I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Effects of Social Media on Narcissism. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.

I need help creating a thesis and an outline on Effects of Social Media on Narcissism. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Internet-based social networking has grown in popularity in the recent past. Social media sites, defined by Krishan and Atkin (2014) as online communities that promote social interaction by providing for the maintenance of connections network and active communication and correspondence with others, have played a great role in this development. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Bebo among others provide individuals with easy access to personal information on their colleagues, relatives, and even friends. As documented by Pettijohn, LaPiene, Pettijohn, and Horting (2012), Facebook alone has over 0.5 billion active users with over 700 billion minutes spent on the site annually. People use these sites to communicate with others and maintain interpersonal connections in ways not witnessed in the past generations. According to Buffardi and Campbell (2008), such users create personal WebPages, post personal information, and link and interact with other people pointing out the popularity of these sites. As such, social media has become an everyday platform to interact and self-present and hence a critical area of study in psychology.

One of the critical issues raised with regards to social networking is its association with narcissism. According to Buffardi and Campbell, narcissism is “a personality trait reflecting a grandiose and inflated self-concept” (2008, 1304). It is a trait linked to positive and inflated self-views with regards to extraversion traits such as physical attractiveness, power, intelligence, and a pervasive uniqueness and entitlement. In social-personality psychology, this entails the employment of social relationships partly to regulate self-concept positivity, self-esteem, and narcissistic esteem.