Selfies are an integral component of contemporary media culture and used to sell everyone from niche celebrities to the Prime Minister. This class examines the many meanings of selfies to trace their importance in contemporary media and digital cultures as well as their place within, and relationship to, historically and theoretically grounded concepts of photography and self portraiture.
[Enrolment in the Major program in Media and Communication Studies and 3.0 credits at the MDS B-level] or [Enrolment in the Minor in Media Studies and 2.0 credits at the MDS B-level]
