What is the first thing that you do in the morning? Wake up, look around and then most likely if you are waking up in this day and age grab your phone check it and then maybe take a selfie on snapchat. Why do I bring this up, because in today’s society our social media platforms are wanting us to become more social without actually communicating. The social snapchat craze has been the new trending buzz that many are asking all about. Snapchat is an application for your mobile device that lets you take a photo while messaging it to multiple friends. This app also allows you to send videos, text messages and drawings on the actual photos.
This application is a way for storytellers to not even speak but let viewers see the details of what’s on their mind, what they maybe having for lunch through visual photos. Snapchat allows you to have a timed 10 second glance of the photo and then disappears just like a ghost. The app has caught some flack from the beginning because many users of the app were taken screen shots of the photos that were apparently suppose to vanish.
So is this app truly a social selfie of society? Yes many users are quite amused by taking photos of themselves. Snapchat still creates communication between best friends and long-lost relatives just by photos which hopefully then turns into memories for the future and the next phone call!
Jamie.N.Springer 