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'Selfie'- boon or a bane? A study from a private medical college in Southern India.

V SpoorthiRamesh HollaHitesh Krishna MalavatSimrin IsmailSudesh Kumar KappettuVenkata Seshu Kamineni
Published in: International journal of adolescent medicine and health (2020)
It was found that most undergraduates and teaching faculty indulge in the act of selfie taking. Students tend to take selfies to share their current lifestyle, whereas faculty take selfies for convenience. It is found that selfies does not affect the self-esteem of an individual as the majority of the population were found to have normal self-esteem.
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