Advanced Professional Communications - Social Media Ethics

Running head: ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
Question 1............................................................................................................................2
Question 2............................................................................................................................2
Question 3............................................................................................................................3
Question 4............................................................................................................................3
References............................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
Ronson (2015) in the article entitled “How One Stupid Tweet Ruined Justin Sacco’s Life”
discusses the ways in which the communications within the various social media might lead to
the outrageous condition within the society at large. The concerned article tends to deal with the
various ways in which a single lame joke on any sensitive issue might cost the concerned person
his or her job and the normal flow of life. The concerned article further focusses on the various
ethical breaches that might have occurred within the concerned organization due to the improper
communication on the part of the concerned person over the various social media handles.
Question 1
The various conditions that are related to the matters that pertain to the improper and
inconsiderate messages over the social media have many a times resulted in the conditions that
have been related to the public shaming of the person who has tweeted the statement. The ethical
issues that are related to this matter are those that have been pertaining to the public shaming of
the person generally results in the conditions that lead to the concerned person receiving death
threats as well from the concerned group that has been targeted in the messages (Fuchs, 2017).
The other ethical issues that are involved in these matters pertain to the conditions related to the
PTSD that is faced by the concerned person as a result of the public shaming that is related to
these matters (McKee, 2013). The concerned person might face huge issues in the matters that
pertain to their social lives due to the various furious backlashes that have been received by the
concerned person on the messages that he or she might have shared over the concerned social
media.