摘要：Selfie is a self-generated, self-selected picture to communicate the transitory message about oneself at aparticular moment in time taken to be immediately distributed to others via social media networks. Foradolescents, selfie becomes an online tool to explore and discover their identity throughout identity formationphase. Article aimed to address its purpose of describing the reasons why adolescents took selfies, what selfiemean to them and the meaning of others' responses on their selfies. Through textual analysis conducted uponwritten answers in a course exercise provided by 40 first semester students aged 18-20 years who participate inIntroduction to Communication Technology course in Pembangunan Jaya University. This preliminaryqualitative research concludes that they take the selfie as an activity done in their spare time to expressthemselves and to record memorable moments. For them, selfie means as their means for self-expression and asmementos. Others’ responses to their selfies gave them the affective feeling of approval. As these findingsresonate with identity formation in adolescence, the theoretical implication is the need to continue exploringselfie as a means for the search of the identity. The practical implication of these findings is to use selfie and itsfuture consequences with adolescence, including the issues of online safety and privacy
关键词：selfie; adolescents; social media; identity formation; self-disclosure
