Facebook is a mirror and Twitter is a megaphone, according
to a new University of Michigan study exploring how social media reflect and
amplify the culture's growing levels of narcissism.
The study, published online in Computers in Human Behavior,
was conducted by U-M researchers Elliot Panek, Yioryos Nardis and Sara Konrath.
"Among young adult college students, we found that
those who scored higher in certain types of narcissism posted more often on
Twitter," said Panek, who recently received his doctorate in communication
studies from U-M and will join Drexel University this fall as a visiting
fellow.