{"id":5053,"date":"2013-12-19T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T06:03:37","slug":"learn-how-to-take-a-great-selfie-like-the-pope-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/learn-how-to-take-a-great-selfie-like-the-pope-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn How to Take a Great #Selfie like the Pope (Infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now it\u2019s old news but I wanted to give a shout out to Oxford Dictionaries for announcing \u201c<i>selfie<\/i>\u201d as their international\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oxforddictionaries.com\/press-releases\/oxford-dictionaries-word-of-the-year-2013\/\">Word of the Year 2013<\/a>.\u00a0 My Mom, a former grammar\u00a0school teacher, didn&#8217;t believe me.\u00a0 Even spell check in Microsoft Word, highlights the word in red and gives some funny suggestions to correct the obvious mistake (sulfide, sulfite and Elfie to list a few). \u00a0Here it is Mom, taken straight from the trusted internet:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>selfie<\/b>\u00a0<i>noun, informal<\/i><br \/>\n(also\u00a0<b>selfy<\/b>; plural\u00a0<b>selfies<\/b>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Selfie<\/i>\u00a0can actually be traced back to 2002, but only gained momentum throughout the English-speaking world in 2012 as it evolved from a social media buzzword to mainstream shorthand for a self-portrait photograph. \u00a0More recently, giving even more credence to the word, a photo of the Pope posing with young fans at the Vatican has gone viral on social media, with gleeful reports that it was the first ever &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/the-pope\/10277934\/Pope-Francis-and-the-first-Papal-selfie.html\">Papal selfie<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0 Mom, are listening \u2013 the pope! Check out this selfie:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/selfie_pope.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5056\" alt=\"selfie_pope\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/selfie_pope.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/selfie_pope.jpg 620w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/selfie_pope-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the pope&#8217;s selfie doesn\u2019t get my Mom\u2019s eyes spinning, wait until she hears these spin-off terms showcasing particular parts of the body like;\u00a0<i>helfie<\/i>\u00a0(a picture of one\u2019s hair) and\u00a0<i>belfie<\/i>\u00a0(a picture of one\u2019s posterior); a particular activity \u2013\u00a0<i>welfie<\/i>\u00a0(workout selfie) and <i>drelfie<\/i>\u00a0(drunken selfie), and even items of furniture \u2013\u00a0<i>shelfie<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>bookshelfie<\/i>. The moral lessons of selfies may be difficult to discern especially when speaking with our kids, but the technological implications are pretty clear. As\u00a0<i>The New Yorker<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/culture\/2013\/11\/selfie-word-of-the-year.html\">points out<\/a>\u00a0in its coverage of the announcement, the jump in self-photography maps directly to the inclusion of cameras in mobile phones.\u00a0 Coincidentally this maps to my quick blog post last week on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/2013\/12\/why-photos-and-video-need-to-dominate-your-social-media-post-infographic\/\">why we use visual content in social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, for the remainder of 2013, if you must, here is a fun infographic on <a href=\"http:\/\/izzigadgets.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-dos-and-donts-of-selfies\/\">How to Take a Great Selfie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlvr.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/How-to-Take-a-Selfie-Infographic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5054\" alt=\"How-to-Take-a-Selfie-Infographic\" 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