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Social Norms

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One can agree that social media dominates and dictates how society should operate, Facebook and Twitter have over one billion daily users. Since the rise of technology with computers, cellphones, and iPad’s these devices have multiple platforms and apps that allow users to socialize with one another online. Communication and being connected has changed and grown with social media tremendously since 2003 from Friendster and Myspace to Instagram, snapchat, and the notorious Facebook. One may continuously seek social validation to determine the starvation of being accepted as a part of society or how some may say “normal” while some use Facebook to enhance the self-esteem, but social norms view it as what is trending with popularity in the social …show more content…

Including surgery, makeup, and materialistic things while caring more about how they appear to others. The reality sitcom sets standards to the extreme by displaying obnoxious attitude of self-importance and selfishness, each of the casting members of the show are frequent users to social media, they market the product that provides them endorsements to make sure they have enough to show to those they believe should get the product to improve …show more content…

Social media will continue to succeed at manipulating humanity if one does not recognize priorities and check one’s privileges, people still chase after false values because it instills one into believing individualism. For a, less narcissistic generation one to have a true sense of self-esteem before signing up for social media. Being less self-absorbed/obsessed and having the right cultural values can help impact the next generation, one should educate themselves into what is true and false on the internet due to social media manipulation. Find empowering media to avoid unhelpful media like reality TV shows and fashion sites along with magazines. To reach the high power of conscience nous one must expose oneself to the influence of a stronger environment promoting different values with social conflict approach in order to achieve change in

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