Introduction

I chose to study the spotlight effect and how well it applies to status updates. I selected this topic because it merges a psychological tendency with a technological advancement and as a psychology major I am interested in the way people think and the reasons they behave certain ways. This question is important because status updates are a common use of networking sites like facebook and it is interesting to see what motives really lie behind them and what people are thinking as they post the updates. I focused my research on facebook because of its popularity and my own personal familiarity with the site.