If You Feel Urge to Take selfies, You May Have Psychological Problem
| dc.contributor.author | A BURWEES, BUSHRA ELIMAN | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-27T09:44:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-27T09:44:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-04-29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/294 | |
| dc.description | In 2013, ‘selfie’ is the word of the year, declared by Oxford dictionary England. refers to “a self-portrait photography of oneself (or oneself with other people), taken with a camera or a camera phone held at arm’s length or pointed at a mirror, which is usually shared through social media” . Other's describe the taking of selfies in terms of self-presentation theory, which is applied to impress others. The taking of selfies is arguably not a stand-alone action because it takes on other dimensions when it is shared via social media. Such actions enable selfie-takers to present themselves in a controlled way. In recent years, selfie-taking has become an incredibly popular activity often going viral online when sharing selfies via social media domains . _The first selfie was taken 179 year ago in 1839. it was taken by an American photographer and lamp maker ROBORT CARNALIUS . (1) _In 2014, stories appeared in national and international media claiming that the condition of “selfitis” (the obsessive taking of selfies) was to be classed as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and that the condition could be borderline, acute, or chronic. However, the stories were a hoax but this did not stop empirical research being carried out into the concept | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.title | If You Feel Urge to Take selfies, You May Have Psychological Problem | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Selfitis is Genuine Mental Disorder | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
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