TY - JOUR
T1 - Why we post selfies
T2 - Understanding motivations for posting pictures of oneself
AU - Sung, Yongjun
AU - Lee, Jung Ah
AU - Kim, Eunice
AU - Choi, Sejung Marina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Photo sharing on various social networking sites (SNSs) has become an important part of the online social experience. SNS users utilize various types of pictures, particularly selfies (pictures one takes of oneself), to display their personalities, lifestyles, and preferences. In this study, we identified the motivations that drive selfie-posting behavior and examined the roles of the selfie-posting motivations and narcissism in predicting selfie-posting behavior. Our findings first revealed four motivations for posting selfies on SNSs: (1) attention seeking, (2) communication, (3) archiving, and (4) entertainment. Further, results showed that the motivations of attention seeking, communication, and archiving as well as narcissism significantly predicted selfie-posting intention while narcissism was the only significant predictor of selfie-posting frequency. In light of these findings, areas for future research are discussed.
AB - Photo sharing on various social networking sites (SNSs) has become an important part of the online social experience. SNS users utilize various types of pictures, particularly selfies (pictures one takes of oneself), to display their personalities, lifestyles, and preferences. In this study, we identified the motivations that drive selfie-posting behavior and examined the roles of the selfie-posting motivations and narcissism in predicting selfie-posting behavior. Our findings first revealed four motivations for posting selfies on SNSs: (1) attention seeking, (2) communication, (3) archiving, and (4) entertainment. Further, results showed that the motivations of attention seeking, communication, and archiving as well as narcissism significantly predicted selfie-posting intention while narcissism was the only significant predictor of selfie-posting frequency. In light of these findings, areas for future research are discussed.
KW - Motivation
KW - Narcissism
KW - Selfies
KW - Social networking sites (SNSs)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963680053&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.032
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.032
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963680053
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 97
SP - 260
EP - 265
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -