All about selfies – depending on how they’re used, they can either hurt or help your self-confidence.

Images referenced in this episode:

Vincent Van Gogh, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889

Frida Kahlo, Memory, The Heart, 1937

Jennifer Moss, Grief

Sources:

Diefenbach, S. and Christoforakos, L. (2017), Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany – The Selfie Paradox: Nobody Seems to Like Them Yet Everyone Has Reasons to Take Them. An Exploration of Psychological Functions of Selfies in Self-Presentation
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00007/full

Brandt, R. (2014). Google Divulges Numbers at I/O: 20 Bullion Texts, 93 Million Selfies and More. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/06/25/google-divulges-numbers-at-i-o-20-billion-texts-93.html

Hall, M. (2013). Family Albums Fade as the Young Put Only Themselves in Picture. Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10123875/Family-albums-fade-as-the-young-put-only-themselves-in-picture.html