Disconnection from social media can impair students’ sense of self-identity

Evidence

It wasn’t simply that they didn’t know what to do with themselves but rather that “they had problems articulating what they were feeling or even who they were if they couldn’t connect.” The students felt as though “they had lost part of themselves.” — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1424

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates how social-media identity becomes constitutive rather than merely instrumental for young users.
• XREF: connects to: Facebook exploits the psychological needs of young people during identity formation. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1421; Generation Z’s constant social media use creates an outside-looking-in dependency on others for identity — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1425; Social media does not transmit identity but requires its continuous self-production. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1463 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Generation Z’s constant social media use creates an outside-looking-in dependency on others for identity #corroborates (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1425
• Social media flattening makes the self easier to confuse with someone else’s #corroborates (0.80) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 129
• Social media does not transmit identity but requires its continuous self-production. #qualifies (0.75) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1463