Perils of Social Networking
From Snapchat to Instagram to virtual gaming, software applications help people meet, communicate, work, and compete with others. The creation and maintenance of personal web pages can empower individuals to delve into and completely recognize their real or normal selves, as well as to incorporate particular desired or uncultivated aspects of themselves. However, the use of social media networking comes with a price. Social media usage is associated with how an individual perceives and depicts him or herself, and it has an effect on sense of identity. When an individual centers his or her identity on what others perceive of them, they develop a warped version of their own value, significance, and capacity to be loved. …show more content…
However, the impression that others are happier than they are can lead to a distorted perception of reality. Periodically individuals take into account how their lives measure up via resemblances to others. Subsequently, that action may give a biased perception of reality since many SNS postings are exultant, and individuals may risk evaluating their own lives as less good when exposed to an abundance of others splendor. Because the online and offline social worlds are increasingly intertwined, many individuals present only their packaged, polished selves in both showgrounds. These individuals conform to accommodate their social circle, neglecting the more honest display of their mirror …show more content…
Negatively comparing oneself to others can lead to brooding, indicating stress or anxiety has taken hold of them. In addition, being overly preoccupied with SNS consumption relates to internalization of body image comparison, and drive for perfection among users. Congregations of socially attractive or repellant people can cause fluctuation of an individual’s self-regard (Lee, 2014). When a person is presented with socially attractive SNS users, self-esteem decreases, while on the contrary, being presented with the socially undesirable boosts self-image. Therefore, appearance anxieties usually experienced through in person interactions, are currently online as well. Social network services also offer picture editing to make photographs more attractive, which creates a lesser need for dieting and exercise. If SNS users aspire to undergo cosmetic surgery, this can have negative repercussions for their physical health and financial situations in their futures (Vries, Peter, Nikken, & Graaf,
From Snapchat to Instagram to virtual gaming, software applications help people meet, communicate, work, and compete with others. The creation and maintenance of personal web pages can empower individuals to delve into and completely recognize their real or normal selves, as well as to incorporate particular desired or uncultivated aspects of themselves. However, the use of social media networking comes with a price. Social media usage is associated with how an individual perceives and depicts him or herself, and it has an effect on sense of identity. When an individual centers his or her identity on what others perceive of them, they develop a warped version of their own value, significance, and capacity to be loved. …show more content…
However, the impression that others are happier than they are can lead to a distorted perception of reality. Periodically individuals take into account how their lives measure up via resemblances to others. Subsequently, that action may give a biased perception of reality since many SNS postings are exultant, and individuals may risk evaluating their own lives as less good when exposed to an abundance of others splendor. Because the online and offline social worlds are increasingly intertwined, many individuals present only their packaged, polished selves in both showgrounds. These individuals conform to accommodate their social circle, neglecting the more honest display of their mirror …show more content…
Negatively comparing oneself to others can lead to brooding, indicating stress or anxiety has taken hold of them. In addition, being overly preoccupied with SNS consumption relates to internalization of body image comparison, and drive for perfection among users. Congregations of socially attractive or repellant people can cause fluctuation of an individual’s self-regard (Lee, 2014). When a person is presented with socially attractive SNS users, self-esteem decreases, while on the contrary, being presented with the socially undesirable boosts self-image. Therefore, appearance anxieties usually experienced through in person interactions, are currently online as well. Social network services also offer picture editing to make photographs more attractive, which creates a lesser need for dieting and exercise. If SNS users aspire to undergo cosmetic surgery, this can have negative repercussions for their physical health and financial situations in their futures (Vries, Peter, Nikken, & Graaf,