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"This according to researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University in England, who said that as Instagram and YouTube have become more popular methods to shar

by Sayter 9y ago

"This according to researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University in England, who said that as Instagram and YouTube have become more popular methods to share art, fewer young people are taking to the streets to make a name for themselves. In other words, kids these days are less Banksy and more Selena." Banksy is being used to represent graffiti. Selena is being used to represent Instagram. Selena Gomez is the more reasonable assumption than Selena Quintanilla to represent Instagram since Selena Gomez has the most Instagram followers for any user.

chank 9y ago
Gomez may be a logical assumption but she has never been mononymous in the media; unlike Selena Quintanilla. It could be that the article is assuming that is the case? I am aware of 'both' Selenas but the elder is the only mononymous one. So it's a confusion of references.
- fharper1961 9y ago
  Counter example: On the April cover of Vogue, Selena Gomez is referred to as Selena.
  - M_Grey 9y ago
    Possible salient point: Was her picture on the cover?
  - grzm 9y ago
    Given that she's featured on the cover, providing only her first name isn't in any way ambiguous. http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cover-photos-mert-alas-marcus-piggott#7 http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cove...
- lucasmullens 9y ago
  Speaking as a millennial, all of my friends would immediately assume "Selena" means "Selena Gomez" in nearly any context. I've never heard of Selena Quintanilla.
  - gkrhcs 9y ago
    If you don't know who Selena Quintanilla is, you might not a millennial. Perhaps you are Generation Z?
    - pavel_lishin 9y ago
      Aye, laddie, 'tis no true scotsman who doesn't know Selena!
    - lucasmullens 9y ago
      I didn't realize I was on the tail end of millennials, but I was born in '93 and Selena died when I was one.
  - nommm-nommm 9y ago
    Old fogie here. Selena Quintanilla went by the mononym 'Selena' and was a very popular Tejano singer in the early 90s. She was, very sadly, murdered at a motel in 1995 at age 23 by the president of her fan club when she confronted her about embezzling money. Said women received life in prison for said murder. There was a biopic movie made about Selena which was Jennifer Lopez's first role as an actress(1) (playing Selena, of course!) produced, in part, by her father. It was played all the time on Lifetime/Lifetime-esque channels around the turn of the century. Really, this movie was played -all the time-. I probably saw it at least 10 times just because it was on TV and there wasn't much else to do. Any reference to just "Selena" I would assume was her because she was the only one who went by that monoynm. Gomez was never "Selena," she was "Selena Gomez." In fact, in seems like Selena Gomez was actually named after Selena Quintanilla. At least according to Gomez herself. (1) After, of course, her time as a Fly Girl. Which is performing, but not acting.

by Sayter 9y ago

chank 9y ago

Gomez may be a logical assumption but she has never been mononymous in the media; unlike Selena Quintanilla. It could be that the article is assuming that is the case? I am aware of 'both' Selenas but the elder is the only mononymous one. So it's a confusion of references.

fharper1961 9y ago
Counter example: On the April cover of Vogue, Selena Gomez is referred to as Selena.
- M_Grey 9y ago
  Possible salient point: Was her picture on the cover?
- grzm 9y ago
  Given that she's featured on the cover, providing only her first name isn't in any way ambiguous. http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cover-photos-mert-alas-marcus-piggott#7 http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/selena-gomez-april-vogue-cove...
lucasmullens 9y ago
Speaking as a millennial, all of my friends would immediately assume "Selena" means "Selena Gomez" in nearly any context. I've never heard of Selena Quintanilla.
- gkrhcs 9y ago
  If you don't know who Selena Quintanilla is, you might not a millennial. Perhaps you are Generation Z?
  - pavel_lishin 9y ago
    Aye, laddie, 'tis no true scotsman who doesn't know Selena!
  - lucasmullens 9y ago
    I didn't realize I was on the tail end of millennials, but I was born in '93 and Selena died when I was one.
- nommm-nommm 9y ago
  Old fogie here. Selena Quintanilla went by the mononym 'Selena' and was a very popular Tejano singer in the early 90s. She was, very sadly, murdered at a motel in 1995 at age 23 by the president of her fan club when she confronted her about embezzling money. Said women received life in prison for said murder. There was a biopic movie made about Selena which was Jennifer Lopez's first role as an actress(1) (playing Selena, of course!) produced, in part, by her father. It was played all the time on Lifetime/Lifetime-esque channels around the turn of the century. Really, this movie was played -all the time-. I probably saw it at least 10 times just because it was on TV and there wasn't much else to do. Any reference to just "Selena" I would assume was her because she was the only one who went by that monoynm. Gomez was never "Selena," she was "Selena Gomez." In fact, in seems like Selena Gomez was actually named after Selena Quintanilla. At least according to Gomez herself. (1) After, of course, her time as a Fly Girl. Which is performing, but not acting.