SELF IMAGE – The Facebook And Social Media Culture Mystery Unveiled

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Self Image

A person’s self-image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others (height, weight, hair color, gender, I.Q. score, etc.), but also items that have been learned by that person about himself or herself, either from personal experiences or by internalizing the judgments of others. A simple definition of a person’s self-image is their answer to this question –
“What do you believe people think about you?”.

Self-image may consist of three types:
1.Self-image resulting from how the individual sees himself or herself.
2.Self-image resulting from how others see the individual.
3.Self-image resulting from how the individual perceives others see him or her.

These three types may or may not be an accurate representation of the person. All, some or none of them may be true.

A more technical term for self-image that is commonly used by social and cognitive psychologists is self-schema. Like any schema, self-schemas store information and influence the way we think and remember. For example, research indicates that information which refers to the self is preferentially encoded and recalled in memory tests, a phenomenon known as “Self-referential encoding“.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-image

Welcome Home.
Today and the rest of this week will be devoted to a cram study session in preparation for the exam which is scheduled for Friday May 18, 2012 which is being conducted on Wall Street in the form of the social media organization known as Facebook making its official stock market debut in it’s first day of trading.

Simply put, it would seem as if the time has come for individuals in the technology services industry, and all business organizations that utilize information technology in their ventures to shift the focus towards the humanistic motivations which have created the overwhelming demand for the goods and services themselves. As an example.

It is self evident to anyone viewing this image that technology goods and services are in the palm of this attractive young woman’s hands, an image style that is abundant on all of the social media websites that allow for users to post their own content. What is the motivating factor and need that is looking to be served with this type of action and subsequent response?

My own personal guesstimation points to the term description that is listed above to begin this entry, and will act as a focal point for today’s study and self/business analysis.

Stay Tuned.