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Is Social Media Making Us More Narcissistic?. What are the psychological and ethical4 implications5 of constant engagement with or obsession6 over social media?. A 2010 study in the jour

01 Is Social Media Making Us More Narcissistic?

Do you spend too much time trying to be attractive and

interesting to others? Are you just a little too in love with your

own Instagram feed?

As the generation who grew up with social media, a

reflection1 on narcissism2 is of critical3 importance to teenagers

What are the psychological and ethical4 implications5 of constant

engagement with or obsession6 over social media? How does it

change our relationship with others and how we see ourselves?

“Narcissism Is Increasing So You’re Not So Special.”

begins:

My teenage son recently informed me that there is an Internet

quiz to test oneself for narcissism His friend had just taken it

“How did it turn out?” I asked “He says he did great!” my son

responded “He got the maximum score!”

When I was a child, no one outside the mental health

profession talked about narcissism; people were more concerned

with inadequate7 self-esteem, which at the time was believed to

lurk8 behind nearly every difficulty Like so many excesses of the

1970s, the self-love cult9 spun out of control10 and is now

rampaging through our culture like Godzilla through Tokyo

A 2010 study in the journal Social Psychological and

Personality Science found that the percentage of college students

exhibiting narcissistic2 personality traits11, based on their scores on

the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, a widely used diagnostic12

test, has increased by more than half since the early 1980s, to 30

percent In their book “Narcissism Epidemic13,” the psychology

professors Jean M Twenge and W Keith Campbell show that

narcissism has increased as quickly as obesity has since the 1980s

Even our egos14 are getting fat

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It has even infected15 our political debate Donald Trump?

“Remarkably narcissistic,” the developmental psychologist

Howard Gardner told Vanity Fair magazine I can’t say whether

Mr Trump is or isn’t a narcissist2 But I do dispute16 the assertion17

that if he is, it is somehow remarkable

This is a costly problem While full-blown18 narcissists often

report high levels of personal satisfaction, they create havoc19 and

misery20 around them There is overwhelming21 evidence linking

narcissism with lower honesty and raised aggression It’s notable

for Valentine’s Day that narcissists struggle to stay committed to

romantic partners, in no small part because they consider

themselves superior22

The full-blown narcissist might reply, “So what?” But

narcissism isn’t an either-or23 characteristic It’s more of a set of

progressive symptoms (like alcoholism) than an identifiable state

(like diabetes24) Millions of Americans exhibit symptoms, but still

have a conscience25 and a hunger for moral improvement At the

very least, they really don’t want to be terrible people

Source: The New Work Times

Questions:

1 Do you recognize yourself or your

friends or family in any of the

descriptions in this article? Are you

sometimes too fixated26 on collecting

“likes” and thinking about how others see

you?

2 Do you think social media is causing us

to be more narcissistic?

3 What’s the line between “healthy

self-love” that “requires being fully alive at

this moment, as opposed to being

Comments:

Some of the real narcissistic people or full-blown narcissists I have come across use very little or no social media at all

Social media does make us less emphatic or more individualistic in a long term but narcissism is something much stronger than that

I wouldn't put too much pressure on making

my point as I don't have any scientific

virtually alive while wondering what

others think,” and unhealthy narcissism?

How can you stay on the healthy side of

the line27?

4 Did you take the test? What did it tell you

about yourself?

5 What about Instagram, Facebook,

Snapchat and other social media feeds

makes them so hard to put down?

6 Do you think this writer’s proposal28 of a

“social media fast” is a viable29 way to

combat30 narcissism?

7 For those who aren’t as attached to social

media, do challenges from an

overinflated31 sense of self still arise? If

so, from where?

8 If everyone is becoming more

narcissistic, does that make narcissism

necessarily a bad thing?

knowledge on this topic but based on my own experience and observations I don't believe social media is responsible for narcissistic behavior, I think it is almost opposite of that It is just my opinion based

on my personal experience and observations

Useful Vocabulary:

1 reflection (n)

/rɪˈflek.ʃən/

a reflection on something

C1: a sign or result of

something

=> dấu hiệu/kết quả

2 narcissism (n)

/ˈnɑː.sɪ.sɪ.zəm/

Too much interest in and

admiration for your own

11 trait (n) /treɪt/

A particular characteristic that can produce a

particular type of behavior

=> đặc điểm

=> personality trait: đặc điểm tính cách

21 overwhelming (a) /ˌəʊ.vəˈwel.mɪŋ/

C1 : very great or strong

=> overwhelming evidence : chứng cứ rõ ràng/mạnh mẽ

22 superior (a) /suːˈpɪə.ri.ər/

C2 : A superior person believes that or acts as if they are better than other people

=> tự cao / hống hách

physical appearance

and/or own abilities

=> tự yêu bản thân

-> narcissistic (adj)

/ˌnɑː.sɪˈsɪs.tɪk/

-> narcissist (n) người tự

yêu bản thân

/ˈnɑː.sɪ.sɪst/

3 critical (adj)

/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/

be critical to something

B2: of the greatest

importance to the way

things might happen

=> cực kỳ quan trọng

4 ethical (a)

/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/

C2: relating to beliefs

about what is morally

right and wrong

=> về đạo đức

5 implication (n)

/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

C2 : a suggestion of

something that is made

without saying it directly

=> ẩn ý / hàm ý

12 diagnostic (a) /ˌdaɪ.əɡˈnɒs.tɪk/

diagnostic test

Identifying a particular illness using a

combination of signs and symptoms

=> chuẩn đoán

13 Epidemic (n) /ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/

The appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the same time

=> Đại dịch

14 ego (n) /ˈiː.ɡəʊ / your idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability

=> cái tôi (cá nhân)

15 infect (v) /ɪnˈfekt/

C1: to pass a disease to a person animal, or plant

=> lây nhiễm (truyền bệnh)

23 either-or (a) /ˌaɪ.ðərˈɔːr/ or /ˌiː.ðərˈɔːr/ presenting an unavoidable need to choose between two alternatives

=> hoặc – hoặc (chỉ chọn 1 trong 2, rạch ròi trắng đen)

=> narcissism isn’t an

either-or23 characteristic nghĩa là nó không rõ ràng trắng đen (giống từ non-binary)

24 diabetes (n) /ˌdaɪ.əˈbiː.tiːz/

a disease in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood

=> bệnh tiểu đường

25 conscience (n) /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/

C2 : the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done or things you feel responsible for

=> lương tâm

6 obsession (n)

/əbˈseʃ.ən/

an obsession with / over

sth

Something or someone

that you think about all

the time

=> ám ảnh (trong bài ý là

khi xuất hiện quá nhiều

trên các phương tiện

truyền thông dẫn đến

nghiện/lúc nào cũng nghĩ

về nó)

7 inadequate (a)

/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/

Not good enough/in low

quality

=> không đủ

=> inadequate

self-esteem: thiếu tự trọng

8 lurk (v)

/lɜːk/

To wait or move in a

secret way so that you

cannot be seen

=> ẩn nấp

9 cult (n)

/kʌlt/

Something that has

become very popular with

16 dispute (n) /dɪˈspjuːt/ or /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/

C2: an argument/

disagreement

=> sự tranh cãi

17 assertion (n) /əˈsɜː.ʃən/

a statement that you strongly believe is true

=> lời khẳng định

18 full-blown (adj) /ˈfʊlˈbloʊn/

completely developed

=> hoàn toàn phát triển

19 havoc (n) /ˈhæv·ək/

confusion and lack of order that result in damage or trouble

=> sự tàn phá

20 misery (n) /ˈmɪz.ər.i/

B2 : great unhappiness

=> nỗi đau khổ/thống khổ

26 fixated (a) /fɪkˈseɪ.tɪd/

be fixated on/with something

unable to stop thinking about something

=> không ngừng suy nghĩ được về một chuyện gì đó

27 stay on the sidelines (idm) /ˈsaɪd.laɪn/

If you stay on the sidelines, you are not an important part

of what is happening

=> đứng bên lề

28 proposal (n)

/prəˈpəʊ.zəl/

a suggestion, sometimes a written one

=> đề xuất

29 viable (a) /ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/

C2 : able to work as intended

or able to succeed

=> khả thi

30 combat (v) /kəmˈbæt/

C2 : to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing

a particular group of

people (~trend)

=> self-love cult: xu

hướng/chủ nghĩa yêu bản

thân

10 spin out of control

Change very quickly and

in an uncontrolled way

=>(thay đổi) vượt tầm

kiểm soát

=> đấu tranh (để chống lại một chuyện xấu)

31 overinflated /ˈəʊ.vər ɪnˈfleɪ.tɪd/

higher than they should be or higher than people think is reasonable

=> cao quá mức

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