Do age and gender differences exist in selfie-related behaviours?

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Highlights:

• An online survey of 3763 Norwegian social media users was carried out.

• First empirical study to investigate differences among adolescents’ and adults’ selfie behaviour.

• Females are more likely to take and share selfies and edit photos than males.

• Age differences in selfie-related behaviour were observed.

• Predictive effect of age was stronger on selfie behaviour among women than men.

摘要

•An online survey of 3763 Norwegian social media users was carried out.•First empirical study to investigate differences among adolescents’ and adults’ selfie behaviour.•Females are more likely to take and share selfies and edit photos than males.•Age differences in selfie-related behaviour were observed.•Predictive effect of age was stronger on selfie behaviour among women than men.

论文关键词:Adolescents,Computer-mediated communication,Cross-sectional survey,Selfie,Social media,Young-adults

论文评审过程:Received 30 December 2015, Revised 13 April 2016, Accepted 20 May 2016, Available online 4 June 2016, Version of Record 4 June 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.053