News JVTech Do not lend a scopophobe your smartphone.
Published on 30/12/2022 at 12:40.
Smartphones and images have important place in our social lives. With Facebook, Twitter, or even Instagram becoming increasingly popular, the situation is evolving in our world. But then, we’re really afraid of our own image.
Scopophobia, what’s it?
First, it’s important to explain etymologically what scopophobia means. We find Greek origins: Skopio and phobos, meaning to watch and fear respectively.
Many people fail at their camera lens, even instinctively. The embarrassment that stands next to the camera is obvious because social fundamentals such as anxiety and other hidden phobias are the result of even deeper social foundations. But naturally social networks are associated with this, because they act actively participate in that image search. Looks like brand names, new people have taken on the mainstream over distribution channels, which follow the political ethos of television and radio. This has been the birth of influencers, individuals that give their self-reported benefit to social networks to communicate information, ideas, or simply entertainment content.
That image becomes important, because it allows us to question ourselves what we represent in society. Many people have distinguished themselves, like DiabloX9 in the first gaming influencers, and we can speak about ReubeuDeter or Inoxtag now.
They reveal their faces to the whole of France via telephone and mobile communications that seem familiar to us. Techically, anyone can start on ira-Tok or even YouTube, the question remains to get into an increasingly elitistic environment.
As an anxiety source as this photo may be found but also of a complex issue for those with lacking confidence. I wonder what the people around us perceive us as I am concerned.
Imagine if you were feeling that your clothes weren’t so appropriate or your hair wasn’t well groomed during your job interview. The image has always been important, but social networks mark a new turn-key for this phobia.
Instagram is literally the photo-sharing site.
Scopophobia is taking a new dimension with the advent of overmediatization of social networks. We’re comparable to others, even individuals our age, who have done better than we do.
This scopophobia is also fuelled by these communication channels that make us afraid we are not good enough for those around us, even those who pass by the street.
Is it possible to see a person who has a smart phone? A skin that’s too oily or sty or perhaps we have the impression our mouse is too tense and… Our self-esteem can double.
These phenomena of scopophobia are studied by psychologists and communication professionals, who define this phobia as real continuity with the symptoms of anxiety and fear of being rejected.