Article Summary: The Frankenstein’s Monster of Social Media

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Article Summary: The Frankenstein’s Monster of Social Media
In The Frankenstein’s Monster of Social Media Brian Rosenberg uses the example of Frankenstein the monstrous creature to highlight the dangers of social media, where its creator, Victor Frankenstein cannot control and the monster becomes uncontrollable The emergence of social media was heralded as a way to increase human connection and while there has been connectivity, but there are risks that there could be isolating effects. The abuse and misuse of social media is associated with the lack of honesty, violation of privacy, lack of civility poor predictions and lack of critical self-evaluation, but understanding the behavior of social media use will improve the social media experience.
The writer rightfully questions whether social media has done more harm than good even as more people sign up to social media since technology problems are linked to societal problems. Social media platforms have been misused and abused yet the intended objective of the digital tools was to facilitate communication, connection, and interaction. Digital technologies create many possibilities since people can connect with those they share similar interests and access more information than ever before. Since it is cheaper to access large volumes of information, people can search and find information with ease.
There is great appetite for information even when this is intrusive, tragic and salacious and social media has influenced this. Violation of privacy among social media users is common more than social media users know, even as people share private information and details about their lives. Furthermore, as there has been greater scrutiny on privacy communications, people are more guarded and may not reveal their true selves to others when using digital communication tools.
Nastiness and lack of civility among social media users are concerns as they affect how people v...