In Don Tapscott’s book “Grown Up Digital,” professor Jean Twenge claims that the twenty-first-century-teen lives in a narcissistic society. With an emphasis on technology in everyday life, various websites have caused an influx in attention-seeking behavior by teenagers. Popular websites include: MySpace, Youtube, and Facebook. Their names say it all. – These sites fullfill the purpose of having a self-embellished space where one has the ability to exhibit to others an elaborate personal profile.
As a twenty-first-century-teenager myself, I would have to agree with Twenge’s seemingly farfetched claim. For those who have not made use of the websites previously mentioned, it would be undenaibly difficult to imagine how self-indluged the majoity of teenagers in our society have learned to become. Daily and even hourly “status-updates” take place on Myspace and Facebook. Teenagers have essentially grown to think that their present emotions and whereabouts must be constantly projected on their personal profiles. Many teens would consider an obsolete online profile to be social suicide. Twenge's claim might not seem so farferched now - huh?
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