Social Media and self perception
Micah Dew-Treadway
Kinnear
Writing and Rhetoric
11 February 2015 We all grow up trying to find who we are. For the first couple of years of our lives our parents shape us because we cannot do it on our own financially. Buying us clothes, shoes, taking us to amusement parks and most of the time teaching us how to find ourselves in the process. Often times there are people on Television who a child may see and start to admire. My little brother Caleb saw the swift moves and vocals of Michael Jackson when he was about three and loved it. He started to sit in front of the screen and duplicate all of Michael’s moves with a passion. He looked up song after song on YouTube just to be able to see and analyze the miraculous moves of Michael. Weeks go by and my little brother stopped looking up the videos of dancing and started looking up videos about Michael Jackson’s everyday life, what he wears, how he eats and moat of all his infatuation with children. I thought nothing of it. Being influenced by pop culture or a major celebrity is normal and is not a bad idea. But when one is so engulfed in that person and starts to pick up bad habits from watching or admiring such a person they may need to step. I knew who the real Michael Jackson was and I didn’t want my brother to turn into that. If one simply looks at pictures, or images of people they start to either form a new look at themselves or try to change who they are according to the image they think society likes. I definitely didn’t want my brother to find himself looking for his self through the likes of Michael Jackson.
Selfie Loathing: Observing pictures with envy or jealousy which alters self-perception. Selfie loathing by Jessica Winter analyzes how image centered social media triggers positive and negative self-perception. Selfie loathing addresses the contrast between image based social media and self-esteem. Winter argues that Facebook and Instagram are main catalyst in the shaping of self-perception.
Kinnear
Writing and Rhetoric
11 February 2015 We all grow up trying to find who we are. For the first couple of years of our lives our parents shape us because we cannot do it on our own financially. Buying us clothes, shoes, taking us to amusement parks and most of the time teaching us how to find ourselves in the process. Often times there are people on Television who a child may see and start to admire. My little brother Caleb saw the swift moves and vocals of Michael Jackson when he was about three and loved it. He started to sit in front of the screen and duplicate all of Michael’s moves with a passion. He looked up song after song on YouTube just to be able to see and analyze the miraculous moves of Michael. Weeks go by and my little brother stopped looking up the videos of dancing and started looking up videos about Michael Jackson’s everyday life, what he wears, how he eats and moat of all his infatuation with children. I thought nothing of it. Being influenced by pop culture or a major celebrity is normal and is not a bad idea. But when one is so engulfed in that person and starts to pick up bad habits from watching or admiring such a person they may need to step. I knew who the real Michael Jackson was and I didn’t want my brother to turn into that. If one simply looks at pictures, or images of people they start to either form a new look at themselves or try to change who they are according to the image they think society likes. I definitely didn’t want my brother to find himself looking for his self through the likes of Michael Jackson.
Selfie Loathing: Observing pictures with envy or jealousy which alters self-perception. Selfie loathing by Jessica Winter analyzes how image centered social media triggers positive and negative self-perception. Selfie loathing addresses the contrast between image based social media and self-esteem. Winter argues that Facebook and Instagram are main catalyst in the shaping of self-perception.