Selfie culture has become global phenomenon and its manifestation has shifted from the mainstreams to peculiar, unique, extreme and even hazardous ways. Dangerous selfie is estimated to have strong appeal toindividualsto performsimilar or more extreme actions. Casualties due to selfies show significant increase in the last few years. Thus, the state has to intervene public sphere to protect more lives. This article discusses about 1)the patterns of dangerous selfies available onInstagram, 2) the kinds of expressions delivered by dangerous-selfie takers through the hashtags, 3) possible interventionsmade by the government regarding dangerous selfies. The data were obtained from 33 respondents who were chosen purposively and the statistic number of dangerous selfies based on the hashtags classifications leading to dangerous selfie.The research result shows that (1) Based on the data documentation, the patterns of dangerous selfies on social media can be classified into seven categories, namely height-related selfies, water-related selfies, height and water-related selfies, road-related selfies, vehicles-related selfies, animal-related selfies, weapons-related selfies. (2) The hashtags used by dangerous selfie-takers vary. (3) The government can intervene by making a public policy regulating selfies in terms of ways, situation and places of selfies.It can be concluded that many selfie-takers commit dangerous selfies and post them on social media (Instagram) with various hasthtags, which represent their self-expressions.
Keywords: dangerous selfies, government’s intervention,hashtags, selfie-takers
