Why we post selfies: Understanding motivations for posting pictures of oneself

Sung, Youngjun; Lee, Jung Ah; Kim, Eunice; Choi, Sejung Marina

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.032

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“…Frequency is measured by measuring participants' selfie-posting frequency on Instagram in a month. Motivations (6 items for attention-seeking, 5 items for communication, and 4 items for entertainment) for posting selfies are measured using Motivations for Posting Selfies on SNSs Scale (MPSS; Sung et al, 2016). The obtained Cronbach's alpha reliability estimate for attention-seeking was .886, communication was .863, and entertainment was .813.…”

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“…Those who scored high in narcissism are more often to take pictures of themselves and post them in social media (Halpern, Valenzuela & Katz, 2016;Sorokowski et al, 2015). Sung et al (2016) examined the correlation between narcissism and the motivation in posting selfies in SNS. He found attention seeking, communication, archive, and entertainment as four main motivations for people to post their selfies in social media.…”

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The Correlation of Narcissism and Selfie-Posting Behavior on Instagram among Millennials

Hernowo¹,

Mashoedi²

2018

Proceedings of the Universitas Indonesia International Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2017)

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This research aims to find the correlation between narcissism and selfie-posting behavior on Instagram among Millennials. Millennials, those who were born between 1982 and 2004, known to be more selfish and low in empathy compared to the previous generation (Firestone, 2015) and they post their selfies more often (Pew Research Center, 2014). The narcissism variable is measured using Narcissism Personality Inventory 13 from Gentile et al. (2013) which has been translated into Indonesian language, meanwhile the selfie-posting behavior is measured using selfie-posting frequency in a month and Motivations for Posting Selfies on SNSs Scale (MPSS) from Sung et al. (2016) which also has been translated into Indonesian language. This research is being conducted to 443 young people aged between 16-24 who are active Instagram users in Indonesia. Based on the correlation test, there is a significant correlation between narcissism and selfie-posting behavior (r=.187-.721), in which the higher one's score is in narcissism, the more selfies one takes.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Correlation of Narcissism and Selfie-Posting Behavior on Instagram among Millennials

Hernowo¹,

Mashoedi²

2018

Proceedings of the Universitas Indonesia International Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2017)

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“…Rather than looking at what it is that media does to people it looks at the functions that the media provides for people, considering the motivations of an audience as critical. Considered one of the most effective frameworks, scholars have used U&G theory to explore a variety of social media sharing behaviour, including sharing links (Baek et al 2011), news (Hanson and Haridakis 2008;Lee and Ma 2012) and photos (Malik et al 2016;Sung et al 2016). Given that social psychology theories focus on relationship establishment and group behaviour, as well as the extensive application of U&G theory in examining the variety of motivations in social media, it was decided that U&G was an acceptable theoretical foundation for the study.…”

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“…Literature on sharing behaviour has identified entertainment as a strong motivation (e.g. Baek et al 2011;Holton et al 2014;Malik et al 2016;Sung et al 2016;Taylor et al 2012), with U&G studies also finding that it is one of the most dominant gratifications (e.g. Lee and Ma 2012;Park et al 2009).…”

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Sharing of Sponsored Advertisements on Social Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective

2018

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Organisations are increasingly utilising social media to advertise to, and interact with, consumers. Sponsored advertisements embedded into targeted users' social media feeds appear less invasive than standalone advertisements but, unlike organic postings, incur financial cost. Given that friends' posts attract most attention, this research employs Uses and Gratifications theory to determine salient motivations for users' intentions to share sponsored advertisements, framed in the tourism context. Survey data was collected (n = 487) and analysis revealed altruism, entertainment, socialising, and information seeking to be significant positive drivers of intention to share tourism-related sponsored advertisements on Facebook. Notably, information sharing was found to have a negative effect, while self-expression had no significant effect. In addition, the motivations were not found to significantly differ between males and females. This study contributes to theoretical understanding of users' intentions to share sponsored advertisements within the social media environment and provides practical recommendations to help tourism marketers maximise reach.

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“…This trait is characterized by a highly inflated sense of self and a strong need for admiration from others (Pincus et al, 2009). Relevant studies suggest that narcissism correlates positively with the number of online photo uploads (Barry et al, 2017;Mehdizadeh, 2010;Ong et al, 2011;Ryan & Xenos;Sung, Lee, Kim, & Choi, 2016), photos containing the self (Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010) and the propensity to engage in editing behaviors (e.g., posing and using editing software) prior to uploading photos (Mehdizadeh, 2010). A growing body of literature shows a similar pattern of results between selfie taking behavior and narcissism.…”

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Characterological Correlates of Selfie Taking Behavior

Gilliland¹,

Kiss²,

Morrison³

2018

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Few researchers have examined selfie taking behavior. To address this gap, 235 participants (age 18 -60) completed an online questionnaire assessing a variety of psychological factors, personality traits, and selfie taking activities (i.e., frequency of selfies posted to social networking sites [SNSs], time spent editing selfies, and number of selfie takes prior to posting). A number of statistically significant correlations emerged. For example, participants' levels of neuroticism, social physique anxiety, body-related shame, and concern about physical appearance correlated positively with the amount of time spent editing selfies. As well, group comparisons between selfie (n = 193) and non-selfie takers (n = 42) suggest that the former exhibit higher levels of certain facets of vanity. The implications of these findings and directions for future research are outlined.

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Why we post selfies: Understanding motivations for posting pictures of oneself

Cited by 242 publications

References 37 publications

The Correlation of Narcissism and Selfie-Posting Behavior on Instagram among Millennials

The Correlation of Narcissism and Selfie-Posting Behavior on Instagram among Millennials

Sharing of Sponsored Advertisements on Social Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective

Characterological Correlates of Selfie Taking Behavior

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