There is a new trend moving through social media. It’s attracting the attention of the funeral industry. It’s called the “funeral selfie.”

The Oxford Dictionaries named “selfie” the international word of the year. But a particular style of selfie is trending now.

Funeral selfies are the newest craze. There is a Twitter hashtag #funeralselfie and a Tumblr blog called ‘Selfies at Funerals.’ Social media butterflies have been snapping pictures of themselves saying they are on their way to funerals and even at wakes, then uploading them to social media sites with the funeral hashtag.

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