Self Portrait vs the Selfie

Selfies are taken of oneself. They are taken at arms length or directly into the mirror. Selfies are taken with smartphones or photoediting apps. 

A self portrait is the use of a picture reflection or even memory guide. They are not that modern anymore and people rather take selfies. 

The difference is that a selfie is taking by oneself with digital technology like smartphones and a self portrait is often painted, sculptured or drawn by someone else. 
The difference could also be seen in the social media boom. Selfies are often taken to post on social media like facebook, instagram, snapchat etc. 

I prefer to take selfies because you can see yourself while taking the picture and fix the things you don`t like about it. Its also a really fast way to safe memories with families and friends or at special places. 

I think self portraits are more important because social media kind of destroyed that they are taken seriously. Most of the self portraits now a days are from really important people like presidents etc.