...New Narcissism 1. Introduce the subject of ”New Narcissism” by giving a brief account of the phenomenon as it is described in text 1. The term “New Narcissism” springs from the story about Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. The term “narcissism” as a mental condition was first recognized by Sigmund Freud. Today we use the term about a person who is vain and self-centered. Text 1 is written by Sarfraz Manzoor and is called “Me, Me, Me”. It describes “new narcissism” as a phenomenon mainly created by the media. The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to write blogs and have websites about them and their lives. If you only talk about yourself in the real world you can count on people to tell you to shut up. That will not happen in cyberspace, sure people can write a comment to your blog or website but you can simply just delete it and forget it. That’s a bit more difficult to do in the real world because there’s no “delete”. Sarfraz Manzoor uses Chris Crocker as an example of the phenomenon “new narcissism” and he’s a perfect example. The unknown Chris Crocker was on everyone’s lips after his Youtube-clip about Britney Spears. It was because of Britney Spears’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007 Chris Crocker got famous. He was a big fan of Britney Spears and because of that he defended her. 2. Compare the views on narcissism presented in texts 2 and 3, and comment on how those views are substantiated. Text 2, “Students...
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...Is social media to blame for the rise in narcissism? To answer that you must first understand the difference between narcissism and self-esteem. Narcissists feel superior to others, believe that they are entitled to privileges, and crave admiration. They think the world revolves around them and it would be a much better place if it revolved around them. And when it doesn't they lash out aggressively. People with high self-esteem, by contrast, feel satisfied with themselves as a person, but don't see themselves as better than others. Parents intuitively believe that high self-esteem is the key to success, health, and well-being. They try to raise self-esteem by telling children they are unique and extraordinary. We as parents should make our...
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...Narcissism and Social Media: Is there a Connection? INTRODUCTION: Social media is a tremendously useful tool that we now rely on in our daily lives. Social media enable all of us to communicate and stay updated to our friends and family. Research could suggest social media sites as the cause behind the rise of teen and young adult narcissism? Researchers also suggest social media sites as being a forum for self-praise and gasconading. The report written by, Christopher J. Carpenter, makes an attempt to correlate social media sites to narcissistic behavior. The research of the report goes in depth examining one possible predictor of narcissistic behavioral use of social media sites. The research conducted was in depth and it also examined narcissistic personality traits, the history of the narcissistic personality inventory (NPI) and narcissism on Facebook. The NPI includes aspects such as ‘‘a grandiose sense of self-importance or uniqueness,’’ ‘‘an inability to tolerate criticism,’’ and ‘‘entitlement or the expectation of special favors without assuming reciprocal responsibilities.’’ METHOD: According to the report written by Carpenter “there were 294 participants in the survey whose ages ranged from 18 to 65 years ( M = 23.26, SD = 7.30)” of the 294 participants “74.1% were college students and 68% were female”. The participants were not compensated for the participation and according to the research they were recruited by “the members of an undergraduate...
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...New Narcissism New Narcissism is the modern term for the phenomenon narcissism.The term “narcissism” was used for the first time in relation to psychiatry by Sigmund Freud to describe the phenomenon of “loving yourself”. The notion derived from the Greek mythology’s legend about Narcissus, a handsome young man searching for the love of his life. Narcissus found it when he saw his own face, reflected in the water. This word now has a wide range of meanings; from psychological symptoms, a social or cultural problem, or simply a personality trait encompassing characteristics like arrogance, egoism, vanity and selfishness. Sarfaz Manzoor’s article “Me, Me, Me” tells us that psychologists’ recent studies conclude a disturbing increase of narcissistic behavior. Christopher Lasch claims in his work, The culture of Narcissism, that society reproduces its culture in the form of the individual’s personality. So, according to this theory New Narcissism is part of our culture. People set big goals as beauty, wealth and fame. Ordinary people can easily achieve their “beauty”, boost their self-esteem and confidence with plastic surgeries. Too much effort is put on the appearance and only for people’s own benefits. Fame, and thus wealth, can be achieved for example through the Internet. The Internet has a big impact on our narcissistic culture because everyone can get heard, and nobody can stop you from saying what you want. In the Internet’s virtual world, it’s possible to create, manipulate...
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...New Narcissism 1. The phrase narcissism comes from the story of the man Narcissus, “a handsome young youth who falls hopelessly in love with his own reflection in a pool of water” (p. 2, l. 32). As the social critic Christopher Lacsh theorised, every generation reproduces its culture, the individual, in the form of personality. Today we are living in a world of New Narcissism. Not only are we narcissistic – we now have the social medias and Internet as remedies of self-promotion. Being an individual in a culture filled with love for celebrity, we find interest in some originally uninteresting things, such as which meals are included in a celebrity’s diet. It is therefore easier to deceive our minds in to thinking, that such insignificant bit of information about ourselves is in fact significant to the rest of the world. It is difficult to be yanked out of the hands of narcissism, as no one on the Internet bothers to inform one, that all of this information is of no matter. And maybe we enjoy watching and reading all of this triviality, because it reflects the reproduction of our culture and therefore also the individual. 2. The articles “Student narcissism on the rise” by Janice McDuffee and “Do Today’s Young People Really Think They Are So Extraordinary?” by Catherine West hold two mutually contradictory statements. As it appears from the title, the first article states, that the youths are products of increased self-enhancement and self-involvedness. The harm of this...
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...of ”New Narcissism” by giving a brief account of the phenomenon as it is described in text 1. The term “New Narcissism” springs from the story about Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. The term “narcissism” as a mental condition was first recognized by Sigmund Freud. Today we use the term about a person who is vain and self-centered. Text 1 is written by Sarfraz Manzoor and is called “Me, Me, Me”. It describes “new narcissism” as a phenomenon mainly created by the media. The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to write blogs and have websites about them and their lives. If you only talk about yourself in the real world you can count on people to tell you to shut up. That will not happen in cyberspace, sure people can write a comment to your blog or website but you can simply just delete it and forget it. That’s a bit more difficult to do in the real world because there’s no “delete”. Sarfraz Manzoor uses Chris Crocker as an example of the phenomenon “new narcissism” and he’s a perfect example. The unknown Chris Crocker was on everyone’s lips after his Youtube-clip about Britney Spears. It was because of Britney Spears’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007 Chris Crocker got famous. He was a big fan of Britney Spears and because of that he defended her. 2. Compare the views on narcissism presented in texts 2 and 3, and comment on how those views are substantiated. Text 2, “Students narcissism on the rise”, is written...
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...1) What is New Narcissism? In the text Me, Me, Me by Sarfranz Manzoor, we hear about a young 19-year-old teenage boy called Chris Crocker, who’s defending Britney Spears. He is crying and yelling at people to leave her alone. As if that wasn’t enough he puts the video on YouTube so that everyone can see it. What makes him think people care about his opinion? The answer is his big alter ego, and that is my definition on what new narcissism is. Another example would be The X-factor series. More than 150.00 people were ready to humiliate themselves just to achieve instant stardom. They were all convinced that they deserved success regardless of their lack of talent. The internet is strengthening our ego to the edge. The dating website Beautifulpeople.net only has members determined completely by looks, with existing members of the opposite sex voting on new applications. That for me just screams new narcissism. So does a recent study by psychologists at San Diego State University, concluding that young people are more narcissistic than ever before. Professor Jean Twenge found that two-thirds of the students scored above average on narcissism. 2) According to the text Student narcissism on the rise by Janice McDuffee, Today’s college students put themselves first. Lead author professor Jean Twenge of San Diego University calls the students “Generation Me”. She has made some studies, based on that she determined that students have become drastically more narcissistic. One reason...
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...There have been many complaints from parents about their children buzzing around on the internet and in some cases on the news. Many people turn to screen time and social media as the cause of the problem. As a teenager, it is easy to say that screen time and social media definitely affects our behaviour around people and towards ourselves. It affects children’s brains in a negative way leading to narcissism, laziness and antisocialness. All these factors have been proven through scientific research across the world. You’ll rethink the amount of online time you restrict your children to once you read about its harmful effects. Today we are living in what you call the “me, me, me” generation meaning that people of this millennial are all about themselves. According to Joel Stein at Time Magazine, compared to 1982, “58% more college students scored higher on a narcissism scale in 2009...” only five years after facebook was founded and three years after the first iPhone was made. As stated on the scientific blog, ‘Psychology today,’ Doctor Lisa Firestone says studies over the years that make...
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...In a world that continues to advance technologically machines titled “sociable robots” acquire life-like characteristics once exclusive to humans. They are able to express artificial emotions that seem real to the user. In “Alone Together” by Sherry Turkle we see how sociable robots interact with children. They begin to feel emotions that were once exclusive to human interaction. In the narrative “An Army of One: Me” written by Jean Twenge we see how prominent the generation gap is. Those under the age of thirty-five tend to focus more on themselves and making sure they feel worthy. This generation is appropriately called “Generation Me,” highlighting the fact that boosts of “self-esteem” leads to a rise in individualistic focus. Parents expose...
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...New Narcissism “1. Sigmund Freud was the first one to ever put a name on the familiar phenomenon “loving yourself” which came to be known as narcissism. He named it after the story about a good-looking boy, Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection. Back then narcissism was used as a medical expression but today we are more likely to describe it as a phenomenon. The text “Me, Me, Me”, an article written by Sarfraz Manzoor, leaves us under the impression that today's narcissism is worse than ever before, especially among the youth (according to a study from San Diego). The Internet has a powerful role in this as it can help anyone, who wants, to achieve wealth and fame without even relating to their real lives. Through the Internet, it is possible to create your own reality, kind of like a parallel world, which most likely is the complete opposite of the real world. This is important to the new narcissistic way of living as appearance means everything. People today are also much more likely to get plastic surgery. They do this to feel better about themselves, to get a boost of self-confidence, and to be ready for competition from their fellow human beings. Therefore, people spend money like crazy to design their outer appearance most of all to appeal to as many men or women as possible. Attention becomes a competition you cannot win too many times. New Narcissism can be explained as a phenomenon where today's society is willing to do almost everything...
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...Since Jenny’s mother was born with some birth defects, it is possible her mother developed narcissism because of looking at her inner feelings and not believing what everyone else said about her. It is true, however, that Narcissistic Personality Disorder also contributes to the biological side as well. While the environmental side focuses more on how someone is taken care of and raised from infancy to adulthood, biology examines what could happen inside the body of someone with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. According to Paris, there is still research being conducted as to what exactly causes someone to be narcissistic. However, Paris mentions that there are certain traits a parent might pass down to their child. Therefore, the child is already predisposed to Narcissistic Personality Disorder (like...
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...Introduction This research paper is on Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Three journal articles were utilized in the research process. The first article is titled Subtypes, Dimensions, Levels, and Mental States in Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It was written by Kenneth N. Levy of Pennsylvania State University and published in 2012. The main points discussed in this article are surrounding the various concepts of NPD existing in dimensions and with overt and covert sublevels. The author used research to point out how the DSM-IV fails to capture that grandiose presentations and covert vulnerable presentations actually represent the two sides of a single spectrum. I chose this article as it gave a deeper perspective than the more ridged clinical picture offered in the DSM-IV. The second article is titled Categorical and Dimensional Models of Pathological Narcissism: The Case of Mr. Jameson. It was written by Christopher R. D. Roberts and Steven K. Huprich of Eastern Michigan University and published in 2012. The main points discussed in this article are how the current categorical construct of NPD ignores the complexities of the underlying vulnerabilities of the disorder. It also discusses how assessing grandiosity and vulnerability as dimensional, interactive components provides a greater working utility. The authors accomplish this through offering examples of various supporting research in addition to a detailed case study of a patient who presented as fragile...
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...Chapter seven, Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch, in “The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists” discusses the phenomena of workplace narcissism. In the workplace everything boils down to money, power, and status (Payson 146). This could be a breeding ground for the narcissist. Narcissism occurs in almost every workplace organization, and usually at the top level executives. The narcissistic personality comprises of a defense mechanism that works to prevent others from reminding the narcissist of his feelings of less thad adequate and lowering his self-esteem. The workplace is the arena where “getting ahead” is first and foremost. Fewer corporations and business bother themselves with the ethics of fair play. They concern themselves with the fact that employees are human beings trying to live a quality life. In such an atmosphere of toughness, where “all’s fair,” you will see the NPD individual flourish and rise to the top (Payson 146). A good example on a narcissist in the workplace, is a boss that redirect conversations back onto themselves, their stories, their experiences, their jokes, their work tasks which are all more important than anything you could possibly ever be engaged in? this is signs of a classic narcissists. The narcissists are basically ME FIRST!!! Some people have taken this to the extreme, so much that it damages their personal relationships and ability to relate to others. Everyone can have moments were it is about them first, but the narcissist is ALWAYS...
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...The Issue of Media Influence on Our Children Ever since the first televisions made their way into American homes in the 1950s, people have been concerned about what their children watch and how it affects them. There is good reason for such concern, as the impact that television has on our children can be astounding - it is said that children are exposed to a violent act every three seconds when they watch cartoons. Although exposure to violent content is one problem media presents, it is not the only one. The messages, which children are being fed via television and social media outlets, are also a good cause for concern. While these problems are pervasive in today’s ubiquitous media avalanche, there are solutions at hand. Having an ongoing and healthy dialogue with children about media content, paying attention to and being selective about what media children are exposed to, encouraging more physical than sedentary activity and promoting self-esteem are very real weapons against the potential onslaught of media’s negative influence. Research dictates the negative impact mass media has upon our children. For example, an article in Science Daily reads: “Fame is the No. 1 value emphasized by television shows popular with 9- to 11-year-olds, a dramatic change over the past 10 years, UCLA psychologists report in a new study. On a list of 16 values, fame jumped from the 15th spot, where it was in both 1987 and 1997, to the first spot in 2007. From 1997 to 2007, benevolence...
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