#SELFIE By: Raymond Chung
Photo by: Emanuele Toscano (Flickr)
Does selfie posi,vely or nega,vely impact SELF-‐ESTEEM?
Photo by: Tim Knezevich (Flickr)
“But first, LET ME TAKE A SELFIE” ~ A line from the song #Selfie by the Chainsmokers
Photo by Ricky Thakrar (Flickr) Source: #Selfie; Metrolyric.com
Selfie won Oxford DicNonaries Word of the Year 2013
Selfie: A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone and uploaded to a social media website.
Photo by: Horia Varlan (Flickr) Source: Selfie; OxforddicNonaries.com
to take a selfie: • Part of modern culture • Seeking a@en,on • Trying to define ourselves (Teens)
Photo by: Judi May (Flickr)
Now that we can interact with hundreds — no, thousands — of people simultaneously, we've strengthened the impact that others have on our self-‐value…” ~ Dr. Letamendi
Quote from: Social Psychology of the Selfie by ChrisNne Erickson (Mashable) Photo by: Jason Howie (Flickr)
Studies shown that comments on your Facebook picture strongly affect how you perceived physical, social and professional a\racNveness
Photo by: MeLY3o (Flickr)
“The idea of the selfie is much more like your face is the cap:on and you’re trying to explain a moment or tell a story” ~ Frédéric della Faille
Quote from: My Self, Myself by Jenna Wortham (New York Times) Photo by: Iain Heath (Flickr)
Recent study showed more online photo sharing from people whose self-‐esteem is based on “public con,ngencies”
Photo by: Anssi Koskinen (Flickr)
While some gets
LOWER SELF-‐ESTEEM From viewing selfies
Photo by: ChrisNna VanMeter (Flickr)
“Selfies aren’t empowering; they’re a high tech reflecNon of the… way society teaches women that their most important quality is their physical aErac:veness,” ~ Erin Gloria Ryan
Quote from: ScruNnizing the ‘Selfie’: Self-‐Confidence or Self-‐Obsession? By Elise CurNn (Goodtherapy) Photo by: Francesco Cavallari (Flickr)
A team of U.K. researchers found that people who post lots of photos on social media, run the risk of alienaNng friends, family members and colleagues leads to less supporNve bonds
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“It is only problemaNc when someone fixates or over-‐compares to their detriment, but that is not a funcNon of the photos as much as the individual struggling with self-‐esteem” ~ Dr. Rutledge
Quote from: The Social Psychology of the Selfie by ChrisNne Erickson (Mashable) Photo by: Xavier Dnat (Flickr)
"People who tend to have low self-‐esteem and depression are more likely to engage in recurrent distorted cogni:on about the self (such as negaNve self-‐statements), Finding ways to interrupt those thoughts can prevent them from reinforcing a negaNve focus on the self may be helpful in improving self-‐esteem and liZing mood,.” ~ Dr. Letamendi
Quote from: The Social Psychology of the Selfie by ChrisNne Erickson (Mashable) Photo by: John Brain Silverio (Flickr)
“A secure, mature person is going to post selfies that are spontaneous and not overly engineered or edited, and they’re going to do it less oZen. A more insecure person is going to post staged or sexualized photos, and they’re going to do it so much that they become consumed by it and the comments they receive.” ~ Lucie Hemmen
Quote from: A Psychiatric Study Reveals Selfies Are More Dangerous Than You Think by Tom McKay (Policymic) Photo by: Bri\ney Bush Bolley (Flickr)
A selfie addict took TWO HUNDRED/day and tried to kill himself when he could not take a perfect photo
Photo by: Michel Di Feiciantonio (Flickr)
“I was constantly in search of taking the perfect selfie and when I realised I couldn’t I wanted to die. I lost my friends, my educaNon, my HEALTH and almost my life.” ~ Danny Bowman
Quote from: Selfie addict took TWO HUNDRED a day – and tried to kill himself when he couldn’t take a perfect photo by Gemma Aldridge and Kerry Harden (Mirror.co.uk) Photo by: Keirsten Marie (Flickr)
Quote from: Science Links Selfies to Narcissism, AddiNon & Low Self Esteem by Christle Barakat (SocialNmes) Photo by: Roel Wijnants (Flickr)
Two out of three of Dr. David Veale’s paNents suffer from Body Dysmorphic Disorder and compulsively take selfies.
“CogniNve behavioral therapy is used to help a paNent to recognize the reasons for his or her compulsive behavior and then to learn how to moderate it.” ~ Dr. David Veale
RAISING SELF-‐ESTEEM
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“The common treatment is where a paNent gradually Learns to go for longer periods of :me without sa:sfying the urge to take a photograph, along with therapy to address the root cause of the problem,” ~ Dr. David Veale
Quote from: Science Links Selfies to Narcissism, AddiNon & Low Self Esteem by Christle Barakat (SocialNmes) Photo by: Susana Fernandez (Flickr)
Selfie will mainly impact you in a negaNve way. In the end, it is always be^er to
BEYOURSELF
Photo by: Sandra Jovanovic (Flickr)
REFERENCES “My Selfie, Myself” NyNmes.com “The Social Psychology of the Selfie” Mashable.com “How do Selfies Impact Self-‐Esteem” Dr-‐carol.com “ScruNnizing the ‘Selfie’: Self-‐Confidence or Self-‐Obsession?” Goodtherapy.org “A Psychiatric Study Reveals Selfies Are More Dangerous Than You Think” Policymic.com “Making Sense of Selfies” Psychologytoday.com “Science Links Selfies to Narcissism, AddiNon & Low Self Esteem” SocialNmes.com “Selfie addict took TWO HUNDRED a day – and tried to kill himself when he couldn’t take perfect photo” Mirror.co.uk “The Good, the Bad, and the Unexpected Consequences of Selfie Obsession” Teenvogue.com “#Selfie” Metrolyric.com “Selfie” OxforddicNonaries.com Flickr.com
Photo by: Grzegorz Adach (Flickr)
Acknowledgement
All images used were found in Flickr and is under a CreaNve Commons license.
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