Narcissism
Issues
Drive for power
Desire to increase power held by individuals
Change and Continuity
A trend towards an increasing number of narcissists
Search for Identity
Narcissism is rooted in underlying feelings
of inadequacy.
Solutions
Parental upbringing
Instilling a healthy sense of self-esteem by
praising children in a controlled manner
Limitations by social media platforms
Facebook’s policy does not allow users to register until age 13.
Effects
Role playing games
Effects one's confidence
Dominance shown through power in-game
Translate to real life
Online behavior reflected offline- expectations of submission
Conformity to the pronounced
Individuals from a variety of social groups may find it difficult to share their opinions without facing backlash from narcissists
Reluctance and oppression
Creating the fake online persona
Idolization of others through comparison
UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS
Unrealistic portrait of themselves
Mask their flaws
Most witty best points about themselves
Using their best pictures on their profile
Inflate their merits
Correlation between social media and narcissism
The "About me" section of social media includes identity statements
"look at me"
Allows narcissists to have a platform to inform as many others of what they are doing
Problems
Narcissistic personality traits are prominent in the modern day
An increasing number of people putting value in approval in the online premise
Appeals to boosting their fragile egos
Hiding flaws and emphasizing socially desirable qualities
Allows for the construction of an ideal image to a large audience
An increasing number of people putting in value in cosmetic beauty
In data from 37,000 college students,
narcissistic personality traits rose just as fast as obesity from the 1980s to the present
