“Snapchat Dysphoria” - The Troubling Desire To Look Like Edited Selfies
Mic
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8/10/18
“A recent study in JAMA pointed out a 13% increase in plastic surgery patients seeking to improve their looks for selfies between 2016 and 2017 because of this phenomenon.”
In 1731 Ben Franklin Offered The Same Apology As Today’s Social Media
Washington Post
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8/8/18
“Franklin had faith that truth would win out over falsehood, if given a fair chance to compete.”
Twitter As The High School We Are All Publicly Experiencing
New York Times
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8/4/18
“The psychoanalyst Erik Erikson once wrote that adolescence is a time when children can be “morbidly, often curiously, preoccupied with what they appear to be in the eyes of others.” …A corollary to Erikson’s observation might be that of David Elkind, another developmental psychologist, who in 1967 wrote about the “imaginary audience” phenomenon in adolescents — the idea that teenagers somehow see themselves as stars of their own productions, believing themselves to be watched by an eager, if sometimes judgmental, public. On Twitter, you actually are living your life on a stage.”