By Giselle Namata
Managing Editor
Many fads have come and gone this past 2013. As we start
this new 2014 year, let’s think about all the things that we thought was cool…
but probably will think is lame in 10 or 15 years. Twerking, hashtags, or saying certain catch
phrases such as "ooh kill 'em" or "swag" have made their
way into our daily lives and in media. Applications such as Twitter, Instagram,
Vine or other social media networks have been publicizing these fads that have
faded in and out while being used internationally. Whether it is through news
channels, Youtube videos, radio advertisements, or even on live sports
streaming, Twitter and other social media methods have inserted themselves into
our daily lives. Our standardization of communicating and sharing ideas or
thoughts has come along this far all thanks to the internet.
We have all seen the new famous method of taking pictures with friends or family, the selfie. I have just recently taken a drive with my parents to the Kennedy Center for a musical production of the holiday classic, Elf. It was not until in that moment and in that situation, had I realized how big of an epidemic taking selfies are. As I stood in the high ceilinged hallway with glittering chandeliers, I looked across the room to see just in time a snapshot taken on the front facing camera of an Android. My eyes connected from the phone to the arm and as my vision set in focus, I realized the age of the picture taker. There standing before me was a group of older ladies, approximately 60 or 70 years old. These women stood there taking a selfie with arms outstretched to get a view of their done up make-up and hair while trying to get a background image and perspective of the Opera House sign looming above them.
Picture taking has increasingly become more serious as time progresses. Social media networks have been calling it the “Selfie Olympics”, connecting to the upcoming 2014 winter event. The Selfie Olympics has been classified to be a picture taken in extreme measures to imitate a funny scenario or to create entertainment for those around them. Just this morning, E News posted these pictures of some of the selfies being thrown around lately. Most of these pictures are taken in a bathroom mirror. A Twitter named Selfie Olympics was created to shed light and glorify this new trend. What do you think of these pictures? Are they too much, time consuming, and irrelevant? Or are we just adjusting to a new sense of creativity as social media and technology expands?
We have all seen the new famous method of taking pictures with friends or family, the selfie. I have just recently taken a drive with my parents to the Kennedy Center for a musical production of the holiday classic, Elf. It was not until in that moment and in that situation, had I realized how big of an epidemic taking selfies are. As I stood in the high ceilinged hallway with glittering chandeliers, I looked across the room to see just in time a snapshot taken on the front facing camera of an Android. My eyes connected from the phone to the arm and as my vision set in focus, I realized the age of the picture taker. There standing before me was a group of older ladies, approximately 60 or 70 years old. These women stood there taking a selfie with arms outstretched to get a view of their done up make-up and hair while trying to get a background image and perspective of the Opera House sign looming above them.
Picture taking has increasingly become more serious as time progresses. Social media networks have been calling it the “Selfie Olympics”, connecting to the upcoming 2014 winter event. The Selfie Olympics has been classified to be a picture taken in extreme measures to imitate a funny scenario or to create entertainment for those around them. Just this morning, E News posted these pictures of some of the selfies being thrown around lately. Most of these pictures are taken in a bathroom mirror. A Twitter named Selfie Olympics was created to shed light and glorify this new trend. What do you think of these pictures? Are they too much, time consuming, and irrelevant? Or are we just adjusting to a new sense of creativity as social media and technology expands?
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