespread use o, t%e term" In t%e early &'''s0 be,ore =aceboo became t%e dominant online social net.or 0 sel,1ta en p%oto!rap%s .ere particularly common on MySpace" Ho.e6er0 .riter Kate Losse recounts t%at bet.een &''> and &''?" :y &'(/0 t%e .ord -sel,ie- %ad become commonplace enou!% to be monitored ,or inclusion in t%e online 6ersion o, t%e *+,ord $n!lis% Dictionary" In @o6ember &'(/0 t%e .ord -sel,ie- .as announced as bein! t%e -.ord o, t%e year- by t%e *+,ord $n!lis% Dictionary0 .%ic% !a6e t%e .ord itsel, an Australian ori!in" Robert Cornelius0 an American pioneer in p%oto!rap%y0 produced a da!uerreotype o, %imsel, in (A/? .%ic% is also one o, t%e ,irst p%oto!rap%s o, a person" :ecause t%e process .as slo. %e .as able to unco6er t%e lens0 run into s%ot ,or a minute or more0 and t%en replace t%e lens cap" He recorded on t%e bac 3T%e ,irst li!%t #icture e6er ta en" (A/?"

@o.adays0 sel,ie is .idely used all o6er t%e social media" Actually0 .e conducted t%is study ,or us to no. i, t%is !eneration .ill become an asset ,or t%e better in t%e ,uture or it can destroy our respecti6e cultures since .e are tal in! .orld.ide" T%e pro!ress o, &(st Century5s tec%nolo!y became our !reatest leap to.ards t%e ad6ancement o, our tec%nolo!ies to !i6e us com,ort" At t%e same time0 it can also be used to lead t%e do.n,all o, our current ci6ilization" T%is is t%e ,irst time t%at .e conducted a researc% on t%e 3se,ie !eneration4 and it is also an

interestin! topic to start .it%"

T%e appeal o, sel,ies comes ,rom %o. easy t%ey are to ma e and to upload in t%e social media" T%e person .%o too a sel,ie can also adBust t%e camera as easy as t%ey desired" Some o, t%e sel,ies are Bust ta en to recei6e ,latterin! praises ,or social media" Some o, t%e ,riends also support t%eir ,riend .%o too a sel,ie""

:" Re6ie. o, Related Studies

T%e debut o, t%e portable Koda :ro.nie bo+ camera in (?'' led to p%oto!rap%ic sel,1 portraiture becomin! a more .idespread tec%nique" T%e met%od .as usually by mirror and stabilizin! t%e camera eit%er on a nearby obBect or on a tripod .%ile ,ramin! 6ia a 6ie.,inder at t%e to o, t%e bo+" Russian Grand Duc%ess Anastasia @i olae6na at t%e a!e o, (/ .as one o, t%e ,irst teena!ers to ta e %er o.n picture usin! a mirror to send to a ,riend in (?()" In t%e letter t%at accompanied t%e p%oto!rap%0 s%e .rote0 -I too t%is picture o, mysel, loo in! at t%e mirror" It .as 6ery %ard as my %ands .ere tremblin!"-

=rom t%e pre6ious study0 t%e aut%or su!!ests t%at -t%ose .%o ,requently post p%oto!rap%s on =aceboo ris dama!in! real1li,e relations%ips"- And t%is is .%y e+actly .e made a study" =or us to no. i, is it really can dama!e our culture or can %elp us in t%e ,uture"

Si!ni,icance o, t%e study

#ictures .ere ta en in 6arious .ays" Some call it 3#%oto!rap%y4" And on t%e ot%er %and a selfie is a type o, sel,1portrait p%oto!rap%0 typically ta en .it% a %and1%eld di!ital camera or camera p%one" T%is .ord .as t%e &'(/ .ord o, t%e year because it is .idely used all o6er t%e internet and all o6er t%e .orld" Meanin! sel,ie is spreadin! 6astly across t%e eart%" T%e si!ni,icance o, t%is study is to tell t%e people about t%e bad t%in! and !ood t%in!s sel,ie %as brou!%t to us" 7%at scares us about sel,ie !eneration is t%at0 t%ey are

e+periencin! a li,e o, pictures and social media" I .ant t%em to e+perience li,e not Bust ta in! pictures o, it" 7e .ant t%em to realize t%at success and %appiness is not measured in 3li es4 and 3s%ares4" 7e .ant t%em to read t%e ne.s and not Bust read status updates" Some o, t%e cyberspace users don5t e6en ,ollo. t%e correct spellin! o, t%e .ords" 7e .ant t%em to learn to be able to spell" I .ant to emp%asize t%at li,e in t%e computer .orld is Bust a ,antasy and not t%e real .orld God %as !i6en us" :asically0 t%e people or ot%er cyberspace users .ill bene,it ,rom t%is study" T%is study .ill be used as a !uide or ad6ice o, ta in! sel,ies too muc% and ma in! ,antasy t%eir reality e6en t%ou!% its not"

Statement o, t%e #roblem 3Sel,ie40 a term t%at is no. common to say on t%ese days" T%us0 callin! our !eneration 3sel,ie1!eneration40 .e t%e researc%ers0 .ould ponder on t%is researc% o, .%y0 %o.0 and .%en t%is 3sel,ie4 spread" 7e %ope t%at as .e reac% t%e end o, t%is researc%0 .e could ans.er t%e ,ollo.in! C

(" 7%at are t%e ori!ins0 creators0 and %o. .as t%e !eneration spread2 I, by social net.or 0 speci,ied site" &" Ho. .ould t%is 3sel,ie4 a,,ect t%e teena!ers especially t%eir psyc%olo!ical and emotional state o, mind on moments t%at c%allen!e t%em to be a c%an!ed person2 /" Ho. could it a,,ect t%e be%a6ior o, a person .%o belon!ed to C A" Community2 :" A %ome .%ere t%eir ,amily stay2 C" T%e ne+t !eneration2 T%ese are t%e questions t%at .e .ould li e to ans.er a,ter t%is researc% .ill be completed"