The Anatomy of a Selfie

By the time of Ellen’s Oscar selfie last March 2014, the word “selfie” was already on the global trends map. After all, it was named the Oxford Dictionaries 2013 word of the year, and before that, one of Time Magazine’s top buzzwords for 2012.

But if anything, Ellen’s world record-setting group selfie cemented “the act of taking a photo of oneself with the intent of sharing it online” onto its rightful place in pop culture.

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