I have never taken a ‘selfie’, but then, I rarely take photographs of any kind. Research suggests, however, that 63% of people in the United States ‘take selfies’. Another study found that Australians take 2 million selfies every day in Australia. Interestingly, some 2.3 million Australians report having taken a naked selfie. If you go on […]

I have never taken a ‘selfie’, but then, I rarely take photographs of any kind. Research suggests, however, that 63% of people in the United States ‘take selfies’. Another study found that Australians take 2 million selfies every day in Australia. Interestingly, some 2.3 million Australians report having taken a naked selfie.If you go on Facebook at any time of any day, you will find photographs of people with their families, photographs of what they are eating, holiday snaps, images of themselves doing things that are almost certainly of much less interest to others than they are to them.Why is this? Why is it that people are becoming so obsessed with themselves?Some would question the relevance of these questions – suggesting that self-obsession has always been a feature of the human condition and that social media simply allows it to be demonstrated more overtly. This may be the case. However, the…