Issues in Social Media

Running head: ISSUES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Issues in Social Media
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1ISSUES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Table of Contents
Part 1................................................................................................................................................2
Question 1:...................................................................................................................................2
An individual who gained fame through social media............................................................2
Ways in which the virtual world and the concept of online "democratization" contributed to
this person's fame.....................................................................................................................2
Question 2:...................................................................................................................................3
Do online reputations matter?..................................................................................................3
Infographic and Thierer perspectives......................................................................................3
Merits and drawbacks of the above perspectives Infographic and Thierer.............................4
Part 2................................................................................................................................................4
Reflective critiques of peers........................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

2ISSUES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Part 1
Question 1:
An individual who gained fame through social media
Gaining fame through social media is much easier today than it was some years before
since internet is available to every other person at a very cheap amount that they have to be to the
service providers. This gives huge opportunity to the people to show different side of them and
become a sensation through the internet overnight and it might not always be for a good reason.
Just like Danielle Bregoli, a teenager who gained fame through the social media for showing her
spoilt brat side unapologetically on the online Dr. Phil show (Shen et al. 2015). Her unruly
manner and bad mouth made her a sensation overnight. Her monologue "cash me outside how
bout dah" became a staple for the Meme makers all over the internet. Her gaining fame through
the social media who was all for the wrong reasons which should not have been portrayed to the
world of internet.
Ways in which the virtual world and the concept of online "democratization" contributed
to this person's fame
Democratization is a term which means making a particular thing available to everyone
are accessible to everyone. Internet has also been part of democratization which makes it
accessible and available to every other person in the entire world. The service providers also
make it cheap for people to access it more and more (Larsson, 2018). The concept of online
democratization has contributed in the overnight fame of Danielle Bregoli for all the possible
wrong reasons. Instead of making her understand about the wrong way of life she is leading,
people started making memes out of her monologue. Online democratization is only reason that