How one presents oneself on social media says a lot about their personality and how they view themselves. It has been proven that people with low self-esteem spend more time on social media and post updates more frequently in hopes of receiving peer approval (Greenfield 119). People with low self-esteem issues from social media have also been proven to have poor body images which leads to earlier sexual activity and low motivation and drive. Gallagher says that someone who has low self-esteem often with take less pictures of oneself than someone with high self-esteem because of their comfortability with their appearance (Gallagher N.p). Amy Morin writes that people with a lot of Facebook friends often have low self-esteem.
Abstract While the rapid development of Internet and online social networking tools, Facebook is the most famous social website in recent years. The current study was designed to investigate the effects of Big Five personality traits, as well as loneliness and self-esteem on Facebook use. The sample consisted of 1438 Hong Kong Internet users. They were asked to fill an online questionnaire on their patterns and frequency of Facebook use, as well as other items about the personality and psychological traits and factors. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to investigate the correlation between different personality traits and Facebook use.
In modern day society social networking has worked its way into the lives of millions of adolescents, taking a permanent place, becoming something that many teens would say they couldn’t live without. Our youth is becoming dependent on social networking sites such as facebook, myspace, twitter and pinterest. It is time to limit how involved the youth today is with social networking. The scientific community has only just begun to discover the various risks and benefits associate with social media and the ways in which it is changing everything from human interaction to childhood development. Dr. Larry D. Rosen of the California State University psychology department has been studying the effects of technology on people for more than 25 years.
Even more critical than the benefits of social networks comes the negative outcomes of such social medias usage. Some risks to usage of social network include cyber bullying in which adolescents are singled out as outcast and site such as Facebook or MySpace are used as a source of humiliation for those adolescent with the ability for posting of false commits, and allow hostile and embarrassing information to be posted without the approval of those involved. Another common negative impact for adolescent’s usage of social networks is the increase in sexting which is defined as “sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or images via cell phone, computer, or other digital devices” (O'Keeffe 2011). With an average of 20% of teens having sent or posted nude or seminude photographs or videos of themselves (O'Keeffe 2011). With the
We live in a world where technology has changed the way people communicate, the way they are informed and how they do business. Traditional social networks have expanded from a few dozen acquaintances to hundreds of friends, friends of friends, connections and followers. We live in a world where people would rather communicate by sending a text message from their mobile phone, post comments on their favorite online network or send a short Tweet to inform all their friends that they have just got out of bed or they are out to dinner. The growth of social networking platforms has been phenomenal. Millions of people around the world with access to the Internet are members of one or more social networks.
ii. Children lacking in their English skills, as a result of online chatting and texting according to Jacquie Ream. Conclusion Overall Technology does bring efficiency and convenience to our lives how ever if we do not moderate the way we use them they can become a source of deprivation to some of the most essential things in life. Technology can be very hazardous and dangerous. It sometimes leaves people deprived socially and intellectually.
Oppositely, conformity can be extremely harmful and can cause us to overestimate a perceived social norm. In this generation, drinking alcohol has been popular in some social groups depending on the values and personality traits of those in the group. All together, conformity is the most powerful source that drives consumers to oppose or favor drinking. With instant communication at the fingertips of every teen through social networking sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, teens are strongly influenced by their peers’ actions. Through social networking, the power of popularity has been largely up scaled.
Privacy is slowly corroding, and all this information can be obtained from any social networking site. Young adults who are struggling to find themselves can face some level of identity crisis. He or she may become involved in drugs or criminal behavior, which could result in negative circumstances. Many young adults find themselves in possession of an identity characterized by these rebellious behaviors. They claim to be non-conformist to show that they're different from their peers.
Ethnic discrimination is a problem that affects people easily and can be found on social media. Social media has been promoted as a positive opportunity, “but locally and in actual practice, the role of the media is less positive. It has frequently been documented that ethnicism and racism are exacerbated by at least some of the media, as well as by the political, and social elites that control them or have preferential access to them”(Van Dijk, 1991,1993). Ethnicity discrimination on the media has been to the point where people who read it and are affected, usually the minority groups, are not able to do anything about it. “Conservative and popular press especially indulges in sometimes blatant ‘foreigner bashing’ and reproduction and affirmation of racial prejudice” (Van Dijk, 1999).
According to Consumer Reports study, over one million children had been bullied online via Facebook in the past year. Being bullied causes major trauma like depression, stress, eating disorders, anxiety and in extreme cases it can even lead to suicide. Facebook is tied very much to many young people’s social standing and self-esteem. More than 5 million children of the age 10 and under are using Facebook without parental supervision. This leaves them openly vulnerable to a large extent of threats varying from sexual predators to identity theft to malicious software (malware).