Notes to self: the visual culture of selfies in the age of social media

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 490-516

  Murray, Derek Conrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

feminist theory; Francesca Romeo; Noorann Matties; photography; selfie; social media; visual culture; Vivian Fu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942983876     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2015.1052967     Document Type: Article

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