Narcissistic Behavior from Media and Social Media

According to DSM-IV-TR Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is characterized by symptoms that include grandiosity, an exaggerated sense of self-importance and a lack of empathy for others. This type of personality disorder is related to another disordered called, histrionic personality disorder. In both disorders, individuals act in a dramatic manner, seek respect from others, and are shallow in their emotional expressions and relationships with others. People with histrionic personality disorder

obsessions over social media. To go more indepth of what they were saying, I started to explore how social media addiction can relate to the increase of infidelity in social media relationships. An article published in January of 2017 by Addictive Behaviors, called “The Relationship Between Addictive Use of Social Media, Narcissism, and Self-Esteem: Findings from a Large National Survey” by Cecilie Schou Andreassen and her colleagues argue that narcissism and egotistical behaviors are linked to addiction

inspirations driving social networking sites use. In this way, conceptualizing narcissism as only a sole construct may make us misconstrue the ways in which social networking platforms are utilized to fulfill different needs. Research has begun to analyze how the undesirable parts of narcissistic identity identify with conduct on Facebook (Carpenter, 2012). The modern study seeks to explain the good and the undesirable parts of narcissism by discussing about narcissism and how it relates to social networking

driving social networking sites use. In this way, conceptualizing narcissism as only a sole construct may make us misconstrue the ways in which social networking platforms are utilized to fulfill different psychological needs. Research has begun to analyze how undesirable parts of narcissistic identity identify with conduct on Facebook (Carpenter, 2012). The modern study seeks to explain the good and the undesirable parts of narcissism by discussing about narcissism and how it relates to social networking

Narcissism The procreation of social media in daily life has caused various questions about how individuals display themselves in these platform. The recent studies explored the association between self-esteem and the posting of self-photographs on a social media networking site such as Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. Social media arenas have become strikingly popular in the past decade serving the varied communicative intentions. Despite the accelerated rise in social media networking industry, the

Literature Review In celebrity culture, celebrities use social media as a tool to build relationship and stay connected with their fans. Young and Pinsky (2006) make a claim that celebrity culture has generated a curiosity about celebrities’ personal lives. Adding on to this research, Marshall (2010) states that celebrities are willing to reveal their personal lives so that they can gain more followers. He also shows that celebrities reconstruct their profile for online personal branding by uploading

serves as the basis for all human interaction, and in this case, cyberbullying. With the explosion of social media and internet related activities, there has been a sudden increase in cyberbullying cases. Over the years, cyberbullying—which has often been linked “to harassing text messages, rumors spread online or through social media websites, and derogatory comments about someone on social media sites” (Stockdale, Coyne, Nelson, & Erickson, 2015)--has grown tremendously, accounting for nearly “42%

by society. These people use Facebook, and other social media sites, to look important and gain self-esteem by getting as many likes as possible on a photo. These photos posted could create an unrealistic portrait of that person, argues Soraya Mehdizadeh, but could this also be a way for people to express their identity, counters Alex Lambert? Soraya Mehdizadeh and Alex Lambert argue their reasons for why or why not social media may be narcissistic. It is a controversial subject because it can be

Introduction What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental disorder where someone has an exaggerated sense of their own presence, a need for constant admiration from others and they also have a lack of empathy for anyone (Mayo Clinic). A couple questions I have include: How does social media effect society? How does social media have an effect on someone diagnosed with NPD, What are ways you can help someone with NPD, and what are some ways we can

The purpose of the authors was to investigate the relationship between compulsive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem along with other factors that were potentially associated with the addictive use of social media. Information that supports a problem Facebook and other social media platform has become an increasingly popular leisure activity over the last 10 years. With over 1 billion users, more and more studies have been conducted to investigate its negative effects to the society