Selfies can impact self-worth and mental health in both positive and negative ways. Frequent selfie posting has been linked to increased narcissism and body dysmorphia, but selfies can also boost confidence by allowing the poster to curate their self-image. The need for positive feedback on selfies has contributed to rising rates of cyberbullying and mental health issues in teenagers and preteens. While selfies offer benefits like profile pictures, they have also been linked to depression, addiction, and suicidal thoughts in extreme cases of selfie obsession.

1. HOW DO SELFIES EFFECT
SELF WORTH

2. ‘A PHOTOGRAPH THAT ONE HAS TAKEN OF
ONESELF, TYPICALLY ONE TAKEN WITH A
SMARTPHONE OR WEBCAM AND SHARED
VIA SOCIAL’
- OXFORD DICTIONARY
SELFIE

3. NOVEMBER 19, 2013 OXFORD DICTIONARY LISTED THE WORD
“SELFIE AS THEIR 2013 WORD OF THE YEAR AND SINCE THEN THE
ACT HAS GONE VIRAL. TODAY IF YOU TYPE #SELFIE INTO
INSTAGRAM 301, 015, 251 POSTS SHOW UP UNDER THE TAG.
▸ The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013

4. THE "LOOKING-GLASS SELF"
“IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
CONCEPT THAT SUGGESTS WE
DEVELOP OUR SENSE OF SELF
BASED ON THE PERCEPTIONS
OF THOSE WE INTERACT
WITH,”
SAID ANDREA LETAMENDI, A
DOCTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AT
UCLA.
▸ The Social Psychology of the Selfie.

5. ▸ If we develop our sense of self based off the perception of
others than positive feedback is crucial for a healthy state
of mind.
▸ What a lot of people are unaware of is the link that selfies
have with their mental health. Studies have shown that
frequent selfie posters are more likely to come in contact
with conditions such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder and
other mental illnesses.
SELFIES LINKED TO MENTAL HEALTH
▸ Selfies: Why Do We Post Them, and Can They Affect Your Mental Health?

6. “THE SELF-IMAGE PRESENTED ON
FACEBOOK IS CONTROLLED FOR SO
THAT IT PORTRAYS A HIGHLY
FAVOURABLE SELF”
Demetria Darbyshire, Charlotte Kirk, Helen J. Wall, Linda K. Kaye
▸ Don't Judge a (Face)Book by its Cover

7. FACEBOOK GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO
TAG AND UNTAG YOURSELF FROM
PHOTOS. BECAUSE OF THIS YOU ARE
ALWAYS ABLE TO CONTROL YOUR FEED
AND SHOW OFF YOUR BEST ATTRIBUTES.
IS SOCIAL MEDIA FAKE?
▸ Don't Judge a (Face)Book by its Cover

8. COMMENTS CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU
▸ Social media as a whole opens up
many great opportunities to its users.
▸ Although many sites such as
Facebook are generally positive
feedback to the content you are
sharing other platforms are not.
▸ Selfies can influence mental health in
more then one way. They can create
body dysmorphia problems but they
can also contribute to
overconfidence and narcism issues.
▸ Selfies Linked to Narcissism, Addiction and Mental Illness

9. "TWO OUT OF THREE OF ALL THE PATIENTS WHO
COME TO SEE ME WITH BODY DYSMORPHIC
DISORDER SINCE THE RISE OF CAMERA PHONES
HAVE A COMPULSION TO REPEATEDLY TAKE AND
POST SELFIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES."
Dr David Veal
▸ Selfies Linked to Narcissism, Addiction and Mental Illness

10. SELFIE ADDICT TOOK TWO HUNDRED A DAY
AT WHAT POINT IT IT TOO MUCH?
▸ Danny Bowman a teen from the uk
attempted to commit suicide after he
couldn't take the perfect selfie.
▸ Bowman would spend up to ten hours a
day taking over two-hundred snaps of
himself on his iPhone
▸ The teen dropped out of school and lost
28lbs in his attempt to get the perfect
self portrait
▸ After six months of trial and error the
teen finally decided to end his life but
was fortunately saved by his mother

11. “STEP AWAY FROM THE MEAN GIRLS…
…AND SAY BYE-BYE TO FEELING BAD ABOUT YOUR LOOKS.
ARE YOU READY TO STOP COLLUDING WITH A CULTURE THAT
MAKES SO MANY OF US FEEL PHYSICALLY INADEQUATE? SAY
GOODBYE TO YOUR INNER CRITIC, AND TAKE THIS PLEDGE TO
BE KINDER TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS. “
- OPRAH WINFREY
YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE
THE PERFECT SELFIE TO
LOVE YOURSELF
▸ Quotes About Body Image.

12. DATA FROM LECTURE 2: IFRIENDS, PEW INTERNET AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT SURVEY, AND FACEBOOK
PRE-TEENS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
▸ As social media becomes more and more relevant to everyday
lives the age of children who own mobile phones, tablets, and
computers continues to get younger and younger.
▸ Data from pew internet customer support survey and
Facebook itself indicate that 7.5 million pre-teens use the sight
and 5 million of which are under the age of 10
▸ It becomes a problem for pre-teens using these sights when
they are faced with acts of cyber bullying which can be
brought on by many different ways including selfies.

13. ▸ Social Good
CYBER BULLYING
▸ Increasingly children are faced with
some form of cyber bulling or
another. Weather the bullying
stems from their looks or not this
type of negativity at a young age
can be linked to: Low self esteem,
motivation to Lose weight or
changing appearance, and self
harm.

14. HOWEVER, NOT ALL BRAND
DEALS ARE GOOD…
“MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND NON PROFITS ARE USING
ELECTRONIC MOMENTUM TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THEIR
CAUSES”
- SIDNEYEVE MATRIX
▸ Social Good.

15. O’NEILL DISCUSSED IN DETAIL ON HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL
HER REASONS FOR QUITTING, AND WHY SHE WAS UNHAPPY.
SHE THEN CHANGED ALL OF HER INSAGRAM CAPTIONS
EXPLAINING THE EVIL BEHIND EACH ONE OF HER SHOOTS.
O’NEILL PROVES THAT BEING A SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCER ISN'T EVERYTHING ITS CRACKED UP TO BE.
IN 2013 SOCIAL MEDIA
PERSONALITY ESSENA O’NEILL
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD BE
QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA.
▸ Essena O'Neill Quits Instagram Claiming Social Media 'is Not Real Life'

16. ''STUDENTS' SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL
FOOTPRINT CAN SOMETIMES PLAY A ROLE IN
THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT IS BECOMING MORE UBIQUITOUS AND
LESS LOOKED DOWN UPON.''
Christine Brown
THEY LOVED YOUR G.P.A. THEN THEY SAW YOUR TWEETS

17. THEY LOVED YOUR G.P.A. THEN THEY SAW YOUR TWEETS
CAN STUDENTS COLLEGE CAREERS
SUFFER FROM A SELFIE?
▸ When colleges and universities look
at students social media its like a
unspoken new admissions test.
▸ A lot of students are unaware of the
consequences of not thinking
before they post. Especially in their
senior year of high school.
▸ It’s not just twitter. Inappropriate
photos on Facebook are just as
effective in getting your application
thrown into the trash.

18. ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY
FROM THE PEW RESEARCH
CENTER, 91 PERCENT OF TEENS
HAVE POSTED A PHOTO OF
THEMSELVES ONLINE.▸ Selfies: Why Do We Post Them

19. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF SELFIE OBSESSION.
BENEFITS TO SELFIES
▸ Although selfies are often frowned upon. There are several
befits to selfies that can actually boost your own self confidence.
For example:
▸ If you are insecure and not very photogenic taking selfies can
be the perfect thing to boost your self confidence. Begin able to
control how to photo comes out actually helps a lot of people to
be more secure in their own skin.
▸ Another benefit to taking selfies is the editing behind it. Their
are many artistic elements that you can add to your image
which combined can create a unique composition

20. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF SELFIE OBSESSION.
PROFILE SHOTS
▸ It’s also important to take selfies
because everyone needs a display
picture. From Facebook, to linden
everyone wants too see your face.
▸ Without a profile image it’s hard to
find the person you are looking for
on social media.

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