In today’s day and age America has evolved into a country of freedom of speech. No one is hindered from reciting their own opinion. As it states in the bill of rights article “Freedom of Speech does NOT mean that a person can say whatever they want to say. Freedom of Speech means that someone's right to say something is protected within certain limits. A person may have to suffer consequences for saying some things, but they still have the right to say them. For example, it is against the law to yell, "FIRE," in a crowded place because someone may get injured. A person has the right to say it, but there are consequences if it was said and there was no actual fire present.” With freedom of speech comes many problems simply because of the conformity
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For example, it states in a personality research that “Why, though, do individuals give in to less important reasons to conform? Why do college students play drinking games and elementary school children shun the outcast child? A very promising model proposes five main motivations for conforming; according to this model, we conform to be correct, to be socially accepted and avoid rejection, to accomplish group goals, to establish and maintain our self-concept/social identity, and to align ourselves with similar individuals” (Nail, MacDonald, & Levy, 2000). If we were to apply ethical theories towards how the internet is inhibited rather than encouraging democracy it would be because of the Social Contract Theory and Act Utilitarianism. The Social Contract Theory is “the principle of Morality and how it consists the set of rules governing how people are to treat one another (the social contract), that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well.” This brings us to the point of how accurately people will conform to societies opinion on the internet just for the sake of not feeling like an outsider. No one wants to feel rejected by people; research proves how people who are rejected by society tend to feel lonely and often feel depressed which then leads them to not want to be involved with any other social events and want to just be by themselves all the time. This is all the result of how the internet inhibits people, the minute a person exemplifies their opinion and is rejected by people it often leads to the wrong pathway. Unfortunately, our world works with the first impression you give is how the rest of your journey will turn out. If your first impression of someone, whether it is face to face or whether you are giving your opinion online is not accepted, then immediately one is highlighted as insignificant
For example, it states in a personality research that “Why, though, do individuals give in to less important reasons to conform? Why do college students play drinking games and elementary school children shun the outcast child? A very promising model proposes five main motivations for conforming; according to this model, we conform to be correct, to be socially accepted and avoid rejection, to accomplish group goals, to establish and maintain our self-concept/social identity, and to align ourselves with similar individuals” (Nail, MacDonald, & Levy, 2000). If we were to apply ethical theories towards how the internet is inhibited rather than encouraging democracy it would be because of the Social Contract Theory and Act Utilitarianism. The Social Contract Theory is “the principle of Morality and how it consists the set of rules governing how people are to treat one another (the social contract), that rational people will agree to accept, for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others follow those rules as well.” This brings us to the point of how accurately people will conform to societies opinion on the internet just for the sake of not feeling like an outsider. No one wants to feel rejected by people; research proves how people who are rejected by society tend to feel lonely and often feel depressed which then leads them to not want to be involved with any other social events and want to just be by themselves all the time. This is all the result of how the internet inhibits people, the minute a person exemplifies their opinion and is rejected by people it often leads to the wrong pathway. Unfortunately, our world works with the first impression you give is how the rest of your journey will turn out. If your first impression of someone, whether it is face to face or whether you are giving your opinion online is not accepted, then immediately one is highlighted as insignificant