The study from three business schools in Europe confirms that selfies are the worst. In a paper hilariously titled "Tagger's Delight? Disclosure and liking behaviour in Facebook: the effects of sharing photographs amongst multiple known social circles" four professors claim that people who post more selfies have shallow relationships with people. You know, real, live people. With heartbeats! Increased frequency of sharing photographs of the self, regardless of the type of target sharing the photographs, is related to a decrease in intimacy," explains the report. - See more at: http://dailylounge.com/the-daily/entry/science-confirms-that-selfies-are-the-worst#sthash.zzPJ1Fnj.dpuf
I've heard of this and i think there's also research on selfies and self steem. But reminds me of a friend of mine who was addicted to selfies even before social media existed. She had perfected the mirror selfie with digital camera (not phone) before smart piggies and Facebook. And yeah she is still addicted and adding them to ig and fb
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