Social Media promotes generation ‘ME’

This is an excerpt from an article on our sister site ZeroDegrees.

I wasn’t surprised to learn that the bulk of Social Media evangelists consider the space as a way to promote themselves.  Nothing wrong with promoting yourself – I mean we can’t all have a ‘Don King’ like character doing our talking for us.

A report out of SDSU was released this week confirming that Generation Y really is Generation Me.  It reported a whopping 57% of people using these Social media tools do so for self-promotion, narcissism and attention seeking.  is that really surprising?  I don’t imagine it is to most of you – especially those that  do actively use Social Media functions to engage, promote and share your thoughts/activities/businesses/and much more!

Click here to read the full article on ZeroDegrees

Related articles from around the web.

• STUDY: Social Media Is for Narcissists (mashable.com)
• Social Media Top 5: I Am Smart and Handsome and My Cat is Adorable (socialmediatoday.com)
• Students Say Social Networking Is All About Themselves (usnews.com)
• What the F**k is Social Media – is a piece of art. (anishvshah.com)
• Ask your Chief Social Officer 5 questions (flowingmotion.wordpress.com)
• Can your name keep you from getting hired? (money.cnn.com)
• Social Savvy Tip: Your Social Media Profiles (socialsavvyva.com)

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