"Why can't I take a full-shot of myself? Of course I can!" Studying selfies as socio-technological affective practices



: Hynna-Granberg Kaisu

Publisher: Routledge Journals. Taylor & Francis

: 2022

: Feminist Media Studies

: FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES

: FEM MEDIA STUD

: 22

: 6

: 1363

: 1378

: 16

: 1468-0777

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1886139

: https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1886139

: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/53428965


This article studies selfie-production as a socio-technological affective practice, bringing attention to a new and largely unstudied type of selfies, private selfies. Discussing an example of five Finnish women's experiences with a body positive #righttobeseen campaign, the article argues for selfie scholarship to move beyond analyses of representation and image-sharing on social media platforms, if it is to understand selfies' diverse role in selfie-takers' lives. The article offers an analytical schema for studying selfies as socio-technological affective practices, combining the method of interview studies with affect theory and examination of selfies' socio-technological underpinnings.

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