Blogpost 7: The Science of Selfie

Blogpost 7: The Science of Selfie

Wherever we go today, we see so many people taking selfies with their smartphones, and after taking selfless. we automatically upload it ti facebook right? Then after uploading, we are waiting for the likes and comments in our pictures. We will see if there is many people that liked our picture or the positive and negative comments sometimes that people says in our picture.

According to Nicole Dellolio, author of an article "The science behind “the selfie” the University of Birmingham, the University of the West of England, the University of Edinburg, and the Heriot-Watt University conducted a study about people posting photos on social media websites and this is what they learned:  first is that over-sharing photos can spark jealousy. Second is  that the only people that actually care about your selfies and family photos are your relatives, closest friends, and partners. Third is that female friends have the tendency to care more about your pictures than male friends do. Fourth is  that older users care less about your photos than younger friends do, no matter how frequently you post photos on social networking sites and lastly general acquaintances care more for your photos than your colleagues do. Even me, why do I have to care about the selfie of others, or why others need to share their selfies online if they already knew that no one or only few would care on their selfies. 

According to an article Selfies will wreck your life, according to science, by Nicole Byrne, "The selfie study found that constant publishing of your moby portraits can lead to a fall in intimacy within your relationships. The simple logic of it all is that all the information we put online can be viewed by a range of different people in our lives. This includes our differing social circles such as family, friends, casual acquaintances and work colleagues. You risk damaging some relationships as they all receive and view the information differently. So while your bff may love your 10 consecutive selfies on a night out, your boss might frown upon such behaviour." In the same article, Dr. David Hoghton leaves an advice that says "This is because people, other than very close friends and relatives, don’t seem to relate well to those who constantly share photos of themselves." Yes we already knew that, people except our family, friends and relatives will not care on what we share online. But still, we post such things and as a result, people will criticize you or even judge you because they don't know you at all. 

In the same article as well , Dr. Ben Marder from the University of Edinburgh Business School also leaves an advice and said: "My advice for people sharing photos or links with a fan site is think twice and share once. Be cautious when sharing and think how it will be perceived by all the others who may see it. Although sharing is a great way to better relationships it can also damage them." Of course, we people don't want the negative feedback from people we don't even know. So let them be, we are not doing anything harmful, we just want to express our feelings, its a free country though. Taking selfie is not bad, we just have to be more careful in what we post or be careful in choosing the people we are adding to Facebook or following on Instagram or twitter. Because only the one who really knows us would care because they already know the real us.