#Selfies: Narcissism or Self-Exploration?

Taken from an online article from Psychology Today. Pamela Rutledge explores the mind of the selfie taker:

Selfies are pictures you take of yourself tagged with #selfie or just with #me. They are showing up all across social networks like Facebook or Instagram—often but not exclusively posted by women. As the numbers and frequency of selfies increase, the phenomenon has garnered attention. In our globally connected 24/7 world, anything that gets attention, gets talked about. Some view these self-created self-portraits as proof of cultural—or at least generational— narcissism and moral decline. I, on the other hand, view them as a by-product of technology-enabled self-exploration.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/positively-media/201304/selfies-narcissism-or-self-exploration