Social Media Has A Heavy Influence On An Individual's Self Esteem

The ability to connect to other people easily through social media has been a good thing in many areas, but when it comes to self-esteem, it can really put a damper on it. Rejection, hate, and criticism are rampant on the Internet, and too many negative interactions can quickly put a damper on your self-esteem.

Throughout the past decade, numerous reports and tests have been conducted to see whether or not there has been a link between social media and low self-esteem. With the majority of adults and almost all millennials, social media has been on the rise. To some people, it's about sharing memories and connecting with families, but to others, it has turned into an addiction. After multiple hours a day mental changes might occur. A loss of self-esteem has been closely related to the fact of having an avid social life in a digital world.

In today's generation, most young, female, teenagers have problems with the way they look, their appearance, or their bodies. Females have a lower self esteem already without society and social medias pressure to conform. Self esteem is a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect. Males generally have higher self esteem level than females, therefore, more adolescent females struggle with eating disorders, self esteem issues, and often thoughts of suicide. Research and evidence suggests that a majority of young females lack of self esteem comes from social media and society's pressure to have a perfect body, or appearance and if females do not then we should conform to the standards placed before females by social media and society. In my opinion being a teenage girl in today's generation is so hard because so much is expected from adolescent females. Young females are expected to achieve beauty, intelligence, and social standards in a world that is constantly tearing down every movement women make toward independence. Social media and society does put pressure on young women to look a certain way, and if they do not achieve this look like the world portrays as beauty then their self esteem begins to drop in young females.

The examiners randomly assigned participants to a control group (offline), exposure to a mirror (offline) and exposure to their social media profile page (online). Surveyors told all participants the study was designed to examine people’s attitudes about themselves after viewing different websites and told both offline groups that they were the control group. In the social media stimuli group, participants viewed their personal profile page for three minutes. The profile pages contained self-generated content. The mirror stimuli group viewed their reflection for three minutes. The control group viewed no stimuli. After the three minutes had elapsed, all participants completed a survey designed to measure self-esteem. To measure selective self-presentation, the examiners asked the online group if they left or edited their profile page. Compared to the control and mirror stimuli groups, participants exposed to their social media profile page reported higher levels of self-esteem. Individuals who viewed only their profile page reported greater self-esteem than individuals who also viewed other profile pages. Finally, participants who edited their profile page reported higher levels of self-esteem than those who did not. Gonzales notes that social media “is a unique source of self-awareness stimuli in that it enhances the awareness of the optimal self. Thus, the

In her article “Social Media’s Impact on Self-Esteem” Clarissa Silva analyzes the effects of social media. She is able to show how disconnected people have gotten because of being online. Which is causing many to suffer from the paradox effect and vanity validation, that has also contributed to negative impacts in many relationships. Different sets of data are used as evidence, the percentage of peoples fear of missing out (FOMO) being a prime example. Social norms have shifted from face to face conversations to online discussions. Silva demonstrates how it plays a big role in self-esteem because of the decrease of social skills. She sheds light on the issue to decrease the irresponsible use of social media without knowing

Social media has drastically changed how people communicate. How many people remember how it feels to hear the phone ring in the house or receive a letter in the mail? Today’s youth know nothing other than text messages, tweets, and Facebook. Social media and the social entertaining websites of today have affected social behavior in many ways. While there are many advantages to this technological advancement, these advancements can also result in many changes in social behaviors. Some of the few prominent changes in social behavior, due to social media, are lack of communication skills, changes in self-esteem and cyber

This paper explores two sources of information that discuss social media’s effect on one’s self-esteem. The sources used are “Social Comparison, Social Media, and Self-Esteem”, an article printed in “Psychology of Popular Media” written by Vogel et al. (2014) and “Facebook Envy: How the Social Network Affects our Self-Esteem” an internet article written by Andrea Shea (2004) found at http://www.wbur.org/2013/02/20/facebook-perfection. The sources share comparative information on the widespread use of social networking sites (SNSs), how it is used, and few similarities of how SNSs affect one’s self-esteem. The sources, however, vary in how the information and data was obtained to reach its conclusion. This paper will examine the similarities and differences of each source in relation to social media and self-esteem.

In order to understand the effect that social media has on self-esteem, we need to understand the construct of self-esteem. According to Coopersmith’s definition, self-esteem is “the evaluation which the individual makes and customarily maintains with regard to himself: it expresses an attitude of approval and indicates the extent to which an individual believes himself to be capable, significant, successful and worthy. In short, self-esteem is a personal judgment of the worthiness that is expressed in the attitudes the individual holds towards himself.” (p. 4–5) To put it more simply, self-esteem is the attitude that people have toward their own values.

Turn the TV on. There is a girl on the weather channel; she is skinny. Change the channel. A new series pop up, the main character is a girl with curves and she has the good-looking boy by her side. Go to the store and grab a magazine. The models on the cover do not have an over-weight looking body. The right thing to do would be blaming media for giving young girls the idea of a perfect body and also, proving them with the illusion that a body is what they need to have a good, happy, and full-filling life. But, is it really all media’s fault? In today’s world, people are misreading what media is really about, and they have started to blame it for the bad that is in the world. A bad that is changing people’s eating habits because of body

Recent research has documented how technology, and social networking sites (SNS; e.g., Facebook, Instagram) in particular, have given rise to a growing obsession with impression management and self-presentation online. Whether it’s searching for the perfect Instagram photo filter or carefully crafting a humblebrag Facebook status about a recent publication, users frequently engage in selective self-presentation strategies to portray an ‘ideal self’ through social media (Chou & Edge, 2012; Manago, Graham, Greenfield, & Salimkhan, 2008). In turn, we seek out social approval and positive feedback in the form of comments and likes.

This paper explores the articles concerning how social network can influence people’s self-esteem in a positive and negative effect through social disclosures, group identity, and self-perception. Facebook users were the main focus of this issue. It is noted to have an attractive platform for self-presentation because users can cleverly manipulate online personas to highlight their most complimentary traits. The like and comment options for statuses on Facebook is a useful indicator regarding which user falls within the Big Five (extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness). These associations will help us understand how certain topics people disclose on Facebook may either be rewarding or distressful for their self-esteem. Many individuals also rely on social network to find a group identity they can belong to. Further in this study, we’ll explore just what exactly influences a person to prefer social network when finding companionship compare to existing ingroups. The last study involves researchers investigating the high consistency rate of self-perceptions among online users when it comes to seeing others in a greater position. In this case, usually these users tend to see their life to be insignificant to others and perceive the self negatively, however it turns out that this result only varies on where one

. The authors of this article were interested in studying whether people with low self-esteem thought Facebook was safe and appealing for self disclosure, and if any of their Facebook posts would enable them to gather social rewards. The authors made three studies to help them find the answer to their questions. Their hypothesis was that posting on Facebook would only reduce self-disclosure, as a result of making low self-esteem people feel more free about expressing their feelings. This hypothesis was based on the information and observations from past studies. For example, in the article they talk about how Facebook helps people that feel lonely or have a low self-esteem. They also based their hypothesis on focusing on people with low-self esteem.

Since the beginning of social media in the early 2000s, people have been linking ties with one another through it. Be it long lost friends, or long lost family members, social media has proved to be a great source when it comes to reuniting people across the world. The boom in social media outlets such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and the like has caused a drift in how society views the effects of such interaction on people’s mental health, however. On one end of the spectrum, some believe that social media has greatly benefited them by being an outlet for them to better express themselves. Boosts in confidence and self-esteem have been attributed to social media’s wonders. Yet, on the other side of the spectrum, social media is viewed as a rather dark force that has taken over and caused many a disturbance in people’s self-esteem and overall mental health.

Self esteem is defined as how a person feels and values his or her self, and the evaluation of one’s self esteem is determined by the answer to the question ‘am I good enough?’. Among young adults today, low self esteem seems to be more common and a larger problem than it has been at any other point in the past, and the issue needs to be explored further. There are many challenges to achieving healthy self esteem levels, with social media and social anxiety being very common among young adults. There are many enablers to achieving high self esteem levels as well, for young adults, this can include physical activity, as well as having supportive relationships. As a nurse, it is important that there is enough knowledge to provide a point of care strategy for patients, including young adults with low self esteem.

As we hungrily chase for new scientific discoveries, our subsequent appreciation and prioritization of human individuality has been critically disarmed. Among the leading frontiers where scientific progress is crippling our sense of self-distinctiveness are in the realms of online and digital platforms. Though “online worlds can provide valuable spaces for identity play” people who “gain fluency” in such expressionism find themselves struggling “to develop authentic selves” (Turckle 883). Evidently, with today’s opulence of social networking and other telecommunicating devices, it is easy for humans to be tempted or even engrossed with such technology. Nevertheless, such social power has formidable consequences. Growing accustomed to a world of sharing our lives with