The word selfie is a neologism that comes from English, which can be translated into our language as a self-portrait or selfie, that is, specifically, it is a photograph taken with a digital camera, or with a mobile phone where a woman is portrayed. person with a singular pose, and then publish it on the different existing social networks. But overall a selfie can be described on the Internet as a photograph of a particular person or persons that are posted on social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.
As we well know, a selfie is a self-portrait taken with a camera; although it should be noted that it was not until the beginning of the XXI century that there was no specific denomination, to later obtain such a boom. The English term selfie was used for the first time on September 13, 2002 in an Internet forum owned by Australian public television called ABC On line.
Selfie was the English word of the year 2013 according to the Oxford dictionaries, which are dictionaries published by the famous Oxford University Press publisher and which are considered the most complete and scholarly of the English language.
As stated, what can motivate many people to take selfies includes, doing it for fun, raising their own self-esteem, as a message for a certain person, attracting the attention of people around them, showing off their moments, visits, among others. others. Therefore, it is very common to find different types of selfies on blogs, Instagram or other social networks; A great example of this phenomenon occurs when people travel, through these self-portraits they can document the places they visit.
