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2016
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(2016): Diagnosing the Selfie. Pathology or Parody?: Networking the Spectacle in Late Capitalism. In: THIRD TEXT 30 (3-4), S. 264-273
Abstract: Social networking sites are now reportedly flooded with millions of selfies, the purportedly narcissistic tendency to reproduce with webcams and smartphones self-images intended for widespread online dissemination. Like the chain-letter craze of yesteryears, selfies have become fast reduplicating memes targeted at no single destination and orbited in digital space as self-identities transformed into virtual signs. Psychological interpretations cast them as pathological manifestations of low self-esteem and attention-seeking behaviour, perhaps even a form of psychosis. However, defenders attempt to demonstrate selfie circulation as a reality sui generis with its own codes of communication and decorum that may even suggest the formation of new digital communities. However, this defence neglects the question of selfies as spectacles in network culture coinciding with the growth of surveillance practices. Intensification of spectacles aided by the spread of new media technologies may be seen as favouring an interpretation of selfies as reflecting the power of network memes rather than a pathological manifestation of narcissism.
Keywords: Datenschutz & Privatssphäre, decorum, doppelter Treffer, Im (wissenschaftlichen) Diskurs, Informations- & Kommunikationstechnik, Interaktion, Medienwissenschaft, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), narcissism, network meme, Parodie, Pathologie, Postkasten, Privacy and data, Psychologie, Realtechnik, Reflexionen über MTR, Selbst, Selfies, Situationsbedingter Kontext, Social Network, Social Network Einfluss, Soziale Angemessenheit, Soziale Netzwerke, surveillance, Technik, Überwachung -
(2016): Männer und Macht - Frauen und Macht. In: Psychoanalytische Familientherapie 17 (1), S. 53-66
Abstract: Geschlechtsunterschiede im Umgang mit Macht werden beleuchtet. Nach einer persönlichen Positionierung im Diskurs über Autorität und Macht auf der Grundlage von Erfahrungen der "antiautoritären Generation" in der Auseinandersetzung mit gesellschaftlichen Autoritäten wird der enge Zusammenhang von Narzissmus, Macht und antisozialem Verhalten thematisiert. Auf dieser Grundlage wird der Problematik des Machtmissbrauchs nachgegangen, der am Beispiel von antisozialen Persönlichkeitsstörungen, Gewaltkriminalität und sexueller Gewalt illustriert wird. Anhand der bei Männern deutlich häufiger vorkommenden Formen des Machtmissbrauch wird verdeutlicht, wie Macht Männer stärker als Frauen dazu verleitet, ihrem malignen Narzissmus freien Lauf zu lassen und ihre narzisstische Selbst- und Weltsicht in der Realität zu bestätigen.
2015
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(2015): Self-esteem, narcissism, and stressful life events. Testing for selection and socialization. In: Journal of personality and social psychology 109 (4), S. 707-721
Abstract: Examined whether self-esteem and narcissism predict the occurrence of stressful life events (i.e., selection) and whether stressful life events predict change in self-esteem and narcissism (i.e., socialization). The analyses were based on longitudinal data from 2 studies, including samples of 328 young adults (Study 1) and 371 adults (Study 2). The effects of self-esteem and narcissism were mutually controlled for each other and, moreover, controlled for effects of depression. After conducting the study-level analyses, the findings were meta-analytically aggregated. Self-esteem had a selection effect, suggesting that low self-esteem led to the occurrence of stressful life events; however, this effect became nonsignificant when depression was controlled for. Regardless of whether depression was controlled for or not, narcissism had a selection effect, suggesting that high narcissism led to the occurrence of stressful life events. Moreover, stressful life events had a socialization effect on self-esteem, but not on narcissism, suggesting that the occurrence of stressful life events decreased self-esteem. Analyses of trait-state models indicated that narcissism consisted almost exclusively of perfectly stable trait variance, providing a possible explanation for the absence of socialization effects on narcissism. The findings have significant implications because they suggest that a person's level of narcissism influences whether stressful life events occur, and that self-esteem is shaped by the occurrence of stressful life events. Moreover, the possibility that depression mediates the selection effect of low self-esteem on stressful life events is discussed. zitiert von 31
2007
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(2007): Review of Social intelligence. The new science of social relationships. In: South African Journal of Psychology 37 (3), S. 663-665. DOI: 10.1177/008124630703700318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/008124630703700318 Abstract: Reviews the book, Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social Relationships by Daniel Goleman (see record [rid]2006-13172-000[/rid]). The book proposes the concept of social intelligence, its components and forms of socially unhealthy behavior within a multidisciplinary perspective. The major strength of the book is the attempt to integrate research in fields such as developmental psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, and evolution, within the nexus of social intelligence. The primary tenet of the book revolves around the biological basis of socially healthy behavior and forms of maladaptive behavior such as Machiavellianism and narcissism. The author argues that attributes of human behavior have been fragmented into separate parts such as social intelligence and emotional intelligence, and that there is a need to consider the cognitive, affective, behavioral, and biological aspects within anintegrative discourse. The book contains interesting aspects of the biological underpinning of various aspects of social intelligence. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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