Artikel dalam bahasa Inggris mengenai fenomena selfie

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Headline          :  Popular by ‘Selfie’ 

oleh: Nadia Permata Sari

 

Technological progress are happening so rapidly that spurred  various of  new habits in the society. Specially technology of  telecommunication’s progress, the companies that moving in telecommunications such as mobile phone and gadget are compete to offer the best applications they have.

Booming ‘selfie’ phenomenon  is one of effects from  technological’s  progress. Any kind selfie photos uploaded everyday to social networking and another smartphones’s application. Starting from twitter, facebook, instagram, path, and others, you’ll find any kind  selfie photo styles. Not only the women are dominant in this phenomenon, men aren’t less commotion.

Isn’t surprisingly if ‘selfie’ photo get booming, considering that smartphone’s application progress. Undeniably booming selfie photos is coincided with  social media trending. Selfie pictures are often used as a cover or profile picture on a social networking account.

With the camera position is higher or equal to the face then anyone can take a selfie photos, it makes selfie easy to do  anywhere and anytime. Then what is the function of photo selfie? Why did upload photo selfie’s  to social networks  become routine as if our society today?

This is response Meri Susanti, Lecturer Faculty of Da'wa Islamic Counseling and Communication Studies IAIN Imam Bonjol, Padang, "selfie is one form of self-actualization, because the human need to feel valued and respected."

Meri also believes that humans will always looking for  balance in life. Maybe just by uploading selfie photos on social media the person will be happy, to feel known and confident.

For some people especially teenagers, selfie activity  be an alternative when they are bored. There is also think  that results from taking their own pictures (selfie) more satisfying than being photographed by others because face’s looks more in line with what is desired.