The world is technically developing rapidly, and this fact leaves its mark on its inhabitants. Since it is people who are the engines of progress and initiators, we must respond to them. Since ancient times, scientists and geniuses of the past have been looking for ways to capture an image in simpler ways than drawing. And this is not surprising, because we are always looking for easy ways to solve our problems. One of the consequences was the “selfie disease.”
Selfie addiction of different segments of the Earth's population
If you look superficially at a photograph, then its purpose is to capture in a certain period of time the area that the camera lens captures. For a person, this image can serve as a key to the memories of the past. Namely, they give rise to deep feelings of sadness and joy in people, evoke emotions, take the breath away and play with the imagination. As for the development of photography in general for art and culture, this is a huge leap forward for many areas of science andtechnology. From a photograph, you can find a person, place, objects that have ever disappeared. In the modern world, photography has become an integral part of human life. Social networks are filled with millions of photos, mostly taken by yourself. This phenomenon already has its own name - selfie. The disease of the 21st century has taken over the world. It affected not only students and teenagers, as newspapers and magazines say, but also a more adult category of people. Presidents, the Pope, the Queen of England, famous actresses and actors, singers and singers - absolutely everyone can be seen on the social network in a selfie.
The most amazing thing is that even serious people with significant social status take selfies. For example, a self-portrait of Barack Obama at the funeral in a cheerful mood caused a lot of controversy. And the photo of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Medvedev in the elevator generally gained more than three hundred thousand tweets on Twitter. While the general public is raving about such open government action, scientists are seriously puzzled by a 21st-century problem that has already been called the “selfie disease.”
What is a selfie?
Selfie is translated from English as "himself" or "yourself". This is a photo taken with a cell phone camera. The image has characteristic features, for example, a reflection in a mirror is captured. The word "selfie" became popular for the first time in early 2000, and then in 2010.
Selfie story
The first selfies were taken with a cameraKodak Brownie from Kodak. They were made using a tripod standing in front of a mirror, or at arm's length. The second option was more difficult. It is known that one of the first selfies was taken by Princess Romanova at the age of thirteen. She was the first teenager to take such a photo for her friend. Now “selfies” do everything, and the question arises: is selfie a disease or entertainment? After all, many of the people every day take photos of themselves and post them on a social network. As for the origin of the word “selfie”, it came to us from Australia. The term was first used on ABC in 2002.
Selfies are just innocent fun?
The desire to photograph yourself to some extent does not bear any unpleasant consequences. This is a manifestation of love for one's appearance, a desire to please others, which is characteristic of almost all women. But daily photos of food, feet, drinking alcohol and other intimate moments of your private life exposed to the public are out of control behavior with far from innocent consequences.
Especially frightening is this behavior on the part of very young children from 13 years old. Teenagers on social networks seem not to have been brought up by their parents at all. Self-photography can be innocent entertainment only when the photos are taken rarely and do not have erotic overtones and other sociological deviations. Society, having its own culture and spiritual values, sinks down with such thoughtless behavior. By flaunting their genitals, teenagers doom the future of our kind tolack of moral and ethical standards in society.
Selfie is a mental illness?
American scientists have concluded that self-portraits from a mobile phone, which are regularly posted on social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and other lesser-known resources, are an attraction attention and mental disorder. The selfie disease has spread all over the world and affected people of different age categories. People who are constantly looking for a bright photo go crazy little by little, and some die for the sake of an extreme shot. It's a real disease to take a selfie every day.
Selfie varieties
Scientists have identified three degrees of this mental disorder:
- Episodic: characterized by having no more than three photos per day without uploading to social networks. Such a disorder can still be controlled and treated with willpower and awareness of one's actions.
- Sharp: a person takes more than three pictures a day and is sure to share them on Internet resources. A high degree of mental disorder - the person photographing himself has no control over his actions.
- Chronic: the most difficult case, absolutely not controlled by a person. Every day more than ten photos are taken with the publication on social networks. A person is photographed anywhere! This is the clearest proof that the selfie disease exists. What is it called in medicine? Actually, it was in honor of the photo of herself that she was named, althoughhere, social networks play a secondary role, which are also a kind of addiction.
The appearance of the selfie in society
There are already dozens of poses in society for photographing yourself, and now they have a name. The disease of selfie continues to spread in society, despite the statements of scientists about the danger and the holding of television programs on this topic. Here are the trendiest selfie poses of 2015:
- Photo in the elevator. Favorite selfie option of many celebrities, including politicians. One of the most popular was the photo of Dmitry Medvedev in the elevator of the Government House of the Russian Federation. This frame scored about two hundred thousand likes on Instagram.
- Duck lips. The most frequent selfie among female representatives. A photo of himself with his lips gathered in a bow, probably the leader of the selfie right now.
- Groofy is a group photo that is rapidly gaining popularity among young people. One of the most popular is the American gruff at the Oscars. Especially for such shots, Chinese manufacturers have increased the capabilities of mobile phone and tablet cameras.
- Fitness selfie. The photo was taken with a mirror in the gym. A very popular selfie for both girls and men. Justin Bieber's fitness selfie at the peak of his fame with a slender physique and a sweet smile.
- Relfi. Self-picture with your soulmate: very touching, but annoying and boastful, causes negativity in the majority. But there are exceptions, for example, Angelina Jolie's selfie with Brad Pitt.
- Photo intoilet. It is very common - literally every second girl has such a photo in her arsenal. And celebrities also take pictures of themselves in the toilet.
- Belfi. Self-portrait with protrusion of the buttocks. Naturally, only girls do such nonsense. But men of this kind of selfie score highly.
- Felfi. Self-portraits featuring animals.
- Photo of legs. It is not uncommon to take pictures of the lower legs in shoes, mostly.
- Self-portrait in the bathroom.
- Extreme selfie. It is this view that is disturbing. A program about the selfie disease appeared on television screens, in which the most popular selfie extremes were interviewed. This type of self-image is taken at a time of danger and risk to human life, for example, when at a height, with aggressive animals, during a disaster, in space, in flight, etc.
Extreme selfie is the most dangerous manifestation of the disease
In an effort to discourage the audience, extreme people break records of their rivals in terms of danger and other selfie indicators. In Russia, Kirill Oreshkin became the most popular selfist. He constantly conquers more and more new heights, taking pictures on the roofs of high-rise buildings. This kind of selfie already has its victims. An extreme self-portrait is a scary and at the same time incredibly impressive sight. But the fact that a person, having once tried to take a picture in unusual conditions and posted it on social networks, is no longer able to stop, is a fact.
Selfie Disease: Scientific Research
There are manydisagreements between scientists around the world about the seemingly harmless self-photography. But the best minds paid attention to him not only because of the popularity of the word and the picture itself in society, but because of the appearance of victims among teenagers who want to take an extreme photo. Studies have led to the conclusion that selfies are a manifestation of exhibitionism and egocentrism. People who have a passion for constantly taking pictures of themselves, and then putting them on public display, have clearly mental disorders and low levels of self-esteem.
Every day more and more people suffer from selfie addiction.
