An Experiment On Social Media

The Stanford Prison Experiment The Stanford Prison Experiment was conducted by three psychologist; Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and Philip Zimbardo. They tested two theories about the prisons. The first theory was dispositional hypothesis and the second was situational hypothesis. Basically, what these psychologist were looking for was, to see how people react when place in a position of authority in the prison system and also how the prisoners react to the environment. The experiment was setup in the basement of the psychology building at Stanford University.

Last but not least, the media does not take political elections as seriously as politicians might like. People on social media, horse-race the politicians to see who will win the election. They debate on who will win, rather than the politicians views on topics. Horse-races are where citizens vote on who will win the election and they see the race happen and they determine whether their vote was correct or not. They ‘run’ the politicians, just like how people run horses. “Lost in the media spectacle is any careful coverage of issues and policy proposals, or serious discussion of candidate background.” (bigthink). When the media horse-races politicians, they horse-race them by their party or their major decisions that they have made. Citizens can also race them by protests that they were involved in, in their young adult lives, for example Bernie Sanders and his early protests were covered all over the media.

The women don’t perform the direct experiment, but no one has any way of knowing what their reactions to it are. This is because there is no personal connection; the girls, again referenced as one, “belong to anybody with access to a Dictaphone”. No specific scientist works with a specific woman, because that would have potential for some friendship and compassion, which Vonnegut is trying to disprove here.

The data collected from this experiment will not contain personal identifiable information. Only the researchers involved with this experiment will have access to the data collected. The paperwork will be stored in a locked file cabinet and the data stored on hard drive on a password protected computer. All information obtained from participants will be kept confidential and protected from unauthorized access. All data sheets will be coded with group labels and numbers. No personal identifying marks of any kind will be present on any of the data forms. The data sheets will be stored separately from the signed consent forms. All data from this study will be reported as group averages. No single identifiable cases will ever be reported.

In chapter two, we study the research methods of different psychological experiments and studies. This includes “the ethical obligations of researchers toward” the participants in their research, which are enforced by institutional review boards at American research colleges and universities. In these studies, researchers are required to provide the following: (a) informed consent “of the purpose of the research, its expected duration, and any potential risks, discomfort, or adverse associated with it”; (b) protection for harm and discomfort; (c) knowledge of deception in a study and debriefing once the study has concluded. These obligations are required to protect research participants. However, these are not always followed in research.

They were told an overview of the whole study so they may be prepared to answer the questions given to them. We then prompted the participants to fill out and sign a consent form to document and use their answers. Following the consent forms we seated the participants in front of the Television and played an hour of the movie, Ironman, Power Puff Girls, or Spiderman. Kayla’s participants watched Power Puff Girls, Micah’s participants watched Iron Man, and Cooper’s participants watch Spiderman. Following the movie, the participants were conducted an interview. They were questioned individually with identical sets of questions pertaining to the study. Cooper asked all his questions in a group setting compared to Micah who did it individually. Kayla wrote all the answers

The experiment was conducted was April 3, 2017 at 9:16 AM at the Building E Sitting area. My partner, Matthews, and I were seated near the window in E. The test subjects around us were of many different races and both genders. All of them seemed to be middle-class and around the ages of 18-21. The subjects that we experimented were all male. Our first subject was named Cameron. I saw Cameron sitting at his table from our table. He was about 3 tables away from us and was on his phone. I told Mathews that

“Ok,” I answered back. It took a while for them to ask me another question. But they took their time at it.

Moreover, this social experiment took place outside of Convocation Hall in the middle of the field. It was around 1:00PM and a mass amount of students were leaving their classes. The tester saw this as the best opportunity to begin. The tester

This chapter will discuss and outline the case study and the ethical consideration of the research. Research is a mutual undertaking between researchers and participants and therefore, must be handled with trust and fairmindedness. This is to “avoid harm to participants, ensure informed consent of participants, respect the privacy of participants and to avoid the use of deception” (Gray, 2011, p.73). Furthermore, consent must be given without coercion, meaning that participants fully understand the actions of the research and how the results will be used, Burns (2000).

After he posted the article he had hundreds of people showing up in his lab to take part of the study that turned into something totally different than what he expected. When conducting it, there were two different people the “teacher” who was a volunteer and the “learner” which was his partner. In this study, they would be in different rooms

Participation in this investigation was voluntary, all results were kept anonymous and the participants had the

Living in the 21st century requires one to stay current with latest technological advancements. Ever since the development of social networking sites, people are now able to create a carefully-crafted identity for themselves. This has led psychologists to question how well these online personalities match the person in front of the computer. The innovative branch of media psychology looks into how social networking portrays individuals and initiates human interactions within a society.

My generation has grown up with technology in our hands since we were toddlers. We are dependent on technology, from Iphones, Laptops,tablets, ipods, even watches that keep us connected to a never ending supply of distant connection. Social media is the source of many problems in our society. One of the problems is the lack of communication in a relationship. One misconception about social media is that it has the ability to strengthen a relationship because you have another avenue of communication when in fact it is detrimental, due to lack of intimate interaction between two people. Social media not only takes away face to face interactions, but it leads to trust issues, cheating and a lack of confrontation.

Groundswell is a book that focuses on the power of social media and how businesses have to learn to harness this power to remain competitive. The book is full of practical ideas of how the groundswell works, why it is so important in today’s business world and how to use it to maximize your marketing potential. The book gives examples of how some well known companies use social networks, blogs and other online platforms to learn how customers feel about their products and also provides explicit tactics to guide companies in using the groundswell in their own businesses. I think this is a great book if you are just beginning to think about how to use digital media for your business or if you are trying to learn how to connect people with social technology. It is not a difficult read as it explains concepts and ideas in a simple and direct way. The groundswell gave me a good perspective and firm knowledge base on the untapped potential of social networks.