Age Of The Selfie Analysis

In the article “Age of the Selfie”, written by John C. Dvorak, he explains “This selfie phenomenon is generally in the age bracket of about 13-20 with a few immature older people constantly shooting selfies.” His main purpose is how taking selfies is a sign of narcissism, self-absorbance, and how adults in today’s time need to change the way this generation thinks.
Dvorak writes, “At some point, you have to ask yourself, “Are we dealing with a generation of self-absorbed narcissists?” So far it seems the answer is yes, and unless we teach these kids differently everything--not just photos--will only get worse.”” The world itself and its many problems will get worse because what does selfishness help? Nothing. Dvorak explains that, “They are
He also talks about other things, he talks about some social media and other ways to talk and tell people about things. Dvorak explains “The only things worse than selfies snapshots are the hordes of teens, again usually females, who set up a webcam and begin to “produce” commentary to post on YouTube.” He is being very hypocritical, he may not be on social media expressing himself about the selfie but he is writing an article about them and he says “Nobody is going to rant into the camera for long if no one else watches.” Just like his articles, he wouldn't keep writing them if no one read them. In the article “The Meanings of the Selfie” written by James Franco, he points out “But a well-stocked collection of selfies seems to get attention. And attention seems to be the name of the game when it comes to social networking.” Same as writing an article for a magazine, you have to get people's attention or they won’t even read it. In the article “The Age of the Selfie” written by Sara Shae, she points out “Years from now you want to look back on your digital photo album and recall all of the memories and moments you had the chance to experience through-out your lifetime. So come on kids, be more creative. You have the ability to chronicle your life in photographs for thousands to see. Make that photo something worthwhile.” She’s right, we should be able to take pictures of ourselves and everything else. Taking selfies do not make you a self-absorbed