Psychology Department, New York University, USA.
Department of Psychology Center for Neural Science, New York University, Norwegian School of Economics, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2024 Dec;60:101918. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101918. Epub 2024 Sep 26.
The current paper explains how modern technology interacts with human psychology to create a funhouse mirror version of social norms. We argue that norms generated on social media often tend to be more extreme than offline norms which can create false perceptions of norms-known as pluralistic ignorance. We integrate research from political science, psychology, and cognitive science to explain how online environments become saturated with false norms, who is misrepresented online, what happens when online norms deviate from offline norms, where people are affected online, and why expressions are more extreme online. We provide a framework for understanding and correcting for the distortions in our perceptions of social norms that are created by social media platforms. We argue the funhouse mirror nature of social media can be pernicious for individuals and society by increasing pluralistic ignorance and false polarization.
本文解释了现代技术如何与人的心理相互作用，从而产生了社会规范的哈哈镜版本。我们认为，社交媒体上产生的规范往往比线下规范更为极端，这可能会造成对规范的错误认知，即所谓的“多元无知”。我们整合了政治学、心理学和认知科学的研究成果，解释了在线环境如何充斥着虚假规范，哪些人在网上被歪曲，当在线规范偏离线下规范时会发生什么，人们在哪些方面受到影响，以及为什么网上的表达更为极端。我们提供了一个理解和纠正社交媒体平台造成的社会规范认知扭曲的框架。我们认为，社交媒体的哈哈镜性质可能会通过增加多元无知和虚假极化，对个人和社会造成有害影响。
