Selfie and Personal Branding Phenomena in the Context of the Network Economy. A Literature Review

• Authors: Kucharska Wioleta , Confente Ilenia

Title variants

PL

Zjawiska selfie i personal branding w kontekście gospodarki sieciowej. Przegląd literatury

RU

Явления селфи и индивидуального брендинга в контексте сетевой экономики. Обзор литературы

• Languages of publication: PL EN RU

Abstracts

PL

Samodzielne fotografowanie się zwane „selfie”, następnie rozpowszechnianie tych zdjęć w mediach społecznościowych staje się coraz bardziej popularne, co jednocześnie budzi zainteresowanie naukowców. Podobnie, tematyka kreowania marki osobistej w ostatniej dekadzie budzi coraz szersze zainteresowanie świata nauki, jak i praktyki. Mimo to literatura naukowa dotycząca tego zagadnienia nie jest zbyt obszerna. Celem opracowania jest przedstawienie istoty pojęcia marki osobistej oraz jej powiązania ze zjawiskiem „selfie”. Autorzy wskazują na podstawie przedstawionego przeglądu literatury, że budowanie osobistej marki w gospodarce sieciowej jest jednym z kluczowych czynników wpływających na osobistą pozycję danej marki osobistej w poszczególnych sieciach wartości, w które dana osoba jest zaangażowana.

EN

Self-taken pictures called “selfies” shared in social media have become a worldwide phenomenon. This is due to the increased need of human being to share to other people their daily lives and to build their own personal brand in the networked world. Despite that, the subject of personal branding has not been sufficiently discussed in academic marketing literature over the past decade. The objective of the study is to present the concept of personal branding and to better understand the role selfie has, being one of the most frequently used social network, in helping people to build personal branding in the online context. Based on a literature review, authors highlight that building a personal brand in the network economy is one of the key factors influencing a personal position in valued networks.

RU

Фотографирование самого себя, именуемое селфи, а затем распространение фото в социальных медиа становится все более популярным, что одновременно вызывает интерес у научных работников. Так же тематика формирования индивидуального бренда в последнем десятилетии возбуждает все больший интерес мира науки и практики. Несмотря на это, научная литература, касающаяся этого вопроса, не прельщает. Цель разработки – представить суть понятия индивидуального бренда и его увязку с явлением селфи. Авторы на основе представленного обзора литературы указывают, что формирование индивидуального бренда в сетевой экономике – один из основных факторов, влияющих на личную позицию данного индивидуального бренда в отдельных сетях ценностей, в которые данное лицо вовлечено.

Keywords

PL

personal branding; social media; network economy

EN

personal branding; networked world; selfie; social media; social network

RU

индивидуальный брендинг социальные медиа; сетевая экономика

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur
• Journal: Handel Wewnętrzny
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 6 (371)
• Pages: 161-169

Contributors

author

Kucharska Wioleta

• Politechnika Gdańska

author

Confente Ilenia

• University of Verona

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