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Why We Take ‘Selfies’

Why do people take “selfies?”

人们为什么自拍? 

Researchers at Syracuse University in New York tried to answer that question.They came up with some surprising answers.

美国纽约雪城大学的研究人员试图回答这个问题。他们得出一些令人惊讶的答案。 

People who post selfies and use editing1 software to make themselves look better show behavior connected to narcissism2,the Syracuse researchers said.

人们发布自拍并使用编辑软件美化照片的行为可能与自恋症有关研究人员称。 

Narcissists are people who think very highly of themselves, especially how they look.

自恋症的人常高估自己,尤其是自己的相貌。 

Ji Won Kim, a doctoral student at the university’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, worked on the study.She said because social media can be superficial3, it is a good place for people to “work towards satisfying their own vanity4.”

美国纽约雪城大学纽豪斯公共传播学院的博士生金志媛从事这项研究。她说社交媒体只是表象,是人们“满足自身虚荣心”的最佳场所。

By superficial, she means social media is mostly used by people to share unimportant5 information about their lives --not deeply personal issues.

她说的表象指的是社交媒体主要是人们分享生活中的琐事的地方——并不是深刻探讨个人问题的地方。

There are other reasons, besides narcissism, that people post selfies.

除了自恋,人们发布自拍还有其他原因。 

People who post group selfies show a need for popularity6 and a need to belong to a group, the Syracuse University research found.

雪城大学的研究发现,人们发布集体自拍是为了满足自身受欢迎和合群的需要。 

Other findings from the study include:

这项研究还有如下发现: 

There are no major differences on how often men and women post selfies and how often they use editing software.But men who post selfies showed more of a need to be seen as popular than women who posted selfies.

男性和女性上传自拍的频率和修图的频率有很大的不同。但是男性比女性更想要展示自己的受欢迎程度。

The Newhouse School’s Associate Professor Makana Chock worked on the study.She said selfies should not be seen as completely negative.

纽豪斯学院的副教授马卡拉·乔克从事这项研究。她表示自拍不应该看成是件完全消极的事情。 

She said some people feel “peer7 pressure” to post selfies.And some follow the popular belief that if there is no picture of an event or experience, it did not really happen.

她说有些人是受到了来自“同伴的压力”而发布自拍。有些人奉行这样一种观念,如果不发图片就代表没有发生这回事。

Chock said posting selfies on social media is not all that different from what people have done for many years.

乔克说在社交媒体上发布自拍和很多年前完全不一样了。 

On trips and special events, our parents and grandparents used cameras instead of phones to take photos.Before social media, people would bring back photos to show friends and family.You had no choice but to look at them.

我们的祖辈和父辈用相机而不是手机来记录旅行和生活中的点点滴滴。社交媒体出现之前,人们会拿出照片向人们展示朋友和家人。你除了看这些照片,什么都做不了。

If you are a nice person, you commented about how nice everyone in the photos looked,especially children and the person showing the photos.That was the old way of “clicking” like.

如果你是个不错的人,你会对这些照片中的人大加赞赏,特别要夸夸照片上的孩子和给你看照片的这个人。这是“点赞”的一种传统方式。

On social media, it is a different experience.People can decide not to look at photos of their friends and family --even if they click “like” or even “love” under the Facebook selfie.

而有了社交媒体,事情就大不一样了。人们可以自己决定要不要看朋友或者家人的照片——即使他们在Facebook上“点了赞”。

Using social media to post photos is pretty new.Facebook did not start until 2004.Instagram started in 2010.

在社交媒体上发布照片是近几年的新事物。Facebook直到2004年才问世。Instagram2010年问世。 

It was not until 2013 that the Oxford8 English language dictionary added the term “selfies.”It defined9 selfie as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself.”

直到2013年,牛津英语词典才将“自拍”这个词添加到词典上。并为这个词作了解释“人们给自己拍的照片。”

Here is how the Syracuse researchers did their study.

我们看雪城大学是如何进行这项研究的。 

They questioned 260 people, aged10 18 to 65, and almost evenly divided between men and women.

他们调查了260人,年龄在18岁到65岁之间,男女数目大致相同。 

To determine narcissism, people were asked if they agreed with personality traits12 connected to narcissism.For example, people were asked if they agreed with statements such as,“I like to be the center of attention” and “I like having authority over people.”

为了判定自恋症,受访者会回答有关自恋症性格特征的问题。例如是否赞同以下论断“我喜欢成为人们关注的焦点”和“我喜欢控制他人。”

To determine if those in the study had a need to be seen as popular, people were asked if they agreed with these statements:“It’s important that people think I’m popular” and “I often do things just to be popular with people at school.”

为了判定是否想受到欢迎,受访者会回答以下问题:人们认为我受欢迎,这对我来说很重要”和“我在学校经常为得到人们的欢迎而做一些事情。”

Words in This Story

selfie - n. a picture that you take of yourself especially by using the camera on your smartphone

post - v. to add a message or phone to an online site

editing software - n. computer equipment to help you change a person’s appearance in photos

vanity - n. the quality of people who have too much pride in their own appearance, abilities, achievements

peer pressure - n. a feeling that you must do the same things as other people of your age and social group in order to be liked or respected by them

trait11 - n. a quality that makes one person or thing different from another

authority - n. the power to give orders or make decisions


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1 editing 3f86cc36e1df1334da973da6771b8160     
adj.编辑的
参考例句:
  • The processing of data in random order,not subject to preliminary editing or sorting.未经预先编辑或分类,以任意次序对数据进行的处理的做法。
2 narcissism 9FSxQ     
n.自我陶醉,自恋
参考例句:
  • Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed.自恋的人会变得自私。
  • The collective narcissism of the Kerouac circle is ultimately boring.凯鲁亚克和他周围人物的集体自我陶醉欲最终使人厌烦不已。
3 superficial bHrzi     
adj.肤浅的,浅薄的,表面的
参考例句:
  • He has a superficial knowledge of this subject.他对这门学科略知皮毛。
  • A superficial injury is not serious.表面的伤不太严重。
4 vanity cicwe     
n.虚荣心,浮华,无价值的东西;adj.虚荣心的
参考例句:
  • A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance.一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比。
  • Vanity and virtue do not go together.虚荣与美德不是共生物。
5 unimportant OfHz34     
adj.不重要的,无意义的
参考例句:
  • Let's not quarrel about such unimportant matters.我们不要为这些小事争吵了。
  • Money seems unimportant when sets beside the joys of family life.与天伦之乐相比,金钱显得微不足道。
6 popularity bO4xU     
n.普及,流行,名望,受欢迎
参考例句:
  • The story had an extensive popularity among American readers.这本小说在美国读者中赢得广泛的声望。
  • Our product enjoys popularity throughout the world.我们的产品饮誉全球。
7 peer mLExX     
n.同辈,同等地位的人,伙伴,贵族;vi.仔细看,费力地看
参考例句:
  • Children are easily influenced by their peer.孩子很容易受同辈影响。
  • He is a peer.他是一个贵族。
8 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津(英国城市)
参考例句:
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
9 defined GuQzxW     
adj 定义的; 清晰的
参考例句:
  • These categories are not well defined. 这些类别划分得不太明确。
  • The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。
10 aged 6zWzdI     
adj.年老的,陈年的
参考例句:
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
11 trait tqzyX     
n.显著特点,特性
参考例句:
  • Creativity is a human trait.创造力是人类的一种特性。
  • Repose of manner is an estimable trait in a horse.神情镇定是一匹马可贵的特质。
12 traits b4a7cb107b59ab9d38b92d8f65efc29a     
n.人的个性,显著的特点,特征( trait的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired. 我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的,哪些是后天养成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His generosity is one of his good traits. 慷慨大方是他的好品质之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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