The Ethical Use Of Social Media

Social media has become increasingly detrimental in how people of our generation make social connections. Our society bases how people perceive other people based on social media profiles. Even without meeting a person face-to-face, social media websites give insight into who a person is and whether or not they will be accepted in society. Social media is a relatively new platform of human interaction, only being in use for the past decade or so, with sites such as Myspace being one of the first well known. Historically, people have always found joy in judging other people. People judge celebrities and television personalities like it is their job. “While Facebook has been found to enhance interpersonal relationships and build social capital, some young adults are using this forum to hurt and humiliate others” (Peluchette, 424, 2015). Societies judge the people in their society based on how they look and how they act, it is human nature. What people see on social media is usually what they get. Psychologist Solomon Asch, describes impression formation as the process in which …show more content…
It discusses what the researchers call “deception techniques” and for what purpose each technique is used for. Social media is all about making connections with other people and without the fear of personal face-to-face interaction, people can more easily deceive others. The journal states that even though many people are aware that there are deceivers online, many people cannot adequately detect deceivers online. It is suggested that an increase in individual and community-wide awareness will decrease the amount of deceivers that attempt online fraud. The study concludes that internet deceivers, though seemingly a minuet issue, can lead to serious problems and people need to find a way to counteract the problem of