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One argument Hipps makes is that Facebook/social media exhibitionism actively causes people to become narcissistic (1). I disagree with him because people are generally narcissistic in their everyday lives anyway. Nobody can fully blame social media for making people narcissistic. People are usually narcissistic because they need attention and that’s true even without having any social media around in the world. According to the article “A Day in the Life of a Narcissist” by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, pHD in Psychology, “A person needs to show such characteristics as needing others to confirm their identities…People vary intheir narcissistic tendencies…Research headed by the University of Illinois psychologist Brent Roberts shows that narcissism peaks during the years of young adulthood” (17). As Whitbourne indicates, people have a necessity for others to validate them, and they tap into this necessity by exhibiting different narcissistic qualities. She argues that all people have this need, however how they demonstrate their qualities can differ from person to person. She brings a research study conducted by a psychologist Brent Roberts who found that there is an arc with narcissism in terms of development. Through his study, Roberts found that there is a peak that happens in early adulthood, which would indicate that narcissism begins earlier. This arc shows that narcissism is a quality that is demonstrated in early child development. Thus, social media, especially narcissistic exhibitionism (unless young children are showing off) cannot be the main culprit and therefore Hipps is wrong.

Another argument that Hipps makes is that...