{"id":9569,"date":"2019-01-30T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/?p=9569"},"modified":"2022-03-18T05:10:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:10:58","slug":"how-technology-is-changing-the-concept-of-peer-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screentimelabs.com\/blog\/how-technology-is-changing-the-concept-of-peer-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"How Technology Is Changing the Concept of Peer Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kids respect and listen to their peers, sometimes too much.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Peer Pressure In The 21st Century<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peer pressure itself hasn’t changed much. There’s both direct pressure, with friends and acquaintances making demands, and indirect pressure, the \u201ceverybody is doing it\u201d form of pressure. What’s changed is how it’s communicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The direct form has quite a bit of overlap with cyberbullying<\/a>. Incessant text messages, tagging people in posts, and the classic method of constantly calling and demanding attention are some forms. Social media in particular can make life difficult, as it’s hard to sort your friends from your \u201cfriends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indirect takes the form of social media<\/a>, in particular. A good example is the endless succession of \u201cchallenges,\u201d ranging from the goofy to the dangerous, that sweep across social media. The prospect of popularity, paired with the psychological manipulation that are part and parcel of social media design, can push teens into actions and statements they’d normally consider a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, of course, it’s now omnipresent. If you search any of those aforementioned \u201cchallenges,\u201d you’ll find a steady stream of thousands or even millions of entries, arriving every minute of every hour for days or even weeks on end. It’s one thing to be told everybody’s doing something, and quite another to have a constant stream of proof in your pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where does this leave kids? And how can we help?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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