SOCIAL MEDIA CREATES & REFLECTS OUR IDENTITY BY: SHAYNE GELBARD

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Are we the same person as we are on social media?

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One of the differences between our self-image in real life and online is more ability to change our LOOK, and also MASK our identity.�

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"Now that we can interact with hundreds — no, thousands — of people simultaneously, we've strengthened the impact that others have on our self-value"

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“Has that single chosen image become the most important representation of our online identity?

It is the first place the EYE is drawn to on a Facebook profile.”

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“The profile picture or avatar is a way for people to present a certain side of themselves. It also puts the person in control of their own image.” Photo  Credit:  Cristoph_Aigner  Source:  Flickr  

“Self-image is important, and not always in a narcissistic way. It's how we DEFINE ourselves, and

present for others to see.”!!

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“Studies have shown that the comments on your Facebook profile picture strongly affect your level of

perceived physical, social and professional attractiveness.”!

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By this logic, all of your “friends” on Facebook are the main in!uence in helping to craft your online self.

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“Humans are naturally competitive. Visual social platforms, like Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr allow quick and frequent

access to others' profiles…this encourages social comparison.”

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If our “friends” are just tools to compare ourselves to, are we really “connecting” with them? �

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Using these tools to connect is damaging our connections to others in real life.

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“Facebook  is  playing  bigger  role  in  relaIonship  formaIon  and  relaIonship  disillusions.”  

 

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We’ve  become  accustomed  to  a  new  way  of  being  “alone  together.”    

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“The  liMle  devices  most  of  us  carry  around  are    so  powerful  that  they  change  not  only  what  we  do,    

but  also  who  we  are.”    

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Our  human  selves  are  now  becoming  reflecIve  of  our  social  media  selves,  which  is  the  opposite  of  the  service’s  original  intenIon.    Photocredit:  Reuben  F.  Castro        Source:  Flickr  

“We  are  tempted  to  think  that  our  liMle  “sips”  of  online  connecIon  add  up  to  a  big  gulp  of  real  

conversaIon.  But  they  don’t.”  

“Researchers  have  found  that  Facebook  really  is  altering,  or  at  least  reflecIng  new  relaIonship  

paMerns,  even  how  people  break  up.”    

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“TexIng  and  e-­‐mail  and  posIng  let  us  present  the  self  we  want  to  be.  This  means  we  can  edit.  

And  if  we  wish  to,  we  can  delete.”    

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We are so obsessed with

getting approval from everyone we know online, that we forget about keeping it from the ones we’re closest with.�

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In a time where the virtual world has made friendship isolating, and loneliness connective, how can we maintain real relationships with others?

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“I say, look up, look at one another, and let’s start the

conversation.” Photocredit:  clairphotography  Source:  Flickr  

Sources  Used:  

•  hMp://www.nyImes.com/2012/04/22/opinion/sunday/the-­‐flight-­‐from-­‐conversaIon.html?pagewanted=3  

•  hMp://mashable.com/2013/02/15/social-­‐media-­‐and-­‐the-­‐selfie/  

•  hMp://www.buzzfeed.com/atmccann/how-­‐facebook-­‐ruined-­‐daIng-­‐and-­‐breaking-­‐up-­‐too