Young people are significantly influenced by social media, which has created a false perception of reality and herd mentality in an entire generation. Social media platforms target vulnerable, socially isolated children to get them addicted by constantly exposing them to novel and stimulating content. This exposure promotes unrealistic lifestyle portrayals and distortions of reality, including the ideas that love is only about physical attraction and success is defined by wealth, luxury goods, and body image. Younger minds are increasingly subject to propaganda from corporations that control social media and define virtue in a way that encourages compliance over uniqueness.
Young people are significantly influenced by social media, which has created a false perception of reality and herd mentality in an entire generation. Social media platforms target vulnerable, socially isolated children to get them addicted by constantly exposing them to novel and stimulating content. This exposure promotes unrealistic lifestyle portrayals and distortions of reality, including the ideas that love is only about physical attraction and success is defined by wealth, luxury goods, and body image. Younger minds are increasingly subject to propaganda from corporations that control social media and define virtue in a way that encourages compliance over uniqueness.
Young people are significantly influenced by social media, which has created a false perception of reality and herd mentality in an entire generation. Social media platforms target vulnerable, socially isolated children to get them addicted by constantly exposing them to novel and stimulating content. This exposure promotes unrealistic lifestyle portrayals and distortions of reality, including the ideas that love is only about physical attraction and success is defined by wealth, luxury goods, and body image. Younger minds are increasingly subject to propaganda from corporations that control social media and define virtue in a way that encourages compliance over uniqueness.
How far do you think young people are influenced by what they
see on Social Media?
To socialise and enjoy.These said motto were understood to be
the foundational roots for all social media platforms ranging from Facebook,Instagarm,Snapchat to Tiktok.As the world decided to exist on these platform,hordes of people began to flock in to create their digital identities.Moving on a decade later,with an entire generation digitally addicted,living with a false perception of reality and ingrained with herd mentality it is no wonder to find ourselves questioning the very grounds it was build upon.
It is neither a surprise nor a parents pleasure to see their child
scroll through their social media accounts endlessly for hours.Bitter words,harsh arguments and a damaged relationship–that is whats left afyer their confrontation.It however would be an injustice to blame this on the child alone.There is a behavioural phenomena termed Intermittent Reinforcement,discovered by the 20th psychologist BF SKinner.It says that if someone is exposed to novel contents invariably over a certain period of time then that person is at a higher risk of becoming addicted to it compared to it being shown on a a variable.The contents need not be of a certain domain as long it is stimulating and show at a variable. Unfortunateytely as many children today are socially isolated,social media corporates target this vulneribilty to bind them to digital addiction.Instead of pursuing plasures through menaingful hobbies what we rather see is a crippled kid Subsequently the problem not only lies in hw the contents are shown but aso what is being shown.Speeding luxury cars,perfectly symmetrical beuatiful faces on a yacht,lavish lifestyle—these are said to be what life is on social media.Love is cheap,as it is only sexual attraction that matters not the persons inner qualities.A farrago of distortions of reality blinded accepted,for no longer life is about overcoming challenges,difference,finding ones meaning in this incomprehensible jouney we call life.It getting rich quick and body standars that define a person today.A split today exist between the digital personailty and real life as the former strives to fulfill the required criteries of a succesful digital prfile while the other lacks,experiences
All this dark pathleads to one alley, a place of blind
obedience ,a herd lead by a lie.Never before,have younger minds been at a greater mercy of propaganda as today–being told by coporations what virtue is.Complacement,sickly and all yes saying are what virtue today is on digutal platforms.Uniquness is shunned blind conformity is applaud.No longer are our emphereal opinions judged by those next to our kin,on thos ewe can place our trust on but rather by the all egulfing virtue signalling internet mobs.If breached this unbreacheble accpted laws,the mob then resrts to bullying–Pra of huxley