rewarded with more comments and more Thus users are more likely to be connected “adds”. with people who are more narcissistic than the average person” (Twenge and Campbell 111). However, as narcissistic qualities are more accepted and considered norm”, the less “the acknowledged narcissism of the user” becomes. narcissistic people seeking out “average “With ways to promote themselves on the Web and those same websites encouraging narcissism even among the more humble” (Twenge and Campbell 107). Many millennial social media users seem to accept the role and traits of a narcissist. They more interested in attention and admiration “are than closeness and intimacy. And they make special efforts to ensure that they look and feel positive, successful, and important” (Cisek, Hart, and Sedikides 205). Opposing Research There are many users that do not use social media sites to promote themselves or impress people. Plenty of research literature suggests that social networks help them keep in touch with close friends and share pictures with family living far away through the platform. Gosling claims that online social networks (OSN) have linked narcissism and extraversion to “studies objectively coded information on OSN profiles, and findings showing that OSN users’ personalities are generally seen accurately by observers provide indirect evidence that personality is expressed in Facebook profiles” (484). However, in personality tests extraversion is considered a personality correlated to narcissism, but couldn’t there be extroverts who are not innately narcissistic? The answer is yes, but, it is the exposure to the social media technologies that can cause a person to become engulfed with competitive and self-promoting qualities, just as narcissists” have. “clinical
rewarded with more comments and more “adds”. Thus users are more likely to be connected with people who are more narcissistic than the average person” (Twenge and Campbell 111). However, as narcissistic qualities are more accepted and considered “the norm”, the less acknowledged narcissism of the “average user” becomes. “With narcissistic people seeking out ways to promote themselves on the Web and those same websites encouraging narcissism even among the more humble” (Twenge and Campbell 107). Many millennial social media users seem to accept the role and traits of a narcissist. They “are more interested in attention and admiration than closeness and intimacy. And they make special efforts to ensure that they look and feel positive, successful, and important” (Cisek, Hart, and Sedikides 205). Opposing Research There are many users that do not use social media sites to promote themselves or impress people. Plenty of research literature suggests that social networks help them keep in touch with close friends and share pictures with family living far away through the platform. Gosling claims that online social networks (OSN) “studies have linked narcissism and extraversion to objectively coded information on OSN profiles, and findings showing that OSN users’ personalities are generally seen accurately by observers provide indirect evidence that personality is expressed in Facebook profiles” (484). However, in personality tests extraversion is considered a personality correlated to narcissism, but couldn’t there be extroverts who are not innately narcissistic? The answer is yes, but, it is the exposure to the social media technologies that can cause a person to become engulfed with competitive and self-promoting qualities, just as “clinical narcissists” have.
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