Selfies- Lecture notes

Selfies- A brief History 

2005: The term "selfie" is first used by Richard Krause in a "how-to" photography guide.

Feb 2007: A user of the photo-sharing site Flickr creates a group called "selfie shots", defining selfie as: "A photograph of oneself in an arm-extended posture.”

June 2010: Apple releases the iPhone 4 featuring a front-facing camera, allows users to frame their self-portraits.

Oct 2010: Instagram is launched, reaching more than 100 million active users by April 2012.

June 2012 : Selfie joins the OED's watchlist of words for possible inclusion.

Dec 2012: Selfie appears in Time magazine's top buzzwords of 2012. "Selfies are often snapped at odd angles with smartphones and include part of the photographer's arm,"

Jan 2013: Obamas' daughters, Malia and Sasha, are pictured taking a selfie at their father's presidential inauguration.

March 2013: The Daily Mail publishes its first moral panic piece about selfies, headlined: "The craze for pouting pictures I fear my daughters will end up regretting." The writer adds: "It's as though a whole generation has lost the ability to smile naturally.”