Narcissism And Individualism

Narcissism and individualism have increased heavily in the past decades, motivated by many factors including the media, technology, and the education system. This is concerning. Modern society encourages the influence of narcissism, simply because the factors that are motivated are the basis of a growing civilization. As technology evolves, the act of narcissism increases. This would mean that young people are at greater risk every passing year. The outcome behind narcissism and individualism would lead to social and political conflict. Studies have shown that the act of narcissism will cause negative consequences, and that, it can be problematic for an evolving society. The idealistic solution to a successful society is to exceed all social
issues and conventions, and not potentially create more by being self centered and careless.
The question that underlines the entire concept of this argument is, why has narcissism and self-enhancement been increasing in recent generations? Westernize culture have shifted from previous generations compared to recent generations, by the advancement of social media and had a big emphasis towards individualism. With the availability and ease to participate in social networking, this will allow us to measure the correlation between the effects of narcissism during past generations to the present.
It can be very difficult to explain the process in which social trends in the media affect people’s behavior, and identifying an accurate empirical data, however, Twenge and her colleagues developed an approach to conduct a cross-temporal meta analysis, whereas, the variation in the average personality scores are examined and used to collect data.