ITS THE "SELFIE " world , IS it ??

Narcissistic...This word is often heard in context to the next generation, And maybe to a certain extent rightly so.But to what extent ,why and how is the social media impacting the Generation next.The topic caught my attention and It intrigued me to dig further .Being a 'Social Animal' ,as we coin Humans to be I thought of various ways in which the social media connected us and I realized every generation sees it's descendants as some sort of narcissists with strange ways of life,with a misplaced value system and skewed world vision.

I am putting together some of my final findings here, before I conclusively draw on my opinions.
Are today's young people morenarcissistic than previousgenerations.was the question that loomed large in my head.

According to new research, young people today are significantly more narcissistic than during the 1980s and 1990s. Are we in the middle of a narcissism epidemic and, if so, who or what is to blame? Lynne Malcolm investigates
Narcissism—an inflated view of the self—permeates our culture. Not only are more people narcissistic, but the culture has tilted toward a narcissistic focus on appearance, money, and fame (reality TV is a spectacular example).
The term narcissism comes from the Greek myth of Narcissus, the handsome young man who falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Narcissism is also a concept in psychoanalytic theory introduced by Freud, and it appears in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry as narcissistic personality disorder.

Professor Jean Twenge from San Diego State University points out that narcissism is distinct from the concept of self-esteem.

‘Somebody high in self-esteem values individual achievement, but they also value their relationships and caring for others,’ she says. ‘Narcissists are missing that piece about valuing, caring and their relationships, so they tend to lack empathy, they have poor relationship skills. That's one of the biggest differences, those communal and caring traits tend to be high in most people with self-esteem but not among those who are high in narcissism.’
So, with the selfies trends on the high,with Instagram and Snap chat all pervasive, with people living on Facebook and it's check- ins,it can be assumed that people are becoming more and more self obsessed.But as I said assumed because as far as i think this talk of the 'Narcissist Epidemic ' may sound new as a coined phrase, it is a phenomenon that exists with every generation.
Secondly ,as we say social media....who created this ? Aren't we more responsible than the tools of social network in creating the Epidemic?With the changing environment shouldn't we think differentl