social media
Duffy, B. E., & Chan, N. K. (2019). “You never really know who’s looking”: Imagined surveillance across social media platforms. New Media & Society, 21(1), 119-138.
The users of social media are regularly counseled to nurture their online identities with diligence and understanding. However, it is the scenario that has not been well embraced by the youths and especially college students who confront the codes of standardizing self – representation within the digital contexts. The article sought to study online representation within the spread-out social media network that is inclusive of Instagram, Linkedln, Snapchat, and Twitter. The exploring of those social media platforms showed that many young people spend the most time on them. Besides, it was noted that the privacy settings of these social media platforms were just shallow. It is an aspect that made it easy to view the posts being posted by a specific person in three accounts. Thus, it means that hackers can interfere with the posts and comment on something unethical that might lose the opportunity, especially for youths. It was observed that it is pervasive cultural anxiety developed among the youths, which can lead them to become vulnerable to privacy breaching in social media.
Wang, Z., Jusup, M., Shi, L., Lee, J. H., Iwasa, Y., & Boccaletti, S. (2018). Exploiting a cognitive bias promotes cooperation in social dilemma experiments. Nature communications, 9(1), 1-7.
The article talks about the tech wizards from Silicon Valley, which shape what people think, act, and live. It is observed that people live within manipulative algorithms, together with other addictive features that are woven in Facebook Fabric and other social media platforms. A perfect example is when people use google to such for something. The results being given by Google are based on their place of residence and any other personal information. One could ask how google comes to know about the person, and of course, it is not by accident. That is a kind of design since anything being done online is detailed tracked and watched. Besides, every action being undertaken is carefully monitored and recorded. People should understand Instagram and Facebook are much more than an interactive social media platform. The likes, emotions, shares, and clicks are always gathered and filtered within Facebook’s algorithm. The article suggests that people should spend less time on social media and interact directly with family and friends to reduce vulnerability.
Barrett-Maitland, N., & Lynch, J. (2020). Social Media, Ethics, and Privacy Paradox. In Ethics, Laws, and Policies for Privacy, Security, and Liability. IntechOpen.
It is observed how social media has become universal as it cuts across social groups, social class, and even cultures. However, the increased use of these social media platforms has been accompanied by privacy and other ethical concerns. The issues of privacy result in far reaching personal, professional, and security effects. To obtain ultimate privacy within social media is not easy since the platforms are designed to share information. It may be noted that while participating in social media, people may tend to ignore some privacy and personal constraints, which later results in vulnerability. Having a weak individual setting of privacy results in undesirable and unethical behavior whereby security breaches are done. In most instances, users do not take into consideration the privacy of their social media accounts. It is an aspect that leads to an easy hack of the data, which gives room for unethical posts. The article tries to emphasize the importance of observing privacy while using their social media accounts