Social Media Decreases Literacy And Body Image
Thesis statement: Even though many would argue that social media is a positive outlet that allows individuals to express themselves to their peers, some would dispute that instead social media decreases literacy and education, brings about negative self-esteem and body image, and also encourages narcissistic behavior which can lead to harassment and bullying.
I. Decreases literacy and education
A. The use of cyber-slang is not only being used online when talking with friends and peers but also in classrooms, on resumes, and in boardroom meetings.
B. It affects individuals being hired because of their ability to distinguish between using professional language and slang.
C. An increased amount of time spent on social networks is causing students …show more content…
Narcissism is defined as a type of personality trait that demonstrates “self-promotion, vanity, and grandiosity” (DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011). Narcissistic social media users focus primarily on posting great, edited pictures that make themselves look better online than they do in person in order to achieve a large number of “likes” on their pictures (Mehudizadeh, 2010). They also post fabricated and elaborated statuses about their daily routines in their lives just to appeal to their followers. The current generational youth has been reported to be “more self-promoting, narcissistic, overconfident, and attention-seeking than others in the past” (Borba, 2009). Many times the attention gained is not the attention that was intended to be received and women are victimized on social media by men or even jealous women that create fictitious pages with crude and vulgar language and pictures that degrades that individual. This is a good demonstration of this generation’s futuristic form of bullying known as cyberbullying. There is not a clear estimate of the number of adolescents victimized by cyberbullying but approximately 10-40% or more of adolescents have been cyberbullied (Hinduja & Patchin, 2010). Thus, this is why adolescents, especially women and girls, should be more careful by not exploiting themselves on social media networks because you …show more content…
(2003). The relationship between fashion magazine consumption and body satisfaction in women: Who is most at risk of influence? Retrieved from http://ac-journal.org/journal/pubs/2012/SPRING%202012/McKinnally3.pdf
Hesse-Biber, S., Leavy, P., Quinn, C.E., & Zoino, J. (2006). The mass marketing of eating and eating disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness, and culture. Women’s Studies International Forum, 29, 208-224.
Hinduja, Sameer & Patchin, Justin. Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response.
(2010). Cyberbullying Research Center. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/bullyingread.pdf
Mehudizadeh S. (2010). Self-presentation 2.0: Narcissism and self-esteem on facebook.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Network, (13), 357–364.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (AAND). (2014). Eating
Disorders Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders)-statistics/
Ochonogor, W.C., Alakpodia, N.O., & Achugbue, I.E. (2012). The Impact of Text Message
Slang (Tms) or Chartroom Slang on Students Academic Performance. International Journal of Internet of Things, 1(2),
I. Decreases literacy and education
A. The use of cyber-slang is not only being used online when talking with friends and peers but also in classrooms, on resumes, and in boardroom meetings.
B. It affects individuals being hired because of their ability to distinguish between using professional language and slang.
C. An increased amount of time spent on social networks is causing students …show more content…
Narcissism is defined as a type of personality trait that demonstrates “self-promotion, vanity, and grandiosity” (DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011). Narcissistic social media users focus primarily on posting great, edited pictures that make themselves look better online than they do in person in order to achieve a large number of “likes” on their pictures (Mehudizadeh, 2010). They also post fabricated and elaborated statuses about their daily routines in their lives just to appeal to their followers. The current generational youth has been reported to be “more self-promoting, narcissistic, overconfident, and attention-seeking than others in the past” (Borba, 2009). Many times the attention gained is not the attention that was intended to be received and women are victimized on social media by men or even jealous women that create fictitious pages with crude and vulgar language and pictures that degrades that individual. This is a good demonstration of this generation’s futuristic form of bullying known as cyberbullying. There is not a clear estimate of the number of adolescents victimized by cyberbullying but approximately 10-40% or more of adolescents have been cyberbullied (Hinduja & Patchin, 2010). Thus, this is why adolescents, especially women and girls, should be more careful by not exploiting themselves on social media networks because you …show more content…
(2003). The relationship between fashion magazine consumption and body satisfaction in women: Who is most at risk of influence? Retrieved from http://ac-journal.org/journal/pubs/2012/SPRING%202012/McKinnally3.pdf
Hesse-Biber, S., Leavy, P., Quinn, C.E., & Zoino, J. (2006). The mass marketing of eating and eating disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness, and culture. Women’s Studies International Forum, 29, 208-224.
Hinduja, Sameer & Patchin, Justin. Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response.
(2010). Cyberbullying Research Center. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/bullyingread.pdf
Mehudizadeh S. (2010). Self-presentation 2.0: Narcissism and self-esteem on facebook.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Network, (13), 357–364.
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (AAND). (2014). Eating
Disorders Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders)-statistics/
Ochonogor, W.C., Alakpodia, N.O., & Achugbue, I.E. (2012). The Impact of Text Message
Slang (Tms) or Chartroom Slang on Students Academic Performance. International Journal of Internet of Things, 1(2),