Pros And Disadvantages Of Social Media Research Paper

“Hazardous downside to Social Media in Popular Culture” Technology has become a large part of our daily lives. For some this is their main source of communication and how they are kept up to date on current news. In today’s society we use different internet forums to interact with each other such as messaging, sending videos and photos, and sharing out locations on where we are and what we are doing on a day to day basis. Although social media has proven to be a great new way of communication, it has it downsides as well. While most people use social media for its intended purposes there are also people whom abuse it and use social media for things like invasion of privacy and cyberstalking. By observing the different types of internet forums …show more content…
Cyberstalking can also be more than just impersonating a fictitious person to gain information to perform unlawful acts. In an article written by the University of Michigan in regards to sexual assault prevention and awareness “Cyber stalkers target their victims through chat rooms, message boards, discussion forums, social networking sites, and e-mail. Cyberstalking takes many forms such as: threatening or obscene e-mail; spamming (in which a stalker sends a victim a multitude of junk e-mail); live chat harassment or flaming (online verbal abuse); leaving improper messages on message boards or in guest books; sending electronic viruses; sending unsolicited e-mail; tracing another person 's computer and Internet activity, and electronic identity theft.” One of our many sources of communication whether it be to keep in contact with a long distance relative or if it is used to send information amongst employers and employees is via email. With the touch of a keyboard you can send a message to another person and they can receive it within seconds. A form of cyberstalking can be sending unwanted emails to another person containing abusive or threatening content in which a person feels threatened. Also along with sending emails to another person, you can also track their computers and their internet use. For instance, a stalker can hack into your computer and have access to all of your files. …show more content…
Whether it be something that we encounter as we are surfing the internet, logging on to and browsing through our favorite social media network such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, or simply reading through our emails, we are all subjected to possibly becoming a victim of cyberstalking. Furthermore, if our society is more aware of the dangers that we have within our cyber world, we can all be better educated and be able to educate our children about the dangers as well. The truth is cyberstalking is no different than regular stalking. In both cases you are invading another person’s privacy and it is against the law to do so. By bringing awareness to others and sharing stories as well as its consequences hopefully we can all make a change to all be able to live a life free of