Analysis Of John Paul Titlow's No Me

In “#Me” John Paul Titlow, he claims that Instagram and taking selfies implies that everyone is narcissistic. The attention from the comments and likes of people of any age, boost self-esteem of the person who took it, then they become narcissists. “As it turns out, Instagram is a breeding ground for many people’s narcissistic tendencies.” (Titlow, 122) In this article, Titlow says how Instagram is making strong impressions on today’s youth, making them aspire to have praise from others via the internet. In addition, Titlow also includes how he compares if Instagram is good or bad towards our self-image. Claiming how Instagram is bad for self-images, seeing selfies all over the vast, never ending internet, young teenagers are posting selfies that are showing skin. Of course, people would say this is appalling and no young teenager should ever post showing skin over the internet. Their reasoning being no young teenager …show more content…
To many older generations today, they think that social media and selfies are ruining teenagers and young adult lives and making them into narcissists. Ever since technology arose and became part of our culture, many people took pictures of their journey or of themselves and friends. So why are we saying that taking pictures is of yourself making you self-centered? Not only do many older generations complain about younger generations, they also grew up in a different time and many of them are not as technologically advanced as the younger generations are. Writing a letter and keeping a diary is the same concept younger generations are using with selfies and social media. They keep these memories saved and it’s a timeline of what you have done, which is the purpose of a letter or diary. There is no difference between selfies in this generation from when polaroid’s were used to capture the same concept many generations