THE OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF TAKING SELFIES OF THE GRADE 11 -

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

IN STA.ANA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Research Paper Presented to the Faculty

Of the SHS within CP Garcia ES
Sales St, Davao City

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject

Practical Research 1

CAROLENE ZETA
JOANAH COLE BRANZUELA
NORHATA GARIASA
CHRISTINE AWANAN
CAREEN GRACE PUNO
KRISTINE BAŇAL

March 2019
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This Research Paper entitled, “THE OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF TAKING

SELFIES OF GRADE 11 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN STA. ANA
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL”, Prepared and Submitted by: CAROLENE ZETA,
JOANAH COLE BRANZUELA, NORHATA GARIASA, CHRISTINE AWANAN, and
CAREEN GRACE PUNO AND KRISTINE BAŇAL. In partial fulfilment of the
requirements for subject Practical Research 1, has been examined and is, hereby,
recommended for the corresponding oral examination, approval and acceptance.

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 Chapter I

THE PROBLEM AND RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction

According to (Seiter, 2015) posting selfies reflects high self-esteem

and it might also enhance one self-esteem because such photos typically emphasize

one’s ideal and controlled image. Selfies can increase the self-esteems and self-

efficacy as it highlights what youngsters are going through (Today Health, 2014.)

The profile photograph occupied a central part of online self-presentation, and one

that is critical for relational success (Hancock &Toma, 2009). Selfies can also

enhance the self-presentation by posting what is socially desirable. The halo effect,

a cognitive bias, allows the famous fashion bloggers who often have well-dressed

and good looking body, to be perceived as economically wealthy Abidin &

Thompson, (2012).

Accoding to Amanda Perkins (2019). . Everyone focuses on beauty, from

commercials to magazines, social media to movies. Already beautiful models are

airbrushed to make them look “perfect” in a way that's unattainable. People can

easily apply filters to their selfies, removing even the slightest imperfections. In this

way, our society reinforces the need to be beautiful. Body dysmorphic disorder

(BDD) is a body image disorder that pushes people toward perfection, affecting

approximately 1 out of 50 people, or 5 to 7.5 million people in the US, according to

the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA).

According to an online survey conducted by Oppo Philippinjies, 48 percent

out of over 6000 Filipinos take two to five selfies a day. From the same self of
respondents, it was also known that 43 percent take selfies at school while 31

percent do it at home twenty-two percent have the courage to take photos of

themselves in public, 42 percent of these students generally post their selfies on

social media. Filipinos were number two taking pictures with their mobile phones.

However Filipinos were number one at sharing images through social media

platforms. Fifty percent of pinoy respondents said they upload their photos to

Facebook, twitter and other social media. The newly coined term has become a

popular teen obsession that is time consuming and may lead to mental health

issues. –

More often than not, we tend to always look for something new and find

satisfaction out of it. Take "Selfie” as an example: we know selfie has been around

since Geny. But beyond the act of taking one's photos, this is all about instant

gratification: putting your face on your device, filtering it and posting it on social

media all for the sake of glory – likes, love, and praises... all the time. We also post

how we feel, what we are doing, and our views without second thoughts, no self-

restraint, not even thinking of other people. - Philip Arestoteles (2018). From the

University of Mindanao.

University of Mindanao.

Posting selfies may be reflective of low self-esteem or may enhance self-

esteem; as such photos typically emphasize one’s ideal, controlled image.

Taking selfie excessively with high level of anxiety and restlessness suggesting that

person with high level of hyperactivity and impulsivity are more incline towards
taking selfie. Demographic factors, such as age, are also likely factors in social

media behavior because of generational differences in experience with, and

exposure to, social media. The reason why we need to conduct this study is for the

readers and for us to know the negative and the positive effects taking of selfies.

Literature Review

The American Psychiatric Association (2014). The APA confirmed taking

“selfies” is a mental disorder, they have called “selfitis” and APA has defined it

“Obsessive Compulsive Desire” to take photos of one self and post them on social

media as a way to make up for the lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap of intimacy.

Addiction to those who post selfies are narcissistic (e.g, Martino, 2014). Repeated

attempts to achieve a perfect angle can perpetuate obsession and perfection:

meanwhile the absence of feedback, especially positive feedback on a selfie has

been perpetuate as potentially dangerous for one’s self image and self-esteem.

Narcissism

Individuals with narcissistic tendencies may be more than others to post

selfies on social media. Narcissism is characterized in part by a grandiose self-

presentation that is voted by the need to regulate self-esteem (Morf & Rhodewall)

Narcissism is fairly harmless; describe as extreme selfishness a grandhouse view of

one’s own talents and a craving for admiration as characterizing a personality type.
Self- Esteem

Self-esteem is conceptualized as one’s positive and negative evaluations of

himself or herself and, relatedly one’s approval of the self (Coopersmith 1967;

Rosenberg 1965) Specific to posting selfies on social media, Tazghine and Siedlecki

(2013) report that the students with lower self-esteem are more likely to remove

unflattering photos of them and are less likely to report sharing photos on a positive

feature than those with higher self-esteem.

Synthesis

According to Mark Griffiths However, selfie-taking is more than just the taking

of a photograph. It can include the editing of the colour and contrast, the changing of

backgrounds, and the addition of other effects before uploading. These added

options and the use of integrative editing have further popularized selfie-taking

behavior, particularly among teenagers and young adults.

Theory Base

In September 2002, Steven Wrighter coined the term “selfie.” In September

2002, the Australian posted a photograph of himself in a forum on the website of

ABC, the Australian public broadcaster, and wrote: 3 Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I

tripped ofer and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set

of steps, I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about

the focus, it was a selfie (Pearlman, 2013). The usage of the hashtag “#selfie” first

appeared on Flickr in 2004. It took almost a decade to gain public interest and
attention. A Google trend study indicated that the selfie culture gained popularity in

late 2012 ("A Brief History of the Selfie," 2013). Since 2012, the rate of usage of

selfie reportedly increased by 17,000% (Bennett, 2014). The phenomenon of selfie

is now so widespread that Oxford Dictionaries selected the term as the "word of

2013" (Sooke, 2014). The trend of taking selfies almost became a daily habit for

many people all around the world, and the social media websites became the main

places for those people to post their selfies (Moreau, 2014).

In 1959, Elihu Katz, an American and Israeli sociologist, came up with the

uses and gratifications theory approach in order to examine how people are utilizing

and using the media. Katz wanted to get away from asking what the media do to

people and instead ask what people do with the media. In the early 1940s, many

studies examined the way people utilized different media outlets such as classical

radio music, radio soap operas and daily newspapers (O’Donohoe, 1994). According

to Katz, uses and gratifications happen in four steps: First, the audience is active,

and, therefore, they use the mass media for a specific goal. Second, the audience

members choose the media outlet that they believe will make them achieve

gratification. Third, the media compete with other sources of media that can provide

some satisfaction. Finally, the gratifications that happened from the media bring

diversion, entertainment, and 4 information to the audience (Katz, Gurevitch, &

Haas, 1973). Even though, Katz applied the uses and gratifications theory to the

traditional media outlets such as radio and TV, the theory can be applied to more

recent media such as social media and selfies. The motives behind using selfies or

the uses and gratifications of selfies depended on the personality of the individual
and also on the self-esteem levels of the individuals (Bui, 2014). According to

Papadakis (2014), the individuals who were using selfies more often needed instant

gratification and selfie was one other medium through which they could attain it.

Also, every individual had their views and needs for selfies (Rutledge, 2013). It

depended upon the value an individual adds to their external appearance and

presentation. The way a person sees selfies also varies with the culture of that

individual (Rutledge, 2013).

Statement of the Problem

1. What is the purpose of taking selfies?

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking selfie?

3. Why are selfies so popular?

Objectives

The purpose of the study is to examine the purpose of taking selfies, and also

to find out frequency capturing selfies among students. We would also like to

determine the satisfaction from posting selfies on social media, and to study the

impact of taking selfies especially to identify the problems associated with taking

selfies.

Significance of the Study

This study will give the Students knowledge about the advantages and

the disadvantages of over selfie taking so they can help their self to prevent

this kind of problems.

 Assumptions

People take selfies for attention, and that those who enjoy taking and

posting selfies suffer from some variation of narcissistic personality

disorder. Posting selfies is typically assumed to be a gendered process

(Albury, 2015), one that varies according to the type of selfie, selfie

frequency, selfie attitudes, and motivations. Males and females tend to

use selfies for self-presentation (Katz and Crocker, 2015), however, it

has been observed that males and females tend to post different

selfies (Sorokowski et al., 2015; Dhir, 2016) and that women are more

inclined to post selfies than men (Qiu et al., 2015; Sorokowska et al.,

2015, 2016).

Definition of Terms

Obsessive- Someone’s behaviour is obsessive, they cannot stop doing a

particular thing or behaving in a particular way

Selfie- Taking a photo of one self.

 CHAPTER 2

METHOD

Presented in this chapter is the methodology used to answer the research questions

posed.

Research Design

A Qualitative Research method is employed in this study. The type of

Qualitative used is the Phenomenology which is to further explain the students

experiences in over use of selfies through Qualitative approach.

Participants

Our respondents will only be limited to Grade 11 Senior high School students

in Sta. Ana National High School

Sampling Design

Our Sampling Design will be Purposeful/Purposive Sampling because our

participants in this research are just selected.

Research Instruments

The Research Instrument that we will use in order to deliver our questions to

the grade 11 Senior High School students in Sta. Ana is through Qualitative

approach.
Data Gathering Procedure

1. We will ask permission to our following participants

2. The subject teacher will check our Interview Questionnaire Guide

3. Interview the Participants.

Data Analysis

Our Data Analysis is the Content Analysis because our study aims to interpret

the behavioural data of the students’ obsessiveness in taking selfies.

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intimacy in blogshops‟, Women‟s Studies International Forum, 35, 467 – 477.

. Today Health. (2014). Selfie-esteem: Teens say selfies give a confidence

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Seiter, C. (2015). The psychology of selfies: why we love taking and viewing

photos of faces. Retreived from https://blog.bufferapp.com/psychology-of-

selfies

Morf, C. C., & Rhodewalt, F. (2001). Unraveling the paradoxes of narcissism: A

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