Existentialism, Authenticity, and Social Media

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Existentialism, Authenticity, and Social Media

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<strong>Social media is plagued with examples of inauthenticity. In this paper I define what the existentialists believe authenticity to be, using the examples of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Frantz Fanon. I then investigate how we can see inauthenticity on social media, focusing on 3 examples across different platforms, and then, how we can potentially already see some using existentialist authenticity on social media. Through comparing these examples, I demonstrate how the curr...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2024

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Billie Angus

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Existentialism_Authenticity_and_Social_Media/26815459

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Phenomenology / Existentialism / Social Media / School: School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations / Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies / Degree Discipline: Philosophy / Degree Name: Master of Arts / Degree Level: Masters

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