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posted by martyb on Monday November 12 2018, @11:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the mirror-mirror-on-the-wall... dept.

Science Daily:

A new study has established that excessive use of social media, in particular the posting of images and selfies, is associated with a subsequent increase in narcissism.
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They also assessed the participants' usage of social media -- including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat -- during that same period.

Narcissism is a personality characteristic that can involve grandiose exhibitionism, beliefs relating to entitlement, and exploiting others.

Those who used social media excessively, through visual postings, displayed an average 25% increase in such narcissistic traits over the four months of the study.

This increase took many of these participants above the clinical cut-off for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, according to the measurement scale used.

TLDR: Social media encourages narcissism.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:15AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:15AM (#761105)

    People who like to take pictures of themselves, and post pictures of themselves on social media, trend more towards narcissism? Say it isn't so.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:25AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:25AM (#761108) Journal

    The obvious has been said

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday November 13 2018, @01:25AM (1 child)

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday November 13 2018, @01:25AM (#761123)

      It's even worse than before: Selfie cameras used to be really crummy. Now they're pretty good AND they run filters to make your skin look perfect and correct your face features.
      Enhanced reality selfies, better than mirrors for narcissists.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @05:54AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @05:54AM (#761167)

        I like posthumous selfies...

        toot toot peanut butter [up.com]...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 13 2018, @12:52AM (#761118)

    Next up: the link between millennials, social media and lowering IQs.

  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday November 13 2018, @02:30AM

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 13 2018, @02:30AM (#761134) Journal

    Anonymous poster confuses function with its derivative, hot action news, early at 10.