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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #6401 Photography 3
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To  better  understand  selfies  and  how  people  form  their  identities  online,  the  researchers  combed  through  2.5  million  selfie  posts  on  Instagram  to  determine  what  kinds  of  identity  statements  people  make  by  taking  and  sharing  the  photos.  Nearly  52  percent  of  all  selfies    the  appearance  category:  pictures  of  people  showing  off  their  make-up,  clothes,  lips,  etc.  Pics  about  looks  were  two  times  more  popular  than  the  other  14  categories  combined.    appearances,  social  selfies  with  friends,  loved  ones,  and  pets  were  the  most  common  (14  percent).  Then  came  ethnicity  pics  (13  percent),  travel  (7  percent),  and  health  and  fitness  (5  percent).  The  researchers  noted  that  the  prevalence  of  ethnicity  selfies  (selfies  about  a  persons  ethnicity,  nationality  or  country  of  origin)  is  an  indication  that  people  are  proud  of  their  backgrounds.  They  also  found  that  most  selfies  are  solo  pictures,  rather  than  taken  with  a  group.  The  data  was  gathered  in  the  summer  of  2015.  The  research  team  believes  the  study  is  the  first  large-scale  empirical  research  on  selfies.  Overall,  an  overwhelming  57  percent  of  selfies  on  Instagram  were  posted  by  the  18-35-year-old  crowd,  something  the  researchers  say  isnt  too  surprising    the  demographics  of  the  social  media  platform.  The  under-18  age  group  posted  about  30  percent  of  selfies.  The  older  crowd  (35+)  shared  them  far  less  frequently  (13  percent).  Appearance  was  most  popular  among  all  age  groups.  Lead  author  Julia  Deeb-Swihart  says  selfies  are  an  identity  performancemeaning  that  users  carefully  craft  the  way  they  appear  online  and  that  selfies  are  an  extension  of  that.  This  evokes  William  Shakespeares  famous  line:  All  the  worlds  a  stage,  and  all  the  men  and  women  merely  players.

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