USC's #SelfieClass explores what photos of yourself say about self-image
[2023-12-21 19:15:38]
Self-timer: Most people who have smartphones are taking pictures of their own and posting online.
But what is behind selfie? Does anyone who thinks that many people are self-euphoric acts have greater cosmic meaning?
Associate professor at the University of Southern California tried to go to Carl Sagan through the phenomenon of social media - it urged Kim Kardashian to publish a book about her own selfies.
Mark Marino, his # SelfieClass: Writing 150: Writing and Critical Reasoning: Within identity and diversity, paying more attention to himself and the surrounding world to students writing on first grade I want it.
"Self-portrait provides a fun, deceptive and trivial opportunity to think about how we express ourselves, how to read, how these images spread to form an online community "He said.
One of the students' first writing tasks has the following questions. He then asked the students to choose their own five selfies and to investigate the race - ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sex and gender.
"When I go to Los Angeles, I can see that people are leaning at my head and laughing at the phone," Marino says. "They are communicating with their friends, but things are not that simple."
For Marino, the self-timer is building an image of "identity - gender, race, gender, socio-economic status".
"In addition to half of this process, these photos will be read, liked, gathered and interpreted by others based on their expectations and experiences," he said. "Here we include the ID you created in an independent network communication operation."
His student must keep a self-portrait diary, blog posts and other work. Also collaborated with Miriam Posner who teaches "Selfies, Snapchat and Cyber bullies" at UCLA.
"Through service projects - by interacting with students with diverse careers - they are beginning to realize the importance of extending their networks across dormitories - and how to make yourself a" friend " And getting beyond 'followers' or your community, city and world, 'Marino said' It is called self-portrait consciousness. "
USC # SelfieClass students and UCLA sister class students are participating in an increasing number of campuses and scholars all over the world. At the University of Southern California, these scholars include experts in art history, racial and ethnic identity, and important media research: "Self-portrait is more than self-portrait, Lissen Tropez said. Communication and News Trope uses self-portraits in the classroom to check gender norms, races and ethnic groups, "More interesting people intentionally challenge beautiful faces and body routines and templates, We will try to show a wide range of people about how it relates to changes in politics or norms.
Your self image is a picture of your own mind whether it is a body or an individual. When you think about yourself, the emotions and images that appear are important. The image of a healthy body means that you can see your real face and you feel good about your skin. Self-images also include your emotions about strengths, weaknesses and abilities. Since sex includes body and mind, our self image has a big influence on our sexual health. For the same reason our feelings towards our bodies can affect our own perception as a human being. Our body changes constantly in our lives, so our self-image will change as we get older.
Self-imagery is not the field we teach, yes, you may know what it is, but learning self-image is not a consideration for educators, parents, coaches or friends. This allows you to overcome your own self image problem. It is difficult to overcome the self image. I always draw it like a mirror like a mirror. You do not like your body, yourself or even your behavior. The mirror is not good and the subtitles are not good. Some people are authorized by this, others are completely controlled by the mirror. For the first time after you control, the picture will be suspended and the subtitles will sto