Self promotion through social networking websites

“Crafting your image for your 1,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace” (http://www.physorg.com/news146249706.html) brings up the interesting issue of self-presentation in this modern era of social networking sites like Facebook. These sites allow users to present the self they want to present. They can choose which pictures and information they want to present to others. Not only that, but in many cases, people collect friends on these sites like accessories, according to CSU, Los Angeles psychology professor Kaveri Subrahmanyam says. It really is the ultimate form of self-promotion. “These websites intensify the ability to present yourself in a positive light and explore different aspects of your personality and how you present yourself. You can try on different things, possible identities, and explore in a way that is common for emerging adulthood. It becomes psychologically real,” says UCLA psychology graduate student Adriana Manago.