crisis

a social media disaster.

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By Jennifer Dong  

How do you define yourself?

Who are you?  

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We like to believe that our sense of self comes from within.

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This is no longer true

in today’s world of social media.

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90 % of U.S. Internet users visit a social media site each month. Source: Comscore It’s a Social World (2011)

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photos and updates We post

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24

days a week.

 

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“ Like painters constantly retouching their work, we alter, update, and tweak our

online self-portrait.” - Christine Rossen

Senior Editor of The New Atlantis

We attempt to create an illusion of

happiness perfection.

and

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By sharing our “best” selfies

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Our online identities have been stripped from the real attributes that make us

human and unique.

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We have adapted the

"looking-glass self.”

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“It is much less about identity through ourselves, and more about the self through others.”

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- Lauren Fisher Founder of Simply Zesty

Society has become

obsessed with self-image.

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This is the dark side of social media

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An era of addiction and  

mental instability  

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“ Selfie addict took TWO HUNDRED a day - and tried to kill himself when he couldn't take perfect photo. ”

Source: Mirror UK (2014)

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.  

More facebook

lower self-esteem =  

Source: Sweden's Largest Facebook Study 2012

” It’s almost as if people are living in a world that’s not a real world, but a world where what counts is what people think of you. ”

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- Baroness Greenfield Professor of Pharmacology

We have lost touch with our

identities

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We must remember to reflect on our  

values  

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and escape the business of self-presentation.

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Only then can we find ourselves amidst the

digital world.

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“The  Social  Media  Effect:  Are  You  Really  Who  You  Portray  Online?”  HuffingtonPost.com    “Virtual  Friendship  and  the  New  Narcissism”  TheNewAtlan6c.com    “The  Social  Psychology  of  the  Selfie”  Mashable.com    “Why  social  media  is  leading  to  a  new  era  of  idenJty”  SimplyZesty.com    “It’s  a  Social  World:  Top  10  Need-­‐to-­‐Knows  About  Social  Networking  and  Where  It’s  Headed  “  Comscore.com    “Selfie  addict  took  TWO  HUNDRED  a  day  -­‐  and  tried  to  kill  himself  when  he  couldn't  take  perfect  photo”  Mirror.co.uk    “Sweden’s  Largest  Facebook  Study  2012”  Gupea.ub.gu.se    *All  images  are  posted  on  Flickr  under  CreaJve  Commons  licensing.