social phenomenon

{{Short description|Phenomenon involving multiple organisms reacting to each other}}

Social phenomena or social phenomenon (singular) are any behaviours, actions, or events that takes place because of social influence, including from contemporary as well as historical societal influences.{{Cite book|last1=Bourdieu|first1=Pierre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ric6fNR-K-EC&dq=%22Social+phenomena+are%22&pg=PA154|title=The Craft of Sociology: Epistemological Preliminaries|last2=Chamboredon|first2=Jean-Claude|last3=Passeron|first3=Jean-Claude|date=1991|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-011940-4|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Coser|first=Lewis A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53480377|title=Masters of sociological thought : ideas in historical and social context|date=2003|isbn=1-57766-307-1|edition=2|location=Long Grove, Illinois | publisher=Waveland Press | pages=129–132|oclc=53480377}} They are often a result of multifaceted processes that add ever increasing dimensions as they operate through individual nodes of people. Because of this, social phenomenon are inherently dynamic and operate within a specific time and historical context.{{Cite book|last=Jargowsky|first=Paul A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57224490|title=Encyclopedia of social measurement|date=2005|publisher=Elsevier/Academic|others=Kimberly Kempf Leonard|isbn=0-12-443890-3|edition=1|location=Boston|oclc=57224490}}

Social phenomena are observable, measurable data. Psychological notions may drive them, but those notions are not directly observable; only the phenomena that express them.