The use of self portraits, or "selfies" has overtaken social media and especially the new instagram sensation. Young girls are now posting pictures of themselves in little to no clothing for a new "beauty pageant" where people can like their pictures and rate them on who looks the best or the "hottest." Photos are being used to indicate beauty and "social worth" within the context of social media and cyber space. As our reading indicated, these comments and "likes" act as compliments and show the persons worth. Instead of positive comments, the instagram pageant is attracting rude, mean, and harassing comments that are hurting feelings of the girls posting the pictures. Instagram attacked back by saying is it the parents responsibility to monitor their child's instagram. Although the use of media and photography is changing rapidly, our older generations of society are not as accepting of these changes. The media is used for fast communication and the "producing and reproducing" of our social life.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/04/instagram-beauty-pageants-draw-parents-scrutiny/
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