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In the introductory chapter, Adi Kuntsman presents the concept of ‘selfie citizenship’: claims made by ordinary citizens via their networked self-portraits, created, distributed and consumed at the times of algorithmic visibility, large-scale dataisation, globalised participatory politics and biometric governance. Kuntsman argues that both ‘selfie’ and ‘citizenship’ need to be understood not as a given but as a field of potential violence and contestation. Approaching selfie citizenship as a visual, networked and social phenomenon, the introduction asks: What are the conditions in which a selfie can do political work? Who are the selfies made for? By whom? How are they consumed? Who, when and how has the ability – and the safety – to star in a selfie, and when is such ability impossible?
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Kuntsman, A. (2017). Introduction: Whose Selfie Citizenship?. In: Kuntsman, A. (eds) Selfie Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45270-8_2
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