Most Americans say selfies aren’t their fave
The new-age self portrait has pervaded songs, sporting events, award shows and everyday life.
There have been selfies at funerals, selfies with homeless people, selfies at concentration camps, Chernobyl and war memorials.
Less than a quarter of adults identified selfies — including groupies (selfies with more than one person in them) and similar posed photos — as their favorite type of photo, according to a Harris Poll survey of more than 2,100 adults commissioned by CVS Pharmacy.
About half of those who participated in the poll said they prefer candid shots, and 55 percent identified scenery or landscape photos as their favorite type of image.
When giving or receiving a photo as a gift, the study found, about half the people prefer candid shots of “milestone moments,” scenery or even pets.
More than half of Millennials — a group typically defined as those born between 1980 and 2000 — have posted a selfie on social media, according to 2014 data collected by the Pew Research Center, while only 26 percent of Americans reported doing so.
Last year, the Russian government launched a “safe selfie” campaign after several young people were injured or killed while trying to take photos of themselves.