Why People Catfish

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This essay is written to try and find out why people catfish. Through discussing the inner meanings of why people catfish and why people stay in a relationship with a person. To discussing internet addiction and depression. Also discussing the show and movie that made catfishing a mainstream thing. To also discussing life after catfish and the future that entails for it and all of social media. The main reason as to why people catfish came to be insecurity, even if people say they aren’t doing it because they are insecure, it usually means they are insecure. Insecurity is the driving factor for catfishing. Not feeling like you worth, so you create an alter ego so people can like you. A very sad and depressing thing to see. Catfishing is a cultural …show more content…

If all the person has is a picture of the person they are talking to and they haven’t heard or seen this person shows they are not having real emotional interactions. Real emotional interactions are what makes relationships real. Catfishing is just one person lying to the other person about who they really are. A big example of this is the Manti Teo catfishing story. In the article “Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax: What deceit lurks in Internet's depths.” Jonsson (2013) states “Those willing to exploit the vulnerable goodwill of others have always been hanging around the fringes of society, of course, but the social media age has given the practice a different and disturbing spin: It's as if the very anonymity of the Internet morphs into a tendency toward faith in other people.” (para. 11) Jonsson (2013) also states “Joseph said. "They become this kind of isolated person for you to trust - it becomes easy to talk to them and they're always there." (para. …show more content…

The catfisher’s insecurity of not being comfortable with him or her selves. Or like the Teo scandal, it could all just be a joke. Internet Addiction Internet addiction is a big part of catfishing. A catfisher’s internet addiction can lead them into becoming a catfisher. How long a person stays on the internet can make the person feel like they can be anyone, thus losing touch of reality. Internet addiction is a depressing thing, people spend all the time on the internet and they don’t have real life connections or relationships. Internet addiction, even though not as bad as other addictions, is toxic. In the article “The association of internet addiction with attachment styles,

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