In The Mtv Show Catfish

Since the Bulletin Board System there has been hundreds, and counting, of social networks created: most notably Twitter, Facebook, Kik, Snapchat, and Instagram. Today there are just over 3 billion active Internet users (45% of the world’s internet users), 2.1 billion of those people have social media accounts (Jeffbullas.com). People use social media for many numerous reasons. Most use social media to stay close to relatives and maintain social ties. Some of people’s most essential daily needs are accounted for by social media: whether it be interacting with friends or coworkers, following politics, or following the latest fashion trend set by the Kardashian

In this day and age it is not uncommon to see a family at dinner with their heads in their phones instead of submersing themselves in conversation with one another. Friends and family alike know more about each other by looking at ones Facebook wall rather than by holding a simple conversation. Ones life is no longer played out by communicating face to face or even through a landline, but rather by Facebook statuses and Instagram posts. It is no secret that social media has become

The term Catfish is defined as someone who pretends to be someone else, especially on the internet. Found

“Catfishing” a way for scammers to make up fake profiles and identities to trick people into romantic relationships. A story that I found in the Huffington Post that was interesting what that of Marissa Williams, a 19 year old female of Tuscaloosa, Alabama who lured men into her home with the use of Facebook. During this time she was living with her aunt and uncle. Her aunt did not like what she was doing on the Internet because she would bring over these strange men and preform sexual activities in exchange for money (2015). Marissa got so furious with her aunt and having her in her business that she deleted her and blocked her from seeing her Facebook. In return the aunt “catfished” the niece by creating a fake profile. She created a profile

In today's time there are many people hide behind a screen with a fake identity just to live the life they never had. While doing this they end up catfishing someone who does not deserve to be treated that way. According to the Merriam Webster, instead of just being some type of fish it has another definition that refers to “a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes”(Webster) what tends to throw people off is the fact that the account looks so real, “A ‘catfisher’ may choose to use their own photos yet pretend to be a different age, sex, profession, in a different location, and be single when they are not. A catfisher can also use someone else's photos to create their fake

In most cases there is no repercussions for catfishers and that’s why the problem is still continuing to grow. This issue has made people wary and untrustworthy of who they are really talking to. A recent study showed that 54% of online daters believe someone has put false information in their profile (D’Costa). If someone does fall for the fake profile it can cause emotional damage to the person after finding out that it isn’t real. There are many stories involving people falling for these fake profiles, including the high profile case involving Manti Te’o who played football for the University of Norte Dame. He was involved with a girl who he believed to be real, until he got a call saying she had died. After receiving the news, he made a

Our intended project will be focused on the idea of “online identity,” with a primary focus on the idea of “catfishing.” We are looking at how the “younger” generation is getting more tech-savvy, but at the same time, they’re becoming more gullible with things they access online.

The person might even be in prison trying to get close to their catfishing victim for emotional, financial or physical harm later.

Although a genuine fan of the show, it dramatizes and endorses the use of deceit in social media for the use of self-validation. Users “catfish” others for a variety of reasons. Most of the time, the person hiding is obese, not pretty in society’s eyes, of the wrong gender, race or social class. Catfish unintentionally reinforces societal beauty standards in pop culture and to millions of viewers.

In the new generation people are more into using social media has a way to interact with others more than ever. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook , and Myspace has become the new norm into networking, making friends, finding possibly a match and making a love connection. These social medias allow people to create profiles in which they can alter their information. This results in many incident where people are not who they said they are. For that reason people become catfish. The MTV show Catfish bring viewers into the world of online- dating and the result it may have. Being catfish can bring a wide variety of attention that can be discuss has to whether or not it can be considered a crime Two theories that that can explain the rise of

Can you remember the days before you had a Twitter, Snapchat or Instagram? Ever looked back at your life and questioned what was more important to you back then to what’s important to you now. As we became older, technology grew rapidly stronger and this new aged world that is based on sharing, likes, emojis and views has turned us into figurines to promote one’s ego and popularity. I mean, who does not want to share about what extravagant thing you did this past summer or how hot this puppy dog filter made you look in this photo?

Social media is described, by the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2015), as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”. As few as 10 years ago the term social media was yet to be coined, but within that decade the use of these blogs, websites and sharing platforms has increased exponentially with no plateau in sight. From creating Instagram accounts for household pets, to sharing Halloween themed baking ideas over Pinterest, people today have access to social media outlets for almost everything. Today about 74% of people ages 18-65 use some form of a social networking site (Pew, 2014). Facebook takes the lead in social media usage with about 71% of those adults. LinkedIn and Pinterest are tied for second at 28% of users, 26% use Instagram, and Twitter falls last in the top 5 most used social medias with 23% of users (Pew, 2014). In September of 2013 the Pew Research Center measured that 90% of adults ages 18-29 used these social media outlets on a daily basis, which is an astonishing increase from the 9% that was measured in February 2005 (Pew, 2014). Due to the fact that young adults are increasingly involving themselves in these online platforms, it is very important to understand the long term and psychological effects (such as depression, social anxiety,

Social media has become an important part of our lives. At first, it was just a trend but it has become so much more than just that. In today’s world, you have so many different social media apps but the most popular ones would be Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter. Some people live their lives through social

The meaning behind the word catfishing is luring someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona (Rothman 2003). This is a Deviant act because you’re pretending to be someone that you are not. Many times this just isn’t something that only lasts a month, many people will be in these online relationships for years and finding out that someone was not who they say they are is a devastating thing to go through. MTV was the first place to pick up on this new concept called catfishing. The TV show has two hosts named Nev and max. The show got picked up when Nev created his own personal documentary at Sundance and then from there took off because so many people were going through the same thing (Rothman 2003).

The good trending apps that teens use is snapchat. It let’s you take pics and videos and send them to your friends. “Student Used Online Alias, Snapchat to "Catfish" Teens: Police” that’s the name of the article published by ncen and its talks about how a student in connecticut used snapchat to catfish other kids. A Connecticut high school student is facing charges after "catfishing”. The teen told police he “lost count somewhere around 20 victims,” some of whom were as young as 14 years old.A number of the victims acquiesced and sent the teen iTunes gift cards, some of which he redeemed while at Glastonbury High School, according to police. One of the teen boys sent him two gift cards worth $80 and $50 apiece.The Glastonbury school resource