The photos can 'document the bigger meaning of a moment' say experts at Ohio State University, who believe we don't only take them for reasons of self promotion and narcissism.
When the world's first photographic self-portrait was taken nearly 200 years ago by the pioneering American Robert Cornelius, the selfie was born., where audience engagement through clicks, likes and comments are assumed to be the snapper's motivation.State University now say those taking their own photographs are not necessarily doing so out of vanity - but because selfies capture the"bigger meaning of a moment".
Meanwhile, first-person photos where we see the scene as if from one's own eyes, best represent the physical experience of that moment. One example of this is a photo of an ocean representing a beautiful day. The study, published in the Social Psychological and Personality Science journal, goes against the popular view that selfies are just for self-promotion.
Co-author and professor of psychology at Ohio State, Lisa Libby, said:"These photos with you in it can document the bigger meaning of a moment. It doesn't have to be vanity."Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses for a selfie In one of the six studies conducted to come to this conclusion, participants were asked to read a scenario where a photo could be taken, like a day out at the beach with a friend, and then rate the importance and meaningfulness of the experience.
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