The Relationship between Selfies and Real Life Relationship Quality

The word narcissism develops from the popular Greek myth of the flawless young man, Narcissus, who falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and becomes self-obsessed. Narcissism still plagues are society today. This behavior reflected in society involves arrogant behavior, a lack of empathy for other people, and the constant need for admiration. In the years of 2002 through 2007, students in college scores’ on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) rose twice as high compared to an earlier study that covered changes between 1982 and 2006 (Twenge). Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego University, uses psychological data, mainly from American college students, to support the idea that today’s youth are

Journalist Anna Hart argues this is the new era of people sharing selfies on a daily basis, that society has reached into “the age vanity, the digital vanity, you can argue no generation is immune from the selfie craze” (Hart,2014). A selfie has a variety of audiences from children capturing their best look to The Pope, it’s the new way of capturing evidence of your interaction with different people, better than asking for an autograph. However, in Hart’s (2014) article she argues that the idea that there is a need to look a certain way all of the time, especially when you are posting a selfie on social media, it almost has to be perceived in a positive way, showing the best selfie. Hart (2014) said “I need to look healthy, glossy and polished

First off, there’s the selfie whose subject thinks they looks amazing and that they deserve to be #instafamous. They’re using their camera as a mirror, taking dozens and dozens of pics until they capture that perfect angle. Then, of course, they stop to admire the picture of their face before uploading it. The more likes that selfie gets, the better the person feels about themselves. And the better they feel about their looks, the more selfies are going to get posted.

One last way users form their digital identity through Snapchat is with the visual component of the app. The visual aspect of Snapchat is arguably the most prominent aspect of the app. The way that users decide to represent themselves is one of the biggest components of their digital identity. Snapchat is all about visuals- whether it is pictures or videos; users are constantly showing others bits of their life. A thought-provoking idea is that users are so willing to share intimate moments of their lives through technological forms, but may not be willing to share those same intimate moments outside of the virtual community. A trend that Snapchat has popularized is the selfie. Back in the days of MySpace, selfies were used, but they were not

In today’s world, images have become a form of self expression. People use images to show how they are feeling. From a selfie, at a family vacation, to their halloween evening, dressed as their favorite superhero. None the less, images have also become a way for people to express their thoughts towards other people and a form of approval. “My Embarrassing Picture Went Viral” by Caitline Seida touches on how, she, a girl with polycystic ovarian syndrome and a failing thyroid gland posted a picture, of her halloween evening with her friends, that soon became of fountain of hate comments that ranged from “What a waste of space” to “You should kill yourself” (Seida 675). “What Selfie Sticks Really Tell us About Ourselves” by Kate Murphy informs

According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, a narcissist is one who is self absorbed and is egocentric beyond everyone else. Narcissism is a concept that has become more prevalent in the news and social media. The most glaring impacts of narcissism are the effects it has on adolescent self-esteem, defensiveness, peer relations, and competency. In this paper, the pros and cons of narcissism will be examined with mostly heavy focus on the cons. These will be examined to show how the effects manifest themselves on adolescence in terms of self-esteem, defensiveness, relationships, and competency. The initial point that will be talked about is the pros of narcissism in terms of adolescent self-esteem.

Are you a Narcissus? In Greek mythology, Narcissus, son of the River God, loved to stare at his reflection in the water. However, these days you won’t find someone staring at their reflection in the pond at the park, right? You would rather find someone staring at themselves in their smartphone screens after taking a good selfie. I’m sure the self-absorbed Narcissus would’ve loved selfies just as much as we all do.

While narcissism only affects one percent of the population, everyone can be perceived to have some degree of self-absorption. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is a spectrum that determines the level of vanity in an individual. Scores can range anywhere from 0 to 40, but the typical person scores in the low to mid teens. After taking an online test, we have decided that it is very easy to cheat the test because the options are either completely narcissistic or completely selfless and therefore very easy to fix. Typically, people aged 18-23 have a higher score than other age groups. This is due to the fact that most young adults have moved away from their families, but do not have families of their own, directing more focus onto

M., Hoogland, C. E., Schurtz, D. R., & Smith, R. H. (2014). Excessive Image Concern and Willingness to Incur Personal Cost in the Experience and Perception of Vanity. Self & Identity, 13(5), 613-637. doi:10.1080/15298868.2014.892025

On 19th November 2013, the word ‘selfie’ was named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year. In a society where images are constantly being circulated, and with applications such as Snapchat being popular amongst a number of generations, this isn’t surprising. According to http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/snapchat-statistics/ the expanded ramblings website, on 16th March 2014 it was recorded that Snapchat’s share of total selfies distributed on social media made up 5% of self-portraits shared worldwide. With 100 million daily users, and an average of 9000 snaps a second the app is one of the most popular ways of sharing ‘selfies’ through social media, amongst other website such as Facebook and Instagram. As well as every day communities using

Digital photography has been put together with social media applications much like Instagram. Instagram allows the user to instantly share their photographs on social media networking site. Hence, it provides the user with several digital photographic filters to use and possibilities for other manipulations. For example, cropping, cropping provides the user with user with easily used tools but it is also a constrained environment (Zappavigna, 2016) as there are restrictions, for example, on image dimension. The types of photographs made out that the selfie is the most common type of photo (Dinhopl & Gretzel, 2016). Dinhopl and Gretzel (2016) suggest that selfietaking, which is a social media related practice, has consequences for photography

There is a tall tale that originated from Greek Mythology about a beautiful man named Narcissus. One day he came across a river and he stated at his reflection in great admiration of himself. He began to fall in love with his image, so much that he would not dare to look away from such a sight. He sat there for so long, admiring himself, that lost touch with the outside world around him, neglecting his own needs, he died admiring himself. What happened to this man, is a personality disorder known as narcissism.

Psyc_6245_wk2_disc1Discussion - Week 2 Positive Self-Esteem and Narcissistic Personality StylesExplanation of the difference between positive self-esteem and narcissistic personality styleBased on Sedikides & Gregg (2002), an individual’s self-esteem is the subjective self-evaluation of himself/ herself as intrinsically positive or negative, which was viewed to have significant implication for psychological functioning. Crisp & Turner (2010) believes that an individual’s self-esteem reflects how positively or negatively they evaluate their self-concept. In other words, self-esteem reflects an individual’s overall subjective emotional evaluation on his orher own worth, and the judgment and attitude toward the self. National Association for Self-Esteem (NASE) (2010)

Selfies are particularly common in today’s society among young people. They are an effortless way to show where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing at a certain moment in time. Selfies are substantial in trying to keep in touch with other individuals. Social media has evolved from generation to generation, and sharing posts around the world has never been simpler. With the click of a button, a selfie can be shared with hundreds, or even thousands of people on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

“Self-esteem refers to individuals' evaluation of their self-worth or satisfaction. High self-esteem has been understood to be an influential predictor of happiness and satisfaction in relationships. In social media, people tend to present and interpret information based on their own feelings, states of mind, and points of view in order to enhance their self-esteem”(Shin, 2017). What happens when society gives us expectation that not all of us can meet. The issues within selfies and self-esteem comes from us viewing images of others’ lives, experiences, and lifestyles. Scrolling down your Instagram feed you may see a picture of a friend engagement, or a couple vacationing in Bora Bora, or even a group of people out on a Saturday night. Then you look at your own life. Maybe it seems like everyone on your Instagram feed is posting hundreds of selfies of them living their best life. And your life is not like that at all. This is where often self-esteem issues occur. You realistically can’t meet those expectations. So a correlation does exist between self-esteem, low life satisfaction and selfies especially if you’re not an active participant on social media. Some users use social media to lurk, which means to just observe and not post. Society teaches us to compare ourselves to others. Your self-esteem may continue to be effected if you follow the profiles of celebrities or instafamous