{"id":16,"date":"2025-10-28T00:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-09T23:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T23:59:03","slug":"cultural-significances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/cultural-significances\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Significances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selfies as a cultural phenomenon:\u00a0Selfiecity shows that selfies aren\u2019t just shallow or narcissistic, they\u2019re meaningful acts of\u00a0self presentation and communication. The rise of the\u00a0front facing camera on smartphones\u00a0made selfies easier and more common, which helped them become a global cultural trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cultural patterns:\u00a0The study reveals local differences in expression. Bangkok and S\u00e3o Paulo selfies tend to be the happiest, while Moscow selfies are more neutral. These patterns highlight\u00a0urban identity, social norms, and cultural styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social justice lens:\u00a0Selfiecity makes visible\u00a0who participates in digital culture\u00a0and who might be underrepresented. It encourages audiences to think critically about\u00a0representation, privacy, and power\u00a0in social media data, without ever exposing individual personal information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital humanities connection:\u00a0By combining\u00a0art, data, and technology, the project turns selfies into a mirror of society and shows how digital humanities can study culture in a nuanced and ethical way.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selfies as a cultural phenomenon:\u00a0Selfiecity shows that selfies aren\u2019t just shallow or narcissistic, they\u2019re meaningful acts of\u00a0self presentation and communication. The rise of the\u00a0front facing camera on smartphones\u00a0made selfies easier and more common, which helped them become a global cultural trend. Cultural patterns:\u00a0The study reveals local differences in expression. Bangkok and S\u00e3o Paulo selfies tend to be the happiest, while Moscow selfies are more neutral. These patterns highlight\u00a0urban identity, social norms, and cultural styles. Social justice lens:\u00a0Selfiecity makes visible\u00a0who participates in digital culture\u00a0and who might be underrepresented. It encourages audiences to think critically about\u00a0representation, privacy, and power\u00a0in social media data, without ever exposing individual personal information. Digital humanities connection:\u00a0By combining\u00a0art, data, and technology, the project turns selfies into a mirror of society and shows how digital humanities can study culture in a nuanced and ethical way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/AWSelfieCity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}