Researchers at Syracuse University in New York tried to answer that question. They came up with some surprising answers. People who post selfies and use editing software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to admiring themselves too much, the Syracuse researchers said.
Other findings from the study include: There are no major differences on how often men and women post selfies and how often they use editing software.
The Newhouse School's Associate Professor Makana Chock worked on the study. She said, posting selfies on social media is not all that different from what people have done for many years. On trips, our parents and grandparents used cameras to take photos. Before social media, people would bring back photos to show friends and family. You had no choice but to look at them. If you are a nice person, you commented about how nice everyone in the photos looked, especially children and the person showing the photos.
On social media, it is a different experience. People can decide not to look at photos of their friends and family even if they click "like" even "love" under the Facebook selfie.
| A．Why do people take "selfies?" |
| B．That was the old way of "clicking" like. |
| C．Different people have different opinions about it. |
| D．Such people think very highly of themselves, especially how they look. |
| E．Both cameras and phones are useful tools to record people's experiences. |
| F．But men desire to be seen as popular more than women when posting selfies. |
| G．There are other reasons, besides admiring themselves, why people post selfies. |
