Imageplot for New York. Image credit: selfiecity.net
The pervasiveness of smartphones has led to the selfie becoming the most prolific form of photography in the 21st century. With the rise of social media such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, it is increasingly easy to post self-portraits on the Internet. In the first year of Google Photos’ launch (2015-2016), Google stored 24 billion selfies!
For this homework, I would like you to explore the website selfiecity.net, and answer a few questions. Selfiecity is an investigation of selfies taken in five different cities. After exploring the site, please go to the findings section and look over the data on selfies in the five cities.
Which Selfiecity findings are most interesting to you? Did any data surprise you? What does the data show are differences between selfies taken in New York and other cities? Â Please submit a short 100-word post to share your thoughts on Selfiecity.
This homework is DUE by Tuesday, February 21 at midnight.
Please only check off the category #studentHW to properly tag your homework for credit!
For instructions on how to create a post on the Openlab, or even how to create an account, look under “Blogging Guidelines” located on the header above. (Seriously, read this page, it contains step-by-step instructions on how to create a post on our OpenLab class website.)
