if we find ourselves to be authentic, we use that information to help others to also be able to develop their own authenticity

maybe the stages are more helpful than I realized....

here, we evaluate our authenticity

people may not care so much if they are authentic, but rather if their idea of their own sense of self was useful in their life

tools for discovering people's authenticity

linked to self esteem. higher levels of self esteem = more ability to love is this useful to my essay? maybe not

could potentially be useful, but not necessarily

society matters now more than ever

children need to feel as though they are able to do something for the sake of self esteem, which has a large role in discovering one's authenticity. low self esteem = less authenticity. high self esteem = more authenticity

this is an example of the stronghold society has on children; if society deems a behavior as good, the child will be inclined to continue the behavior and gain approval. at this point, kids do not have the ability to make their own moral judgements. superego becomes more prevalent in someone's life

here is where society makes its first appearance. kids begin to shape their own wants and desires based on what society has laid out for them

children begin to explore and learn to be even more independent

also important because the child learns what is acceptable and what is not...learn the difference between right and wrong

next step on the march to authenticity; more frequent declarations of doing your own thing

important because it also serves as an example of how a child's authenticity begins to develop. they develop their own will to do things that may appeal to them

example

Authenticity begins to show up here. Children start to make some decisions of their own

developing trust has a lot of key roles in development. before even considering personality, one has to be able to trust someone to help them in their time of need

Freud focused his studies on pleasure; Erikson focused his energy on developing one's sense of self

ego is the mediator between the insensitive id and the overly sensitive superego

the last part of this sentence is key, but you would need the first part to understand why. the stages help in developing one's sense of self (authenticity)

ego: the middleman

the battle between the id and the superego

I'm so sorry!! I completely forgot about this assignment. I read the sources, but I forgot to show you that I read them :(

DEVELOPMENT!!!! HOW PEOPLE CHANGE!!!! Literally a paragraph that succinctly embodies my essay topic

these stages are definitely important, but I do not think that they work with the direction and focus of my essay

different circumstances yield different people, different personalities, different forms of authenticity

id, ego, superego. Three major components in developmental psychology

This has a lot to do with discovering authenticity; understanding and discovering people's personalities leads us to understand the differences in authenticity and also the differences in the process of authenticity.

I also use Freud in my essay........The two are linked; they work hand in hand

shows that sometimes, the audience cares wayyy less than we think. could serve as a summary for one of his points

This is his main argument, the idea he wishes to prove ( or further investigate)

I believe that the imagined audiences serve as the motive for this article. He wants to investigate the idea of how we form this image of a particular group of people who are watching our every move (or our every online post). It seems to me that the thought of this phenomenon is what brought about this study

this also brings up a point that in social media outlets with a wide array of audiences, there is almost less room to be yourself because you are trying to please hundreds/ thousands/ millions of people and you know that if you say anything "wrong" or something someone doesn't agree with, you will be scrutinized

therefore, they try to create this sense of a "perfect person" to show the world. this often leads to anxiety to maintain that image and depression when their "perfection" comes crashing down (inevitably). this is not only true for dating sites, but for anything in which anyone can view something about you

why is this so?

kind of self explanatory, but an interesting idea. "how people attempt to present themselves to control or shape how others (called the audience) view them"

the person someone is online is often not the same person they are in the "real world." this brings in developmental psychology; how and why does one go about shaping their persona to an online audience?

interesting angle... I should further evaluate this phenomenon to see if it can be woven into my paper

Key factor in the argument of psychological development; knowing what side of yourself to present in different situations.

So is there now a duality to whom the fictional audience serves; it works for the tweeter as a vehicle for authenticity and as a method of constructing a marketable image?

Alongside wealth and consumer-metrics of status, a new method of ranking people.

"Seen as" but carefully "managed" to keep it professional.

What would the ranking of social media sites be from "Most Private" to "Least Private?" And how would one determine that rank?

Meaning that all of these tools are lost when online, but the behaviour they construct is still present.

To maintain authenticity? Is authenticity then often conflated with humility?

And thus even people who talk to themselves keep the more private subjects in their heads.

Breaking the fourth wall, as it were?

Hmm. They consider talking out into the internet akin to talking to oneself. Does this imply that most tweets are one-sided, with little opportunity for a discussion as it happens between two people face to face?

Background.

I wonder if some new form of conscious language arises from this rupture. Do people have to manually create their dialects, and how does one form an in-group language if anyone reading it is simultaneously in and out of the group?

Social constructs and social contracts here again.

"All the world's a stage..." Creating or perceiving an audience is the only social cue that people get on social media; the argot used, the extent of self-censorship, even the willingness to accept or reject ideas relies on a person being aware of who is listening.