One of the applications of online social influence is online activism and in this TED Talk, Zeynep Tufekci looks at why it may be easy to start an online cause but more difficult to sustain it.
Another TED Talk by Eli Pariser focuses on what would occur if all the online information we are exposed to was designed and sourced to our tastes, and discusses the consequences of tailoring.
A video on the intersection of behavioral psychology and technologies of/as persuasion.
A TED talk by B.F. Fogg on changing behaviour with tiny habits.
Interesting talk by Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report with Tristan Harris (Ex-Design Ethicist at Google) to discuss how technology really affects our lives, why design needs ethics, how apps like Snapchat and Twitter are addictive because of their use of ethical and unethical tricks, and much more. It looks at persuasive technology and how it is being used.
How Tech Uses Unethical Tricks To Addict Us (Pt. 1) | Tristan Harris | TECH | Rubin Report