Selfies - disconnection from ICTs

What does it mean to grow older in Britain today? Laurie Taylor explores the changing realities of later life, from health and independence to inequality and support.Professor Judith Phillips OBE, Professor of Gerontology at the University of Stirling, is the former Research Dire ...  Show more

What does it really mean to give something away - or to buy something second-hand? And what, in the process, are we choosing not to see? Laurie Taylor talks to Gaby Harris, Sociologist and Lecturer in Fashion Cultures at Manchester Metropolitan University, about her research on t ...  Show more

We are living in the age of selfie mania. Everyone from the Pope to Obama has appeared in one. In the past, only a handful of people were able to propagate their own images, whether it was artists like Rembrandt or Van Gogh painting self-portraits, society beauties commissioning ...  Show more

It’s insane how much we let photos impact our self-worth.  Whether it’s on social media, or dating apps, we are in constant search of the perfect image.  Tinx wants us to stop all of this and realize that photos are just…photos.  They do not define us!  Some are going to be go ...

[video available on Spotify] recently, i've felt weird posting pictures of myself on instagram, and i've never felt this feeling before. posting photos of ourselves online is a part of being human at this point. it's so incredibly normal. i think most of us aren't even questionin ...  Show more

Do you take selfies? Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at why people like to take pictures of themselves.Check out more Spotlight English content at: www.SpotlightEnglish.com