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Unhealthy Selfie Behavior

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Kristin Beatty
Jeffrey Leptak-Moreau, Ph.D.
ENG-112-405
2/9/2018
Unhealthy Selfie Behavior
With the advancement of technology over the past few years, the usage of social media sites by the public has skyrocketed. Consequently, selfie-posting has also risen leaving some to argue their positive results, with some going so far as to call them “empowering.” In her article "The Age of the Selfie: Taking, Sharing Our Photos Shows Empowerment, Pride," Adrienne Sarasy claims that the selfie “allows those who take selfies to proclaim their confidence and love for themselves via the Internet, while redefining the ways in which society defines beauty as a whole.” Though selfie-taking and posting can take root in innocent desires to share experiences, …show more content…

She felt she could use a reasoned sequence of events as her foundation on a subject that has an abundance of evidence in various substantial forms (data from interviews, questionnaires, and surveys; statistical data; data from field research.) The sources cited in this essay are a mere fraction of the innumerable studies on selfies. However, no peer-reviewed studies exist that are in congruence with Sarasy’s opinion-based article. The only evidence resembling any optimism was the boost of positive affect experienced by grandiose narcissists during selfie-related behavior. Sarasy’s superficial, one-sided argument that is the result of shoddy research, with attention to detail, format, and grammar being its only accomplishment. Opinions such as Sarasy’s exist alongside those unwilling to learn the damage their behavior has on society. Grandiose narcissism as a subtype of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is particularly dangerous with a common characteristic of furious rage. There is an express need for people to start taking NPD seriously because it’s not restricted to any certain depth: people can gradually become more narcissistic over time (Halpern et al. 99). With these individuals already negatively affecting the self-esteem of other social media users, this is a significant issue that deserves more …show more content…

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