Life is all about the amount of ‘likes’ you get. Posting selfies on Facebook and Instagram is a daily routine for many teenagers. Real ‘likeaholics’ love getting attention, but once the attention turns negative, it can be hard to deal with.
Selfies. Everybody takes them – even the Pope,
President Barack Obama, and celebrities like Justin Bieber
Keywords:
Attention - Opmærksomhed
Self-confidence - Selvtillid
Addiction - Afhængighed
Acceptance - Acceptering
Self-esteem - Selvværd
Cyberbullying - Digital mobning
Celebrating You and I
Hold your phone at a high angle, make your eyes look bigger and your cheekbones more defined. Position your thumb over the button, turn a bit to the side, and click. It's easy to take a selfie.
Celebrities like Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus do it, so why shouldn't you? More than 90% of all teenagers have posted a selfie online, and in mid-2015, Instagram reached 300 million pictures with the hashtag #selfie.
Selfies allow you to control your own image online – typically looking your very best. It is a quick way to get positive comments from your friends. Likes can boost your self-confidence.
An Addiction
It is normal for teenagers to seek attention from others. It is part of developing your own identity. But it can get out of control if it starts to feel like an addiction. You feel great when you get a lot of likes, but when you get nothing, you can feel down. Girls especially depend on the acceptance of others, which makes selfie culture even more dangerous for them. It might seem like these girls are pretty shallow, but in fact, they might be struggling with low self-esteem.
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