Research on Users of Social Media and Censorship
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Research on Users of Social Media and Censorship
Added on 2020-05-28
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Should Social Media Censor ContentBy <Name of Student><Institutional Affialiation><Instructor’s Name><Date of Submission>
AbstractThe internet is recognized as a global network of communication in which passing of the information from one point to another saturates in seconds. The shared information on the internet is hardly censored something which exposes threats to the users in many ways. The threats, which are reviewed in this study, include security, safety, privacy as well as some ofthe social issues. The research was conducted among the frequent users of the social media and on the results that were obtained was analysed and applied to see how the censorship of the social media content is essential. This research uses empirical and some part of the theoretical methods in the analysis. The empirical method is based on the interviews and theanalysis of the secondary data. The secondary data analysis entails application of the various statistical approaches to determine validity of the results. The study also identifies some substantial gaps, which, should be bridged through internet censorship. Therefore, after critical analysis of the results, I was able to draw conclusion that there should be censorship of the content of the social media to protect the users of the internet from these threats.2
Table of contentsAbstract.............................................................................................................................................21Introduction................................................................................................................................51.1Background of the study.....................................................................................................51.2Objectives............................................................................................................................52Literature review.........................................................................................................................72.1Internet and privacy.........................................................................................................72.2Internet and security as well as safety.............................................................................82.3Internet and social issues..................................................................................................92.4Conceptual framework........................................................................................................93Research methodology.............................................................................................................103.1Target population..............................................................................................................103.2Sampling procedure and sample size................................................................................103.3Data collection methods and tools....................................................................................103.4Research design................................................................................................................113.5Data analysis.....................................................................................................................114Results and Findings..................................................................................................................114.1Descriptive statistics..........................................................................................................114.1.1Gender......................................................................................................................114.1.2Age-range..................................................................................................................114.1.3Internet use...............................................................................................................124.1.4Purpose of using online transactions........................................................................124.1.5Online transaction website........................................................................................134.2Incidents that havehappenedduetomisleadingcomments within thelast 10 years.....134.2.1Hypothesis testing.....................................................................................................144.2.2Relationship between the number of fans and receipt of negative feedback...........144.2.3Relationship between the purpose of the webpage and negative feedback.............144.2.4Relationship between negative feedback and source of webpage popularity..........154.3Whypeople usesocialmediaas aplatform for sensitivecomments...............................154.3.1Relationship between negative feedback/experience and social media use............165Conclusions and Recommendations.........................................................................................175.1Conclusions.......................................................................................................................173
5.2Recommendations............................................................................................................17References........................................................................................................................................18APPENDIX..........................................................................................................................................214
1IntroductionThis covers the background of the study, objectives of the study, justification of the study and study limitations1.1 Background of the studyIn the modern day life, the internet a far-reaching aspect. It has been recognized as one of the most crucial tools for many people in the globe to express themselves, to freely communicate and share or receive news and information. In fact, the internet penetration rates are rising exponentially (Duggan and Smith, 2015). Before social media, sharing of theopinions, receiving information and news was mostly based on the traditional mass media forms in which the content of these parameters were censored. The rise of social media overthe last decades has given many states more difficult task of censoring the information that is shared by the citizens. Likewise, the penetration of internet has also been more influentialin the field of business as companies rely on it for activities such as marketing of the products and services. Moreover, there are even private companies, which are consistently improving access to the internet, because of the financial opportunities, which are inherent in the internet. For example, Facebook intends to introduce the internet to the remotest areasin the world. Likewise, Google also intends to introduce Google Loon, which is also aimed at increasing the rates of internet access in different countries. However, the current adoption rates of the internet also come with their own challenges, which are discussed in the objectives below. 1.2ObjectivesThe main aim of this study is justify whether or not there should be censorship of the social media content. The social media has rapidly grown faster than any other type of the social media but the concern is directed over the internet control and censorship, which has formedan interesting discussion. Hence, the aim is meant to give the yes answer on online 5
censorship of the content of the social media. The table below therefore summarizes the objective of the study.MDBRBRWhat kindof censorshipcanbeimplemented for theinternet byGovt./policymaker?Towhatextent canfreecontent ofInternetinfluencerelationshipbreakdown?1) Howmanyusersofthe internetuse social mediacontent?2) Whatisthe frequencyof relationshipbreak down in the last10 yearsdue to the internet?6
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