Young Women, Narcissism and the Selfie Phenomenon, Mary Mc Gill, TEDx Galway

Young womens love of the selfie is often ridiculed in mainstream media as narcissistic and shallow. Speaking at TEDx Galway, researcher and journalist Mary McGill challenges us to reconsider these preconceived judgements, showing that when it comes to young womens engagement with the selfie there is a lot more going on than meets the eye. Mary McGill is a Hardiman Scholar at NUI Galway. Her PhD research explores young womens relationship to the selfie phenomenon. She lectures in feminist and gender th