Human Behavior Is More Crucial Than Ever

Since the Bulletin Board System there has been hundreds, and counting, of social networks created: most notably Twitter, Facebook, Kik, Snapchat, and Instagram. Today there are just over 3 billion active Internet users (45% of the world’s internet users), 2.1 billion of those people have social media accounts (Jeffbullas.com). People use social media for many numerous reasons. Most use social media to stay close to relatives and maintain social ties. Some of people’s most essential daily needs are accounted for by social media: whether it be interacting with friends or coworkers, following politics, or following the latest fashion trend set by the Kardashian

“People can take their time when posting information about themselves, carefully selecting what aspects they would like to emphasize (Gonzales 80).” By controlling what information and self-attributes to share with the online world, an individual may present an idealized version of self that would not align with societal perceptions in the face-to-face interactions. Furthermore, Gonzales notes that recent research in computer-mediated communications suggests that online self-presentations can alter self-perceptions (80). As Orenstein says, “I tweet, therefore I am.” The online presentations of self can become the reality, or idealized reality, of the

In this day and age it is not uncommon to see a family at dinner with their heads in their phones instead of submersing themselves in conversation with one another. Friends and family alike know more about each other by looking at ones Facebook wall rather than by holding a simple conversation. Ones life is no longer played out by communicating face to face or even through a landline, but rather by Facebook statuses and Instagram posts. It is no secret that social media has become

Millions of people are posting pictures of themselves and their life experiences online for the world to see. And of course, people only post things that will make themselves seem more cool, adventures, and pretty, basically, a better person. People make an effort to present themselves based on what others like to gain popularity. This effort to be “perfect” is now being seen through people in the real world. People view others based on what they see of them online rather than in the real world. In the articles, “Should We Ditch the Idea of Privacy?” by Don Tapscott and “#Me: Instagram Narcissism and the scourge of the Selfie” by John Paul Titlow. Both authors show us without question, how the internet and social media have impacted the ways we view others and how we present ourselves to others negatively.

Most people are uptight about the likes and comments they receive on social media websites, Carr formally proclaims. All of the popular websites use this method to receive more people active on them. Doing this urges people to share personal details about their life. “...people share four times as much information about themselves when they converse through computers as when they talk in person” (Carr 3). It is not necessary for people to share an extreme amount of details about their lives, but they still do.

The poster typically edits their pictures so they have the best lighting, do not look fat or unattractive, meanwhile their friends are having the times of their lives doing fun activities or trips. Remo even admits that she is insecure in pictures and often takes multiple pictures before she posts them, just to make sure that they do not appear “real”. The psychological effect on posting gives individuals a rush, a “Harvard study concluded that writing about ourselves on social media stimulates the same part of our brain we use when eat food, are given money … or have sex,” (Remo 5). Posting makes people feel like they are important, and important to those that like the picture. However, social media can be the cause of jealousy, especially when people your age are having more fun and experiences than you are. It makes the viewer wonder why they cannot have that lifestyle, or do the things their friends are doing. Remo recalls that a friend of hers became so upset with her life at graduate school, while Remo was going to bars, the beach, vacations in the summer. The girl cried because Remo’s life seemed better than hers, but Remo was the complete opposite. She posted those photos to make it seem like her life was better than it really was, emotionally, physically, and financially, but it was not what her life really was, “I don’t even remember that time in

This behaviour has become so common amongst todays younger generations that it is expected to take a selfie with your friends as if it is a normal ritual that has been apart of society for centuries. It is also anticipated that this group photo, selfie or any photo taken at an event will most likely then be published on social media. “Visual media such as photography, film, television or painting” are all mediums that are constructed in codes and signs which allows texts to be broken into different elements through analysis, an artwork can be read as a text through these codes that we recognize and comprehend, this also allows us to note the meaning of its construction. (Sturken & Cartwright, 2009, p.464). Visual media is often read like text through its code, signs and symbols which allows the text to be read. This is also achieved through the denotative meaning of an image which is the “face to face meaning” which is interpreting was is visually presented in front of you (Sturken & Cartwright, 2009,

A systematic examination of photographs can reveal many insights into the individual taking the picture. For example, Dijck (2008) explains that picture taking has been widely used as a way for people to save memories of events, a tool for communication and experience, and more recently, as a tool for identity development. For example, in the 20th century, people used photography to save memories to remember their lives (Dijck,2008). As time moved forward it evolved into using photography to communicate with others by sharing their experiences with social media. By using social media like Twitter for example, people share different types of pictures from selfies, to video game screenshots, to a photograph of a new jacket; which occurs not just in the United States but, all over the world (Thelwall, Goriunvova, Vis, Faulkner, Burns, Aulich, Mas-Bleda,

Technology in today’s day and age has been molded to integrate with our daily lives. From adults to adolescents you see technology constantly being used throughout their average day. The past few generation have pulled away from chalkboards, typewriters, and paper books towards the newest ‘fads’ of American culture, such as laptops, smart boards, and tablets. While companies are always creating countless new products to keep up with the obsessive market of America’s economy, their profits shoot through the roof. Although employers are looking to hire young workers, the continual disruption of technology and social media has been getting in the way. Multiple companies have declared they have been searching through people's private social media

After much anticipation, the Kapur family moved back to their hometown of Colley, Maine. The father, Nev Kapur, just finished serving five years in the military and accepted a full-time job as an information technician for a local business. The family agrees it would be best for the mother, Amanda Kapur, to stay home and take care of their three-year-old twin daughters Nia and Maya. It is important to the Kapur family to have a parent stay at home because the twin daughters were born 7 weeks prematurely, leading to some cognitive and physical impairments to Nia. Nia has recently learned to walk, but she is still unable to speak smoothly. She uses some sign language and small words to communicate her wants and needs to family members. Although it makes things tighter financially, both parents agree it is the best way to help Nia advance physically and cognitively. All was going well until Nev Kapur’s father suddenly passed away from a brain aneurism. Nev immediately told his mother Riya she could move into the third bedroom of their home for as long as she’d like. This quick move in has lead to a number of strains on the family. Nev is still dealing with the painful loss of his father while working his full-time job. Amanda is having a difficult

Living in the 21st century requires one to stay current with latest technological advancements. Ever since the development of social networking sites, people are now able to create a carefully-crafted identity for themselves. This has led psychologists to question how well these online personalities match the person in front of the computer. The innovative branch of media psychology looks into how social networking portrays individuals and initiates human interactions within a society.

By nature, we are all amateur psychologists, constantly trying to, through the informal study of ourselves and others, make inferences and predictions about other’s behaviour. This in turn has led to the creation of many “common sense” notions, or cultural beliefs about the nature of human behaviour that, while often espoused as factual and true, tend to hold up poorly when faced with legitimate scientific scrutiny, with an example being the belief that individuals always work harder in a group than on their own. Since, while it is undeniable that, by nature, we are social rather than solitary animals and that working in groups has had many advantages to the evolution of our species by allowing us to, for example, increase our safety in

The "selfie" is a relatively new phenomenon to the digital and social media scene, although not an entirely new event. The emergence of social media has helped expand the proliferation of the selfie, allowing an individual to show their activities to the world whether the world wants to see it or not. Just who posts the most selfies is a point of interest to advertisers, social psychologists, and behavioral psychologists. Advertisers want to know so they can find a target audience while social psychologists and behaviorists want to be able to understand the psyche within the posters.

Throughout the past twenty years, technology in the online world and it’s availability to the public has increased significantly. The first computer was remarkably large and took up an entire room, but now, everyday people are constantly found enjoying their hand-held, portable computers- smartphones. In the United States, the average amount of time one spends on their smartphone in a day is shockingly almost eight hours. In Mexico, it is almost three hours, and worldwide the average person checks their phone more than 150 times a day or every 6.5 minutes. According to New York New’s 2013 statistics, everyday more mobile phones are activated than the number of babies born. Although online technology has helped to inform and educate people across the globe, it has also presented itself to be detrimental and unsafe for people in all countries in ways that were never anticipated. With the number of iPhone and Android users on the rise, more effects and options are being added to social media sites that give out more of your information with the purpose of furthering the connection between members and their followers, for example, the ability to add your location onto pictures when they are posted, so viewers can see where you are taking that picture from. Instagram, a social media site for users to upload, edit and share photos with other users, has the latter option (along with countless other sites: Kik, Facebook, Snapchat, etc), so any member, with the tap of a picture,

In modern day society bestiality and zoophilia are more often than not automatically associated as a sexual taboo and being morally wrong. As this is often always assumed, rarely is discussed to why this is the case, what is the reasoning behind our pre-disposed notations of what these two words mean? Generally people cite reasons such as because the normal reaction is disgust it must be morally wrong, or that because animals are unclean it would hazardous to one’s health (Milligan , 2011). These assumptions seem to be common and often used in place of a more scientific and ethical discussion on why bestiality is frowned upon. For instance, as animals cannot give consent sexual relations even those considered mutual should be considered as interspecies sexual assault. It may also be considered abnormal behavior as there have been many studies showing that bestiality occurring in children creates more unstable people later in life suggesting that this deviant behavior has negative effects(Beetz, 2005), (Earls, 2009), (Hensley, 2010), (Holoyda, 2016). It is no coincidence that bestiality occurs most frequently among violent offenders, sex offenders and those that have been sexually abused.