Ideas for Final Research Paper

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How does social media change the way we construct identity?

- idealizing our internet selves

- we want likes, comments, retweets, etc. crave it

- https://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/blog/self-selfie-identity-age-social-media

- external identity vs internal identity

- positive picture being put forward

-https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-prime/201107/technology-is-technology-stealing-our-self-identities

- cultivation theory: media content = social reality shift

- pornographic reality distortion

- false self-presentation

- heightened body dissatisfaction

- trend of taking time off social media

- happiness in media means nothing

- https://sites.psu.edu/aspsy/2018/03/16/how-the-internet-effects-personal-identity/