social psych... its real life

                                                         Social Psychology in Social Media 

Compliance: Compliance is adapting or changing to fit into society for a short period of time. For example Tiktok, there was a trend on TikTok in 2022 where students would go to school and steal items that vary from big to small and then they would post about it to brag. This was called the devious licks. It only lasted for 1-2 months 

Obedience: Obedience is your willingness to obey/comply with something. Our school normally uses Twitter to communicate with students and parents online by releasing information. If there was a weather emergency like a flood, they would advise the students to stay home for their safety. 

Social facilitation: Social Facilitation is when a person's performance increases when others are around. How this plays a role in social media is that people are more likely to behave a certain way, and they try to prove themselves because people are always watching. (this group is called dude perfect, they are YouTubers who do tricks, and normally when people are watching they are able to do the tricks perfectly)

Group polarization: Group polarization is when a person is heavily influenced by people around them. For instance, During the election of 2020 between Biden and Trump Tiktok played a huge part in this because there was a big bandwagon on who they liked more, people who were not involved in politics or cared at all, they chose who the majority of the people on the app favored  

Reciprocity norm: Reciprocity norm is when a person gives back to return a favor or just an act of kindness. In social media influencers often team up with a big brand through youtube, Instagram, and TikTok to do a giveaway to give back to their followers as a thank-you for supporting them 

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