As the ideal Facebook page can destroy your personality
A Life / / December 19, 2019
"On the Internet nobody knows you're a dog" - the famous figure of Peter Steiner (Peter Steiner), published in 1993 in the weekly The New Yorker, today more relevant than ever. It perfectly reflects the basis of communication on the Net: you can be whoever you want.
Usually we choose the best photos for publications, discarding those which do not look as good as we would like. Adhere to the selected image - shirt-guy, macho experienced, glamorous socialite, intrepid traveler, polyglot and polymath.
Previous studies have shown that the majority of users of social networks are adapting their online interaction to look better. After all, no one will know that, in reality, outside of the published post. But now scientists believe in the other.
The true essence still shines through the perfect virtual image. Behavior on Facebook or other social networks is an accurate reflection of our personality.
For example, frequent selfie in the classroom in the gym may indicate narcissism.
Scientists conducted an experiment asked 164 people aged 18 to 55 years to pass two tests. First, the subjects answered the questions from his true "I". And then - on behalf of a virtual twin to Facebook. It turned out that the big difference between self-presentation on the Web and in what people in reality is fraught with stress and feelings of social disunity.
It turns out that most people prefer others to have an accurate idea of what they really are, rather than an idealized image. This confirms the theory of self-American professor of social and personality psychology William Swann (William Swann). According to this person needs to confirm his self-esteem, regardless of whether it is positive or negative.
Back in 1997, before the advent of social networks, the researchers found that employees with low self-esteem We tend to quit after their wages increase. This is contrary to their inner world.
People feel more comfortable and more productive when people assess their real, even if some of the qualities are not positive.
There are good reasons that people partially or completely hide his true "I" on the Internet. First, it gives a certain freedom. For example, the opportunity to express their opinions without fear of consequences.
But anonymity has a price. When "no one knows you're a dog", any positive assessment would relate to it a virtual user. Please note that the profiles in social networks today are prey for marketers, potential employers, networkers promoting various goods and services.
And another important point. Social networks allow us to avoid the fact that Stanford University scientist Michal Kosinski (Michal Kosinski) calls the small prisons geographical circumstances. Each of us can communicate with those who are close to him in spirit, regardless of distance. But this is a double edged sword.
We surround ourselves with like-minded people in a social network, and this leads to a bubble filter.
A notion by Internet activist Eli Parayzerom (Eli Pariser), means that social networks collect data about the user and provide information that coincides with his point of view, cutting alternative options. In this case, to see an objective picture of the situation is very difficult.