Selfies as interpersonal communication

We define selfies as images or videos that one takes of oneself, primarily alone, but sometimes among a group of others. Manovich’s 2015 study of selfies found that only about 4% of the images posted on Instagram in a single week were selfies. While that is a relatively small percentage of the overall vast number images captured, it nonetheless translates into about three-quarters of a billion pictures that currently reside on Instagram. Initially considered the domain of teens, the selfie phenomenon now runs the gamut from religious leaders to politicians and practically everyone in between. Franklin Graham (son and heir