This short summary contains the key points and arguments stated by Ruth Whippman in her article " Authentic? Try being polite instead ", writted for The Guardian in February 2017.
Summary
Using the social media as an example, Whippman introduces her topic: The authenticity of the authentic. She questions whether or not Instagram photos truly represent our inner self as a large amount of users of that social networks claim. The author comes to the conclusion that actually not only the people show a distorted reality of themselves, since everyone seems physically and socially perfect, but also investing in retouching them plenty time reveals how we misidentify our real self with an artificial one.
Following the same line, the author asserts
Summary
Using the social media as an example, Whippman introduces her topic: The authenticity of the authentic. She questions whether or not Instagram photos truly represent our inner self as a large amount of users of that social networks claim. The author comes to the conclusion that actually not only the people show a distorted reality of themselves, since everyone seems physically and socially perfect, but also investing in retouching them plenty time reveals how we misidentify our real self with an artificial one.
Following the same line, the author asserts