Jeremy Olshvang
10/8/15
Draft Proposal
The social issue I will focus on for the final project is
identity management as it relates to social media. So many people have become
obsessed with maintaining their image online, making sure that the people who
see their online profile do so in a way that satisfies them. As social media
technology has advanced, so too has the ability to enhance and/or alter the
ways a person can make themselves appear to other people. This has led to a
widespread identity crisis that affects every user of social media in the
world, regardless of whether you are viewing or producing content. In today’s
social media landscape appearances especially first impressions, are
everything. In response to this rapidly developing judgmental culture human
beings have become trained to assess a person’s credibility as a potential
friend, lover, employer, etc. based almost solely on how they present
themselves on social media. We no longer have to meet a person face to face
before having presumptions about their aesthetics, personality, hobbies, who
they associate with, etc. To research this issue, I will look for as relative
online articles as I can find describing this issue and its effects on the
population. I plan on creating a video that embodies the image/identity issues that
social media produces for its many users as well as the consequences of those
issues.
These are some articles I
have already found to be relative to my topic: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barbara-greenberg/8-problems-with-teens-social-media_b_3472816.html
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