Zimbardo's Seven Social Processes

Zimbardo’s “7 social processes that grease the slippery slope of evil” happen in social media daily. Four of the processes that occur are mindlessly taking the first step, dehumanization of others, diffusion of personal responsibility, and blind obedience to authority. While on social media, people make harsh and crude statements to other people. People mindlessly take the first step when they make a simple comment such as “you’re hair looks awful in that picture” or “ew who would ever be friends with you.” Eventually, those simple, careless, rude comments lead to a constant stream of immature and hateful phrases to one another. The dehumanization of others is caused by these crude phrases, and eventually those people affected by these comments