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Kermina Eskandar- Initial Post

Growing up online has definitely took both an advantageous as well as a disadvantageous role in my life, as well as many others especially in Generation Z and rising generations.Nina Vasan, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford and founder and executive director atBrainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation, andSara Johansen, resident psychiatrist at Stanford and director of clinical innovation at Stanford Brainstorm, both came together to try and find answers to balancing the negatives and positives of social media and its impact on our lives. Johansen explains that become so addicted to social media because when a user’s photo receives a like, "the same dopamine pathways involved in motivation, reward, and addiction are activated" (Qiu, 2021). As she says, that what keeps us addicted isn’t just the pleasure rush of the like, but also its absence that engages us.

Social media has changed our views of the world, including the way we think, communicate, interact, work, and even remember certain memories.Kate Eichhorn, a media historian at the New School, wrote “The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media,” bringing into light how much children and teens have gained a new level of control that was not seen before, but also explains that media can prevent breaking away from past memories swiftly. As it is described, "New technology—especially the smartphone—allows us to produce a narrative of our lives, to choose what to remember and what to contribute to our own mythos" (Renner, 2019).

Social media also plays a large role in shaping our identity, and gives us kind of two different lives to live.Bill Maherexplains in a "New Rules” section ofReal Time that we all have an avatar, that gives off our name but is not actually us. He says that it is more of a persona that we adopt publiclythat includes our followers. As he explains, "Everyone’s social media persona is now like a candidate running for office—holding babies, doing photo opps...Facebook should be called TwoFacedbook" (Maher, 2018). I completely agree with Maher because there has been many times where I meet someone I follow in public, and they are completely different from what I saw compared to online. This is true because we all tend to show our "best version" of ourselves on media, even though it is not a true representation of ourselves. Identity has changed over the years and many people have more then one identity due to the Internet.

References:

Sussex Publishers. (n.d.).Identity in the age of Social Media. Psychology Today. Retrieved July 14, 2022, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/startup-your-life/201809/identity-in-the-age-social-media

Renner, N. (2019, August 8).How social media shapes our identity. The New Yorker. Retrieved July 14, 2022, from https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-social-media-shapes-our-identity

A psychiatrist's perspective on social media algorithms and Mental Health. Stanford HAI. (2020, April 2). Retrieved July 14, 2022, from https://hai.stanford.edu/news/psychiatrists-perspective-social-media-algorithms-and-mental-health

Initial Post student no 2

The process of self-development that one can become part of society called socialization. Today is the world of techno-social relations. When I grew up, I didn’t have smartphone on me. So, I didn’t know about these fancy slangs of chatting, and even those filters which makes one look prettier. Technology became a great aspect of socialization among Gen Z. Gen Zers interact with new people everyday on social media, they even become friends easily. When I was in my childhood, I remember to have no new friends other than some best ones which are still the part of life and have responsible for who I am. There are different types of selves which have different types of identities. According to the theoristJames, there is not an ideal self—your personal qualities and characteristics identify your unique self(1890/1983).Gradually, our qualities and characteristics—physical, psychological, emotional—develop and change.

When I was not in contact with smartphones and internet, I was a different human. After introduces to internet, social media—I am a different person. Sometimes, I cannot spend a sec without checking my phone or social media handle. It feels like technology controls selves overtime. According to business and marketing professorRussell Belk’s Extended Self Theory, objects and possessions can become viewed as part of the self when individuals are able to exercise power and control over them in much the same way as they control the actions of an arm or a leg(1998).Mobile technologies increasingly function as “an extension of our physical selves—an umbilical cord, anchoring the information society’s digital infrastructure to our very bodies”(Harkin, 2003, see Clayton, Leshner, & Almond, 2015).

The process of socialization can never end. One can change their selves and identity based on the effects of culture, environment, and social agents. Your identity can change until you die—it might make you the better person or the other.

References:

Belk, R. W. (1998). Possessions and the extended self. Journal of Consumer Research.

Chayko, M. (2008). Portable communities: The social dynamics of online and mobile connectedness. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Clayton, R. B., Leshner, G., & Almond, A. (2015). The extended iSelf: The impact of iPhone separation on cognition, emotion, and physiology.

Harkin, J. (2003). Mobilisation: The growing public interest in mobile technology.

James, W. (1983). The principles of psychology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Initial Post- student no 3

My main personal socialization agents(Khichi)are my family and the movies I watch. I am sure most of my colleagues have their families as their socialization agents. My family helped me mold how I should behave in a public setting, how to greet people, what words to use and not to use when having conversations, social ethics, etc. My family is strict about not cursing at home and in a public setting. This has helped me have curse-free conversations with people and most of the time with my close ones. I am a movie enthusiast. Movies have helped me understand how to make conversations depending on the surrounding, the types of people in terms of their character, how to approach situations, see and hear different types of people in terms of culture, ethnicity, behavior, etc. My family hasn’t been to all the countries or met all kinds of people in the world. This is where movies of different countries and languages made me and still makes me understand humans of different background, their upbringing, their culture, their interests, what made them be them, etc. These collective pieces of information that I gain help me approach different situations and people in life accordingly. When talking about online socialization, YouTube is the social media service that I use daily. Does YouTube help me with socialization? It does. The interviews with famous people, ted talks, and car reviewers (I am an auto enthusiast too) are helping me improve my proficiency in English. This helps me to have better communication with people. When talking about an aspect of society that helps shape me is in-person conversations with people around me.Social presence theory (Khichi)is an important factor that comes into play during in-person conversations. This theory is least applicable for messages, comments, and posts on social media services. I always prefer in-person more than texting because most of the time I have lively conversations when I converse in-person with my peers.

When talking about theories, one of the well-known theories is thatbeing on social media helps connect well with friends and family. I do agree with that to a certain extent. Yes, people get to see what their peers up to, what are their recent activities, message people, connect with their friends who live in other states and countries, etc. But many people use these social media to connect with people that are around them. They get to know what's going on in people’s lives without having to ask them what they have been up to recently.“Can we call this intimacy or convenience?” (Khichi), I will call this us convenience. As humans, we all love to know what's going on in other peoples’ lives. Many people who follow and are followed aren’t close to many of them to ask what's going on in their lives or pinpoint a specific happening seen on someone’s handles.

Social media has a very big negative impact on mental health(Bouygues), especially in teens. Peer pressure plays a big role in causing these mental health issues. As teens, many are in the stage of trying to find their identity or what group they fit in. When you have many content creators on Instagram and YouTube dishing content every single day, they confuse teen users about what they are or what they want.(Silva), the teenage girl Crisafulli was in a similar situation where she was stuck in the unreal world of social media where she constantly compared herself with famous people and friends around her due to their daily feeds. This leads to a constant doubt of oneself whether the person fits in the society which is never-ending insecurity for most people out there that leads to depression, anxiety, and stress.

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  Khichi, Neel. "Social Media and the Brain Notes."NJIT Canvas, June. 2021,
  
  
  
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  Bouygues, H. L. (2021, July 20).Social media is a public health crisis - US news & world report. U.S.News. Retrieved July 15, 2022, fromhttps://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-20/social-media-is-a-public-health-crisisLinks to an external site.
  
  


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  Silva, C. (2021, October 29).It shouldn't be teen girls' job to mitigate harm on Instagram. Mashable. Retrieved July 15, 2022, from https://mashable.com/article/teen-girls-mental-health-instagram
  

Initial Post student nom 4

Growing up in the generation of technology, socialization is a highly regarded skill for Gen Z. For me it is my environment that affects the way I socialize the most. Now socialization online is a different story, online I am much more low profile. According toProfessor Russell Belk's Extended Self Theorythe version of my life extended through technology onto social media is very minimal in my case. This extension can be anything but in Gen Z's case extension through technology is the most common. Now the theory byCharles CooleycalledLooking Glass Selftheory says that it one develops a concept of themselves depending on how they are perceived by others. I believe in my own journey of personalization I can relate to this theory. WHen it comes to likes or views on a post or story as much as I try not to care about it there is always a a thought deep down that cares about the amount of views or likes which unknowingly reflects theLooking Glass Selftheory. The last theory I would consider that I can relate to would be theDramaturgytheory byErving Goffman.Goffman believed that people play different roles and act depending on what stage they are in in their life. For example right now I am a student, son, and employee. Three roles at once and depending on where I am I behave and act accordingly. Each part of my socialization process involves technology and social media at some point. Digital lives are so big in today's society, the latest updates, amount of followers, and views, everything matters to people in this generation. Finding the balance is between the social world and reality is key for me.

Work Cited

Notes Chayko Chapter 6

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/what-is-the-internet-of-things/Links to an external site.

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2017/05/22/the-internet-of-things-and-future-shock-too-much-change-too-fast/Links to an external site.

https://mashable.com/article/teen-girls-mental-health-instagramLinks to an external site.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-20/social-media-is-a-public-health-crisisLinks to an external site.

Initial Post

Growing up in the generation of technology, socialization is a highly regarded skill for Gen Z. For me it is my environment that affects the way I socialize the most. Now socialization online is a different story, online I am much more low profile. According toProfessor Russell Belk's Extended Self Theorythe version of my life extended through technology onto social media is very minimal in my case. This extension can be anything but in Gen Z's case extension through technology is the most common. Now the theory byCharles CooleycalledLooking Glass Selftheory says that it one develops a concept of themselves depending on how they are perceived by others. I believe in my own journey of personalization I can relate to this theory. WHen it comes to likes or views on a post or story as much as I try not to care about it there is always a a thought deep down that cares about the amount of views or likes which unknowingly reflects theLooking Glass Selftheory. The last theory I would consider that I can relate to would be theDramaturgytheory byErving Goffman.Goffman believed that people play different roles and act depending on what stage they are in in their life. For example right now I am a student, son, and employee. Three roles at once and depending on where I am I behave and act accordingly. Each part of my socialization process involves technology and social media at some point. Digital lives are so big in today's society, the latest updates, amount of followers, and views, everything matters to people in this generation. Finding the balance is between the social world and reality is key for me.

Work Cited

Notes Chayko Chapter 6

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/what-is-the-internet-of-things/Links to an external site.

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2017/05/22/the-internet-of-things-and-future-shock-too-much-change-too-fast/Links to an external site.

https://mashable.com/article/teen-girls-mental-health-instagramLinks to an external site.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-20/social-media-is-a-public-health-crisis

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Growing up in a world filled with technology has affected the way we have learned to socialize. In my childhood, where technology was less accessible, agents of socialization such as family, friends, and school were some ways in which I learned the norms and values of society, which included how to act in public and how to present myself. There are ways in which my offline socialization affected myself. For example, growing up and living in a traditionally Asian household, I was always taught to not speak unless spoken to, as otherwise I was being disrespectful. As a result of this, I grew to be quiet in class and was often called shy and unapproachable, when in reality it was just the way I was taught to behave in public. This in a sense can relate to the theory ofdramaturgybyErving Goffman; I acted like an obedient daughter to my parents in order for them to be the respectable girl in the family.

The socialization theory oflooking glass self, which meant developing identity from mirroring others, was coined byCharles Horton Cooley. While it can be true to certain aspects of forming identity, it isn’t 100% true. In my own life, people have judged me for my physical aspects, such as my weight or my facial features. Even if things they have said to me may have been negative, my own feelings towards myself haven’t changed and I still remain positive despite it.

However, in this day and age, where the internet and social media are unavoidable, socialization appears to have taken a shift to the digital world. People interact face to face less, and as such a lot of socialization is learned through the Internet. InSuperconnected, Chayko mentions that the introduction of the internet has “. . .provided countless opportunities for people to observe and learn about others. . .a stream of potential aspects of self and identity are explored. People compare themselves to others, learn new norms and values, and grow as individuals and as members of society” (Chayko 125). This is to say that the way that people now find themselves and who they are can revolve a lot around what they see online, which can be both positive and negative.

A negative way that the internet affects socialization can be found through theextended self theory. The theory, coined byRussell Belk, states that certain objects carried around constantly can be seen as part of the body itself. In the case of smartphones, I agree that they can be seen as an extending part of a person and ultimately, their identity. People become so obsessed with social media and using their phones that oftentimes they are almost attached to their phone, using it day in and day out.

One last example of my socialization online would be learning things that I would have otherwise not known. With the Internet becoming prevalent during my lifetime, especially with the use of Google, I have been able to obtain so much information about the world around me, and as such form a more round view on issues. In the articleGoogle is Not Making You Stupid, the author counters the argument that Google is making us forget more things by saying, “. . .why go to the trouble of relying only on our interior cognitive resources to keep track of what is going on around us when the world is right there and can serve reliably as a store of information about itself” (Noe). This relates to my socialization in that with the introduction of Google, there is no need to rely on just my own brain and the offline environment; there is a whole world behind the screen as well that helps me learn and develop my identity.

References:

Noë, Alva. “Google Is Not Making You Stupid.”NPR, NPR, 20 Sept. 2011, Web. 13 Jul. 2022.

Chayko, Mary.Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life. Melbourne: SAGE Publications, 2021. Text.

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