What does your selfie say about you? The science behind our obsession
Feb14
Leah Tierney is a consumer psychologist who works in content marketing at Shutterstock. This post was originally published on the Shutterstock blog and has been reprinted with permission. Selfies are overflowing on every social media site, with everyone from the Pope to Obama being spotted in one. The word itself has been added to the Oxford Online Dictionary, and has given rise to a number of questionable spin-off terms, including “belfie” (a photo of one’s posterior), “helfie” (a photo of one’s hair), “welfie” (a photo of one working out) and “ussie” (a group selfie). On Instagram alone, a search for “selfie”…
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