Narcissism on social media: Reality behind the screen
It seems as if everyone wants to be the person with the most likes, best angled photos, or the most followed/ most friends. The reality of what they are accomplishing is becoming more and more narcissistic. If people ask any young girl or boy starting at age of 12, if they have accounts on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. they are more likely to say “yes.” However, if you ask them why they have accounts, they will respond with something like “I don’t know, it’s just fun” reality is they just want to keep up with everyone else on social media. When you see peoples’ accounts on social media you can tell a lot about them such as what kind of person they are, …show more content…
As mentioned in the book The Narcissism Epidemic “Parents routinely ask their children-even when too young to answer- what they want” (Twenge and Campbell 74), as if the child has the authority over them. This is a reason why so many young kids log onto social media sites thinking the world owes him/her all the attention. This feeling is called entitlement “Entitlement is one of the key components of narcissism” (Twenge and Campbell 230), which is why so many people feel they have this kind of power over …show more content…
For example, in The Narcissism Epidemic “Kids can practice for fame,too: . . .three-year-olds use their Wee TV studio, which they boast “builds self-confidence and self-esteem”” ( Twenge and Campbell 95), now kids are influenced to being “superstars”. Just like that we have kids with different mindsets about what kind of future they want. What kind of career would people want for their kids, sister, granddaughters, brothers, grandsons, niece, or nephew it all depends on what examples we set for them. Research shows that the environment has an effect on a child “Narcissism at the age 3 in combination with developmentally inappropriate parenting” (Mechanic and Barry), meaning parents should be the best
It seems as if everyone wants to be the person with the most likes, best angled photos, or the most followed/ most friends. The reality of what they are accomplishing is becoming more and more narcissistic. If people ask any young girl or boy starting at age of 12, if they have accounts on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. they are more likely to say “yes.” However, if you ask them why they have accounts, they will respond with something like “I don’t know, it’s just fun” reality is they just want to keep up with everyone else on social media. When you see peoples’ accounts on social media you can tell a lot about them such as what kind of person they are, …show more content…
As mentioned in the book The Narcissism Epidemic “Parents routinely ask their children-even when too young to answer- what they want” (Twenge and Campbell 74), as if the child has the authority over them. This is a reason why so many young kids log onto social media sites thinking the world owes him/her all the attention. This feeling is called entitlement “Entitlement is one of the key components of narcissism” (Twenge and Campbell 230), which is why so many people feel they have this kind of power over …show more content…
For example, in The Narcissism Epidemic “Kids can practice for fame,too: . . .three-year-olds use their Wee TV studio, which they boast “builds self-confidence and self-esteem”” ( Twenge and Campbell 95), now kids are influenced to being “superstars”. Just like that we have kids with different mindsets about what kind of future they want. What kind of career would people want for their kids, sister, granddaughters, brothers, grandsons, niece, or nephew it all depends on what examples we set for them. Research shows that the environment has an effect on a child “Narcissism at the age 3 in combination with developmentally inappropriate parenting” (Mechanic and Barry), meaning parents should be the best