Social Media a fake world?

In today’s time, social media plays an enormous role in shaping one’s identity. The most common idea about social media an individual has is perhaps it’s the best modernization which enables everyone to connect with each other, share pictures, share ideas and much more. But is social media an accurate representation of self’s identity? The most problematic thing about social media is it enables us to hide behind the sound, attractive content we post and let the viewers make a judgement on that.

Social media can also create the need to prove something for an individual and act as an escape from the real world and skewing away one’s identity to portray a totally different character on the screen. There are many people who don’t have textbook living. What impact do this unreal social posts have on them psychologically? Maybe just making them hate their life more.

According to Tim Rayner, posting and creating some good piece of content has much more effect than just gaining some social fame. It makes us see ourselves as the one we portray and refine our view on the world defining self.

 

References :

Rayner, T. (2012). Foucault and social media: I tweet, therefore I become. Retrieved from https://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/foucault-and-social-media-i-tweet-therefore-i-become/ 

Jager, P. (2017, May 08). Content: The Fake Life Narrative. Retrieved August 21, 2020, from https://medium.com/strategic-content-marketing/content-making-the-case-for-honesty-in-the-age-of-filtered-perfection-e1b9f65141e3

 Alwahaidi, K. (2015, July 30). Two-Faced: How Social Media Is Turning Us Into A Fake Generation. Retrieved August 21, 2020, from https://www.elitedaily.com/life/social-media-making-us-faker/1101264