Selfie or Killfie: Exploring the

Dangers of Selfie among Milleneals

in Iloilo City
 What is

• The popularity of selfie trend is so massive

that "selfie" was declared as the word of the
year in 2013 by Oxford Dictionary, however,
serious incidents including death and injury
involving the taking of selfies are on the rise.
 Evidences
• According to a new report, released in
November, it was found that worldwide 127
people died and many have been injured in a
29-month span from March 2014 through
September 2016 while trying to take photos of
themselves at dangerous or exotic locations
Mohn, 2017.
 Foreign and Local Literature
INDIA

• At Amboli Falls, a popular tourist destination

in Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, India, a
youth fell into a 60-foot-deep gorge while
taking a selfie. He died. (July 23,2016)
UNITED STATES

• A man from San Diego was hospitalised for

five days following an attempt to take a selfie
with a rattlesnake which then bit him.
SRI LANKA

• A 24-year-old groom was killed and his bride

seriously injured when the newly-wed couple
tried to take a selfie on the railway track at
Kahawa, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
(June13, 2017)
PHILIPPINES

• A 19-year-old student fell to her death from

the top of a 20-story apartment building
in Manila, Philippines, while taking a selfie.
According to her classmate, "she was not
satisfied with the photos they had taken so
she decided to climb up the parapet wall".
(January 5, 2016)
ILOILO, PHILIPPINES

• A 20- year old student in Iloilo City was rushed

in a government hospital because she fell on a
rocky area in Fort San Pedro while taking a
selfie.
 What should be

• Reduced incidence of destructive behaviour

accidents, and deaths;

• Increased awareness
 Possible Reason for Discrepancy
• Strong Influence of Social Media

• Lack of awareness
Schematic Diagram
 Significance of the Study

• Milleneals

• Parents

• Department of Health
Measurements of Variable
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