Social Media Tricks
The name of the movie we watched during class.
The Social Dilemma.
Social media companies make most of their money from this source.
What is advertising?
This feeling makes people afraid to log off for fear of missing out.
What is FOMO
Spending too much time on apps can negatively affect this part of your health.
Mental Health
Social media apps track your location using what?
This feature shows endless content, so you never feel like you're done scrolling.
Infinite Scroll
These tools analyze your online activity to target you with ads you’re likely to click.
What are algorithms
Social media apps often make users compare themselves to others, leading to this emotion.
What is jealousy
What is depression?
These short-lived posts make you feel like you’ll miss out if you don’t check the app soon.
What are stories?
A way social media alerts you instantly to new likes, comments, or tags.
What are notifications
The longer you stay on an app, the more of these companies can show you.
A rat presses a lever most often when it thinks...
It may not get any food.
This group is especially vulnerable to social media pressures.
What are teenagers
What you agree to when you join an app?
Terms of Service
When videos play automatically to keep you from stopping.
What is autoplay
Social media companies track how long you pause or scroll through posts to predict this.
Your behavior or actions.
Infinite Scrolling
The ultimate goal of social media companies is to keep you on their app as long as possible to collect more of this.
What is Data?
How old you must be to have Instagram or TikTOk?
What is 13.
The psychological trick used to make users come back over and over again.
Positive Behavioral Reinforement
The amount of money Instagram made on ads in 2023
75 billion dollars
Social media profits increase when users spend more of this on their apps.
What is time?