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• n  an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

• Inordinate adulation is a sure recipe for narcissism.
• Celebrity narcissism is often fueled by pop culture and despicable cronyism.
• There were so many photos of the Principal in the school magazine that it prompted some parents to remark that he was suffering from narcissism.

• self-love
• narcism

News & Articles

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• Measuring the narcissism of Facebook and Twitter users
  A new study out of the University of Michigan measures the connection between narcissism and social networking site use. Guess what? it is growing. read more        
  June 13, 2013 - TG Daily
• Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?
  According to a new University of Michigan study, some of our favorite social media sites serve as a vehicle to self-promote. Researchers Elliot Panek, Ph.D., Yioryos Nardis and Sara Konrath, Ph.D., explored the hypothesis that social media reflects and amplifies growing levels of narcissism within our culture. In a study published online in Computers in Human [...]
  June 13, 2013 - Psych Central
• Facebook, Twitter Amplify Growing Levels of Narcissism
  Social media such as Facebook and Twitter reflect and amplify the American culture's growing levels of narcissism, U.S. researchers say.
  June 12, 2013 - HispanicBusiness.com

Quotes

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• John Edwards in FOXNews
  In admitting his affair, Edwards told ABC News last week that his "becoming a national public figure" created "a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that - that you can do whatever you want. You're invincible. And...
• Alexander Halavais in WTOV9.com
  Self-Googling is not simply narcissism, though that's certainly part of it,explains Alexander Halavais, who teaches at the University at Buffalo.
• George Clooney in The Times
  It's tricky because there's an enormous amount of narcissism that comes into play,Clooney said. "You're breaking the trust between two actors particularly when you're doing the lead and directing." "If you and I are doing a scene...