Kate Murphy modernizes Twenge's points into today’s world of social media dominance in Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Furthermore, Murphy enriches Twenge’s points by introducing the addiction of selfie-takers and the harmful effects on today’s socially driven world. Above all, Murphy modernizes Twenge’s perspective that visual imaging (social media) will lead to detrimental effects on the viewer's health by noting that the overuse of social imaging shows a correlation to an addictive drug. Murphy starts off her article with a research saying people that take a lot of selfies “tend to have narcissistic, psychopathic and Machiavellian personality traits” (Murphy, para 5). She includes this at the start of her article and specifically states it is a research so she doesn't offend the people who take lots of selfies. This goes to show the readers how social media affects one's mental health and can make one be labeled as “crazy” in today's society. It correlates with Twenge’s point when talking about how regular social media users are putting their mental health at risk. “Rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011. It’s not an exaggeration to describe iGen as
Kate Murphy modernizes Twenge's points into today’s world of social media dominance in Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Furthermore, Murphy enriches Twenge’s points by introducing the addiction of selfie-takers and the harmful effects on today’s socially driven world. Above all, Murphy modernizes Twenge’s perspective that visual imaging (social media) will lead to detrimental effects on the viewer's health by noting that the overuse of social imaging shows a correlation to an addictive drug. Murphy starts off her article with a research saying people that take a lot of selfies “tend to have narcissistic, psychopathic and Machiavellian personality traits” (Murphy, para 5). She includes this at the start of her article and specifically states it is a research so she doesn't offend the people who take lots of selfies. This goes to show the readers how social media affects one's mental health and can make one be labeled as “crazy” in today's society. It correlates with Twenge’s point when talking about how regular social media users are putting their mental health at risk. “Rates of teen depression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011. It’s not an exaggeration to describe iGen as