A new report says today’s teenagers are more selfish than they were 20 years ago. The report’s researcher is Dr Sara Konrath of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. She found that today’s “Generation Me” cared less about other people than they did two decades ago. Dr Konrath looked at statistics of 14,000 university students over a thirty year period. Her colleague, Edward O’Brien, said: "College students today may be so busy worrying about themselves and their own issues that they don't have time to spend [thinking about] others.”
Dr Konrath believes video games and the Internet are the biggest reasons for this increased selfishness. "This generation…grew up with video games [and] violent media numbs people to the pain of others," she said. She found the big increase started from the year 2000, which is when violent video games became really popular. Another reason was online social networks, which reduce face-to-face contact. Also to blame was an obsession with celebrities. This encouraged youngsters to hide their weaknesses and to try and be better than others.
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