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Sperling

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:46:37 UTC

“In addition to providing young people with a window through which they can view missed experiences, social media puts a distorted lens on appearances and reality. Apps that provide the user with airbrushing, teeth whitening, and more filters are easy to find and easier to use. It’s not only celebrities who look perfect—it’s everyone.”

Valkenburg

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:47:22 UTC

“Never before have youth had so many opportunities to bring their self-presentation to perfection. They can, for example, endlessly edit their digital profiles and selfies before they post them on the Web or send them to friends. Does this ability make them more self-aware, as the photographer Rineke Dijkstra observes? Or does it turn them into narcissists?”

Connection

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:49:28 UTC

These two quotes are similar because they both touch on how social media allows people to endlessly edit their photos, which can lead to self image issues, or make people think differently

Dweck

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:52:51 UTC

“Are these just people with low self-esteem? Or card-carrying pessimists? No. When they aren’t coping with failure, they feel just as worthy and optimistic—and bright and attractive—as people with the growth mindset.

Sperling

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:53:37 UTC

“When teens start using social media, parents can ask them to turn in their phones at night with the understanding that parents can review posts and messages. This helps parents be in the know, as sometimes young people will share struggles online while parents have no idea.”

Connection

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:56:29 UTC

These quotes tie together because it tells us that when people have a good mindset, they do better, which is possible from a parent reviewing their child's social media.

Miller

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:57:56 UTC

“One of the most common discourses about social media in several of our field

sites, particularly among young people, is that social media does bring happiness, but only of a fleeting kind.”

Valkenburg

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 12:59:42 UTC

“More recently, work by Katie Davis demonstrated the nuances of social media effects. Specifically, Davis found that teens who use the Internet to talk with their friends experience stronger self-concept clarity, whereas teens who use the Internet primarily to experiment with their identity (which occurs far less frequently) experience weaker self-

concept clarity. This does not necessarily mean that online experimentation is problematic; instead, it indicates that it can be problematic for teens who use the Internet almost exclusively for experimentation.”

Connection

hoffm653 — 2025-09-25 13:01:16 UTC

The quotes here imply that social media can lead to self-fulfillment and happiness, though it is likely short lived and temporary.