A person worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions. Old fashioned values such as honour, kindness, and trust no longer seem important. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

These days

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people

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are living

in a fast-

paced competitive

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paced, competitive

world,

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people become more self -oriented

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their standards are completely shifted

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essay believes that social rankings and tangible possessions are the dominant parameters to judge people now

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and the following paragraphs will show that the rise in consumerism and the social media influence are the main factors behind

this

shift. •

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, whereas we live in a materialistic and consumer driven society

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people tend to buy much more stuff

such

as clothes and

smartphones

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smart phones

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these possessions are taken as a symbol of status

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a 2018 survey on Quora website showed that even though smartphones prices rose 6 percent from 2016 to 2017

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smartphones sales

increased specially

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increased, specially

high-end ones by 55 percent that year since people consider mobile phone brand a symbol of their status.

Secondly

, the internet and multimedia have played a pivotal role in changing the society morals

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Not only

does the social media exclude

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do the social media exclude

does the social media exclude

our old

connotations but

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connotations, but

it

also impose

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also imposes

has also imposed

us

reflexive form of "us"

ourselves

on misleading ones based on looks and lifestyle.

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exemplified by a 2017 study on sport celebrities published by

Social Department

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the Social Department

in Queen 's University revealed that over 40 percent of sport celebrities everyday were posting their

expensive luscious

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expensive, luscious

meals

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meal

photos on their social communications or their photos while they clothe costly precious brand and they considered the number of likes they have received as a sign of social value and status. To conclude, our society 's morals have indeed shifted towards materialism and new standards due to the influence of social media and economic theory ; we have to teach our youngsters how to make judgments based on inner values.