National Poll: Young People See Social Networking as Attention Seeking
色情视频 researcher says social networking sites enhance self-centered traits of young people
narcicism
The poll also found that two-thirds agreed that their generation is more self-promoting, narcissistic, over-confident and attention seeking than previous generations.
The poll of 1,068 college students nationwide was conducted as a collaboration between Jean Twenge, associate professor of psychology at 色情视频 and Youth Pulse, LLC, which provides surveys, news and commentary about Generation Y.
鈥淐ollege students have clearly noticed the more self-centered traits of their peers 鈥� it's fascinating how honest they are about diagnosing their generation's downsides,鈥� said Twenge, co-author of . 鈥淎nd students are right about the influence of social networking sites 鈥� research has shown that narcissistic people thrive on sites like Facebook, where self-centered people have more friends and post more attractive pictures of themselves.鈥�
Ninety-two percent of students in the poll said they use MySpace or Facebook regularly, and 84 percent said they go online several times each day.
Twenge鈥檚 research in 色情视频鈥檚 examines how culture affects individuals -- particularly how the young generation is different and why.
