Selfie and critical theory: considerations on the work with images in psychology

Authors

  • Fernanda Carvalho de Almeida Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Maria de Fátima Vieira Severiano Univerisadade Federal do Ceará

Keywords:

Critical Theory, selfie, images.

Abstract

Nowadays, image has become an important part of individual’s life. This fact gets obvious on selfie phenomenon. On that, individuals self-portrait themselves in many situations to share those contents at social media. Images become, therefore, relevant to contemporary man’s comprehension, in other words, they become relevant to the comprehension of a subjectivity that constitutes itself on screen – computer’s screen, smartphone’s screen etc. We ask ourselves: how psychology’s research has occupied itself with such delicate work as an image reading? In this paper, we seek to explore image investigation’s possibilities through the theoretical methodological base of Frankfurt’s School Critical Theory. We choose to refer to selfies, because they are paradigmatic at web’s nowadays’ image production. We will approach theoretical methodological aspects on selfie reading and elaborate on image analysis’ challenges. We will point possible paths on this challenges’ handling through Critical Theory. As result, its appropriation by Psychology propitiates practical sense to theoretical work and ameliorations to theory through praxis. Still, Critical Theory foments an accurate look to social whole’s revealing details, allowing the researcher to drift as Benjamin’s flanêur into now’s transience.

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Author Biographies

Fernanda Carvalho de Almeida, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Graduada em Psicologia Pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Especialista em Propaganda e Marketing pela FA7. Mestranda em
Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Membro do LAPSUS – laboratório de psicologia em subjetividade e sociedade.

Maria de Fátima Vieira Severiano, Univerisadade Federal do Ceará

Professora Titular do Departamento de Psicologia e da Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFC. Doutora pela UNICAMP e Universidad
Complutense de Madrid. Pós Doutorado no Programa de Psicologia Social da UERJ. Membro Fundadora do LAPSUS – Laboratório de
Psicologia em Subjetividade e Sociedade.

Published

2017-06-02

How to Cite

de Almeida, F. C., & Severiano, M. de F. V. (2017). Selfie and critical theory: considerations on the work with images in psychology. Journal of Psychology, 8(1), 121–128. Retrieved from http://periodicos.ufc.br/psicologiaufc/article/view/14285