Negative niche construction
Erich Fromm, social media and embodied necrophilous cognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12737387 |
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| Authors | Jean du Toit (0000-0002-5297-8241, Twitter (United States)), Gregory Morgan Swer (0000-0001-7657-2337, Twitter (United States)) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychosocial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-6737 • E-ISSN: 1478-6737 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/14786737y2025d000000059 |
| OpenAlex | W7118190133 |
| Language | EN |
A significant contributor to the rise in populism and authoritarianism has been the alteration in modes of interpersonal relations brought about by the increasing mediation of social relations by social media scaffolds. Using 4E cognition’s concept of niche construction and Erich Fromm’s social psychology we argue that social media functions to form and gratify necrophilous personality types attracted to populism, authoritarian leaders and political violence
Authoritarianism · Embodied cognition · Interpersonal communication · Mediation · Personality · Politics · Populism · Social cognition · Social media · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Representations and Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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