The Internet itself is one of the most depended on mass mediums today. Over one billion people were on the Internet by March 2006 (Internet World Stats, 2006). Evolving communication technologies such as the Internet and cellular phones have greatly impacted the lives of youth today. Even though communication is an important part of our society, the Internet has changed face-to-face communication tremendously. Discussed in this paper will be the impact of getting publicity, likes, and meeting new people on the Internet on the youths. Those three factors are very important in a youth’s life because they feel this need to be liked and well-known. Impression management is to compel others to react to a particular individual in the way they wish (Essentials of Sociology 108). In the film Generation Like (2014) this concept of impression management was shown when Darius was looking for the “perfect” picture to post on Facebook as his profile picture. Before he posts the picture he asks his friends if the picture is fine, because teenagers are sensitive to what people think about them. Social positioning is the social identity an individual has in a given group or society (Essentials of Sociology 108). Social positions can be general or even specific. This is shown when Darius only got 14 likes on his picture and Genna gets about 400 likes and Daisy’s reason for her getting all those likes in such a short space of time is because girls are more likely to get more likes than boys. Darius seemed not to be very happy about his results on his profile picture. So basically in our generation the more likes you get on a picture or how many retweets you get shows how much people like you or like what you have posted. Everyone likes publicity and the fact of being liked by a large number of people and you have some people that would do anything to gain a massive number of follower to get a great number of likes whether they know the people or not. Being famous or getting recognized in the generation today is a goal most young people are trying to achieve. A teenager spends hours trying