Topic > Media and their effects Social media and their effects

Because human beings are one of the social animals. Community demand pushes netizens to try to change their online image to attract more people. Subsequently that request leads to the positive part of social media: a tendency towards self-promotion. Moving the avatar into an ideal image can fulfill a self-fulfilling prophecy, as Manago explained it as a psychological phenomenon: "People create something they would like to become... and the more this reflects on others, the more they can be integrated into the their sense of self." (Wolpert, 279). If everyone wants to express their best self, social networking sites can make a huge difference for themselves, because they share words and photos with a variety of people and receive as many comments as possible. Social media's push for self-promotion is so notable that it helps many netizens undertake self-development, as Chaudhry said in his article, "Self-expression slides effortlessly into self-promotion as we shape our self online" (Chaudhry, 257). When we shape the self online, we also shape reality. So, social networking has its advantages for some