History, though rapidly changing through the decades, holds certain principals of human nature throughout time. Among these principals, self-promotion is found. Therefore, many links can be connected from the past to the present and this can be seen by comparing how Benjamin Franklin self-promoted himself and how individual’s in present times promote themselves through social media. Benjamin Franklin’s self-promotion and the promotion through social media differ in some aspects but have many similarities in that he gets his ideas distributed through a web of friends, he uses specific word choices and character showings, and he writes letters to keep in good favor of his acquaintances.
Benjamin Franklin gets his ideas spread through friends …show more content…
This can be seen in one instance when Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to his failed opponent for the Clerk of the General Assembly and reports after sending the letter that “When we next met in the House he spoke to me, (which he had never done before) and with great Civility. And he ever afterwards manifested a Readiness to serve me on all Occasions, so that we became great Friends, and our Friendship continu’d to his Death” (Franklin 548) Franklin’s self-promotion through letters obtains him allies as opposed to ill-wishers. A modern perspective of Franklin’s self-promotion through letters is the use of Facebook Messenger and wall posts. Social media sites like Facebook allow people to feel connected and enable a large backing from friends. Many people also use Facebook to soothe tensions between them and another person like Franklin did because in many cases it can be a little easier than approaching them face-to-face.
Benjamin Franklin self-promotes himself through a web of friends similarly to how people today promote themselves on social media to reach many people, he uses specific word choices and character showings comparable to how people pick and choose what to post on social media to make themselves look the best they can to others, and he writes letters to keep in good favor of his acquaintances just like how people use social media to keep people informed and connected of one’s
Benjamin Franklin gets his ideas spread through friends …show more content…
This can be seen in one instance when Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to his failed opponent for the Clerk of the General Assembly and reports after sending the letter that “When we next met in the House he spoke to me, (which he had never done before) and with great Civility. And he ever afterwards manifested a Readiness to serve me on all Occasions, so that we became great Friends, and our Friendship continu’d to his Death” (Franklin 548) Franklin’s self-promotion through letters obtains him allies as opposed to ill-wishers. A modern perspective of Franklin’s self-promotion through letters is the use of Facebook Messenger and wall posts. Social media sites like Facebook allow people to feel connected and enable a large backing from friends. Many people also use Facebook to soothe tensions between them and another person like Franklin did because in many cases it can be a little easier than approaching them face-to-face.
Benjamin Franklin self-promotes himself through a web of friends similarly to how people today promote themselves on social media to reach many people, he uses specific word choices and character showings comparable to how people pick and choose what to post on social media to make themselves look the best they can to others, and he writes letters to keep in good favor of his acquaintances just like how people use social media to keep people informed and connected of one’s