{"id":875,"date":"2012-03-18T21:22:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T03:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2012-03-18T21:22:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T03:22:42","slug":"would-narcissus-have-a-facebook-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/would-narcissus-have-a-facebook-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Narcissus have a Facebook page?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Narcissism, named after the Greek god Narcissus, is defined as,\u00a0“inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.” Narcissus, according to legend, saw his image in a reflecting pool and was so captivated by himself that he was unable to leave \u00a0the pool and eventually died.<\/p>\n

While the story of Narcissus may be fiction, we all know people who suffer from the affliction of self-love and vanity. According to an article in The Guardian<\/a> newspaper, a study recently published in the\u00a0\u00a0journal Personality and Individual Differences<\/em> suggests that there may be a link “between the number of friends you have on Facebook and the degree to which you are a ‘socially disruptive’ narcissist.”<\/p>\n

People who score highly on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory questionnaire had more friends on Facebook, tagged themselves more often and updated their newsfeeds more regularly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Two constructs measured by the researchers–exhibitionism and entitlement–appear to be connected to the number of Facebook friends and may be related to educational trends that have emphasized self-esteem at the expense of other values.<\/p>\n

Because social media is still in its infancy many more studies will likely be undertaken in an attempt to better understand what appears to be the dark side to this quickly expanding phenomenon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Narcissism, named after the Greek god Narcissus, is defined as,\u00a0“inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity.” Narcissus, according to legend, saw his image in a reflecting pool and was so captivated by himself that he was unable to leave \u00a0the pool and eventually died. While the story of Narcissus may be fiction, we all know … <\/p>\n

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