Facebook exploits the psychological needs of young people during identity formation.

Evidence

Facebook has learned to bite hard on the psychological needs of young people, creating new challenges for the developmental processes that build individual identity and personal autonomy. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1421

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the psychological ‘schooling’ of earlier chapters on behavioral-conditioning techniques, and to general critiques of social media and adolescent development. — connects to: Facebook targets vulnerable young users with advertising at emotionally weak moments — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 957; Facebook’s behavior modification operates covertly at scale with no social or legal controls — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 955; Facebook’s adolescent-designed practices were institutionalized for the whole population — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1423 (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Social media is precision-engineered to exploit adolescent desires for peer recognition. #corroborates (0.90) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1432
• Facebook’s adolescent-designed practices were institutionalized for the whole population #expands (0.85) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1423
• Generation Z’s constant social media use creates an outside-looking-in dependency on others for identity #exemplifies (0.82) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1425
• Social media intensifies but did not invent adolescent craving for peer recognition. #qualifies (0.82) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1439
• Disconnection from social media can impair students’ sense of self-identity #expands (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1424
• Active Facebook interaction correlates measurably with diminished mental health #expands (0.72) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1480
• Social comparison is the dominant psychological process in the Facebook experience. #qualifies (0.70) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1470