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Quotes tagged “Self-Esteem and Social Media”

“The desire to be liked and receive positive feedback and social validation is normal. However, preoccupation with self-presentation, to the point where it interferes with other goals or dominates self-value, reflects issues with low self-esteem and confidence.”
— Pamela Rutledge, How Two Years Of Instagram Stories Has Messed Up Our Holidays, Friendship And Love Lives
Tagged: Self-Esteem and Social Media, Loving Yourself Too Much, Ego in the Age of Instagram, Social Validation
“The internet spares no one from its scrutiny, not even kids.”
— Chang Casal, What we can learn from Kris and Bimby
Tagged: Celebrity In The Digital Age, Social Media, Cyber Bullying, Internet Culture, Self-Esteem and Social Media
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”
— Rebecca Webber, The Comparison Trap
Tagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation, Millenials, comparing yourself, Seeking Validation, Social Rewards, Your Brain on Social Media, Social Comparison, Quote of the Moment
“There's a reason that teenagers in particular are prone to the feverish pursuit of valuation via social media. Prinstein says it's because the wide variety of regions in the brain that seek and deliver social rewards, including the part of the striatum called the nucleus accumbens, become supercharged at the adolescent transition.”
— Rebecca Webber, The Comparison Trap
Tagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation, Millenials, comparing yourself, Seeking Validation, Social Rewards, Your Brain on Social Media
“People are most likely to share peak experiences and flattering news about themselves—what University of Houston psychologist Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers calls "everyone else's highlights reel"—and tech companies, furthermore, use algorithms to prioritize that very information in social media feeds. The narrow, distorted slice of reality that is displayed on social media is almost perfectly constructed to make viewers feel deficient and discouraged.”
— Rebecca Webber, The Comparison Trap
Tagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation, Millenials, comparing yourself

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