Every day I check my Instagram and Facebook to see what my friends have posted. The posts of pictures I see are what I use to interpret what I think about that person. I make assumptions and conclude a lot from a single photo. However, what I perceive is not always the truth about that given situation or person. People post certain pictures for a reason. That picture meant something to them. They wanted others to view it, therefore they posted it. Are they posting these pictures to convince others or themselves of who they are?
In this generation digital images are more popular than printed images. For the most part every teenager and young adult has an Instagram and Facebook. On these social media sites the pictures one posts are trying …show more content…
This is a photo of my friends and I that I posted on instagram a year ago. The caption reads, “It’s been 9 months but the squad is finally back together”. This was my close knit group of friends in high school. Two months after the photo was posted the group lost touch and fell apart, as of now I only speak to two of them. This is a personal example in my own life of photos being posted that aren’t very factual. A person looking back into my instagram would see this and think that I was still friends with all of them. Looking back I posted this photo because I wanted others to perceive that these was my close group of friends even though at the time we were not what I would call the best of friends, due to drama and other altercations. By looking at this photo you would never guess …show more content…
People just want to fit in, nobody wants to be an outsider. Each of these pictures were posted by that person because they wanted people to think that their life was better than what it actually was. When you take a closer look, ask questions, and get the backstory you realize the truth. They aren’t friends anymore, she doesn’t have the perfect family we all want, and she isn’t having the best college experience we all wish for. That’s what social media does it creates an image of our fakes selves. You don’t see what goes on behind the scenes. The takeaway from this is there’s always a backstory to a photo. The truth is not always what is portrayed. When these photos are posted people take a glimpse, “like” it, and move to the next photo. But in actuality it’s hard to perceive other’s lives just from a
In this generation digital images are more popular than printed images. For the most part every teenager and young adult has an Instagram and Facebook. On these social media sites the pictures one posts are trying …show more content…
This is a photo of my friends and I that I posted on instagram a year ago. The caption reads, “It’s been 9 months but the squad is finally back together”. This was my close knit group of friends in high school. Two months after the photo was posted the group lost touch and fell apart, as of now I only speak to two of them. This is a personal example in my own life of photos being posted that aren’t very factual. A person looking back into my instagram would see this and think that I was still friends with all of them. Looking back I posted this photo because I wanted others to perceive that these was my close group of friends even though at the time we were not what I would call the best of friends, due to drama and other altercations. By looking at this photo you would never guess …show more content…
People just want to fit in, nobody wants to be an outsider. Each of these pictures were posted by that person because they wanted people to think that their life was better than what it actually was. When you take a closer look, ask questions, and get the backstory you realize the truth. They aren’t friends anymore, she doesn’t have the perfect family we all want, and she isn’t having the best college experience we all wish for. That’s what social media does it creates an image of our fakes selves. You don’t see what goes on behind the scenes. The takeaway from this is there’s always a backstory to a photo. The truth is not always what is portrayed. When these photos are posted people take a glimpse, “like” it, and move to the next photo. But in actuality it’s hard to perceive other’s lives just from a