How Tik Tok Can Accelerate Conformity and Erase Individuality
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Social media — apps such as Tik Tok and Instagram in particular — is home to many of the strangest and unusual trends to date. I remember scrolling through my feed a few months ago only to find that people were starting to apply makeup so as to mimic exhaustion-fueled under eye-bags. Something that many, in the past, tried to conceal with makeup and expensive creams had now become the newest “look” — strange, I know. But as outlandish as some beauty, fashion, and appearance-based fads may seem, tons of Gen Z users follow along in an almost sheep-like manner. Why is social media able to spur trends so quickly? And further, why are young audiences so willing to conform to trends without any questioning?
How Tik Tok Can Accelerate Conformity and Erase Individuality
How Tik Tok Can Accelerate Conformity and…
How Tik Tok Can Accelerate Conformity and Erase Individuality
Social media — apps such as Tik Tok and Instagram in particular — is home to many of the strangest and unusual trends to date. I remember scrolling through my feed a few months ago only to find that people were starting to apply makeup so as to mimic exhaustion-fueled under eye-bags. Something that many, in the past, tried to conceal with makeup and expensive creams had now become the newest “look” — strange, I know. But as outlandish as some beauty, fashion, and appearance-based fads may seem, tons of Gen Z users follow along in an almost sheep-like manner. Why is social media able to spur trends so quickly? And further, why are young audiences so willing to conform to trends without any questioning?