Introduction
Social psychology is greatly influenced by culture and trends in the behavioral aspects of society. Therefore, the events that happen in our day-to-day activities are a critical part of social psychology. In this essay, we analyze the importance of music’s influence on social psychology and the influence of text messages on social psychology research.
The influence of music
The enthusiasm with which music is taken has made it have a huge impact on a variety of life aspects. Music has, for a long time, been used by artists to express emotions, advocate for morals and values in society, and generally to entertain society. It is ideally used as a means of communicating controversial aspects of life that may, otherwise, prove to be difficult to express. With this regard, music has widely affected the psychosocial environment in the society giving substantial input to social aspects like sexual relationships, marriages, morality in the society, values upheld in human life, and emotions. This shows how critical the contribution of music to social psychology is.
A discussion of the influence of music on social psychology would be incomplete without a look at the enthusiasm of the youth/children towards music. Music is under normal circumstances an ‘obsession’ to the youth. Due to this fact, it influences their values, emotions, morals etcetera and thus it can be very useful in studying the psychosocial aspects of the youth. It is therefore evident that music is very critical to psychosocial development and that it can be used to aid the study of social psychology.
The influence of text messaging
Next, let us have a look at the influence that text messaging has on social psychology research. Since the start of mobile telephony, text messaging is a widely used means of communication. Text messaging can be very crucial in social psychology research. Consider, for example, research whose objective is to study the moral trends associated with dating. In this case, text messaging can be very instrumental since most dating people have most of their communications through the use of mobile phones. Therefore, the analysis of the behaviors of people related to the sending of text messages. The language used in these messages can be very instrumental in deducing the morals of the people who send them. The frequency of sending text messages can also be used to analyze the morals of the parties concerned. An investigation to find the approximate number of people one sends romantic messages to can also be used in the deduction of the moral standards of the society related to dating (Reid 1-3).
Conclusion
Although the contribution of music and text messaging to social psychology can be negligently missed, the two have a lot of influence on social psychology and psychosocial development. As discussed above, music and text messaging have had a tremendous influence on the psychosocial aspects of society such as emotions, human values, and morals (Reid 4). They have changed these aspects to comply with the demands of the contemporary society related to them and the psychosocial needs of the society are their main driving force. This interrelationship between the two- psychosocial needs and music and text messaging forms a very crucial platform for the study/analysis of the psychosocial aspects of society. To be more specific on this topic, consider the discussed influence of text messaging in social psychology research. The information from this kind of research will be very helpful in case a campaign of change in dating morals is launched. The information can also be used remotely to give relationship advice (Reid 8).
Works Cited
Reid, Donna. “Insights into the psychosocial effect of Text Messaging.” 2004. Web.