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Social Media Policy Ethics

Current State: 

According to BI business review, they state there are still many ethical dilemmas with social media.  They talk about Tempo Dilemmas and how they occur.  “Exchanges in social media happen quickly, with an increased risk of making mistakes.” Another is Integrity Dilemmas which I think is especially important to address. They state that “Integrity Dilemmas are concerned with how easy or difficult it is to remain committed to personal values and moral standards when representing one’s organization online and being tempted or pressured to act against these.” Lastly, one I find especially important as well is Speech Dilemmas. They state that “Speech Dilemmas arise in connection with decisions about what it is acceptable to express when being active on a social media platform.” This is crucial because people sometimes think yes, they can post whatever they want, but it must be acceptable and truthful to get far.  

What trends are happening in the industry? 

There are a lot of trends happening in the social media industry that it truly is hard to keep up with them all. The most engaging trend on social media today is short-form videos. Short term videos are less than a minute long, capturing the attention of people across the world. According to Forbes advisor “as of April 2023, the fastest growing social media platform is BeReal.” BeReal was invented in 2020 and is a social media app that asks users to post “unfiltered” photos of themselves once a day.  Insider Magazine stated that “According to trending news website social media Today, downloads of the app have risen by 315% since the beginning of the year, now ranking fourth in the list of most downloaded social media apps, behind Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. According to the app's description on Apple's App Store, BeReal encourages people to "show your friends who you really are, for once," by removing filters and opportunities to stage, over-think, or edit photos.”  

What are two current cases related to social media ethics? 

It states in our book Social Media for Strategic Communication written by Karen Freberg that “the film director James Gunn was removed from Guardians of the Galaxy when people saw racist comments on his Twitter account, although he was reinstated years later (Fleming, 2019). This is an example of the trend of “being canceled.” Another past case I found interesting from our book was “Kevin Hart, after it was discovered the actor tweeted inappropriate comments on Twitter regarding the LGTBQ+ community in 2011, had to step down from his hosting duties for the 2019 Oscars” (Campbell, 2020). But the most current cases I have come across are found on the internet.  The first one I found was “Unequal Access To Healthcare Technology - advancements and Covid-19 have changed the way we access healthcare, extending the physical and geographic boundaries of clinical capacity. However, our disjointed, siloed healthcare infrastructure makes it difficult to connect those in crisis with appropriate care. To rectify this, we need interoperable care collaboration and analytics solutions to deliver whole-person care.” - Rob Cohen, Appriss Health – Forbes magazine.   The second  

What concepts do you think are necessary to adhere to for your own person conduct online? 

There are many main concepts that I believe are necessary when promoting online.  It is necessary to respect the privacy of others and not share personal information that you would not want out there. The other would have to always use respectful language.  Lastly, you would have to be fact checking everything before sharing false information to the world.  

Bullet point 5-10 core concepts that you will follow as a practicing social media professional 

Research Audience 

Build a presence on the right networks 

I will schedule my content in advance 

Audit the performance  

Develop consistent brand guidelines 

Always ask audience for feedback 

Always respond to others whether it’s a DM or a comment.  

What brands are utilizing proper social media ethical practices? 

According to the “The Creative Momentum” Airbnb and Netflix are two examples of good ethical social media marketing during the recent pandemic.  They make it known that Airbnb helps house COVID-19 responders and Netflix connects people with mental health experts. It is super important that these social media platforms or networks help others during tough times. Anything to do with helping your mental health is a win in my book. Everyone needs guidance in life. 

Are there any you feel practice strong ethical behavior on social media? 

I believe many like the ones I stated above such as Airbnb and Netflix, there are many more that are utilizing strong ethical behavior throughout their platform. 

What are some takeaways you can bring forth in your own practice? 

There are so many takeaways I can bring forth to my own practice when it comes to social media and networking. It is all about researching your audience and focusing on building my presence across all the different platforms through a positive manner.  

References: 

Panel®, Expert. “Council Post: 10 Current and Potential Ethical Crises in the Tech Industry.” Forbes, www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/07/30/10-current-and-potential-ethical-crises-in-the-tech-industry/?sh=720fe6df6405. Accessed 1 June 2023. 

‌ Cheong, Charissa. “I Tried BeReal, the Buzzy Photo-Sharing App Trying to Stop People Using Filters, and after 7 Days I Was Hooked.” Insider, www.insider.com/what-is-bereal-app-how-does-it-work-2022-4#almost-out-of-nowhere-everyone-i-know-started-talking-about-bereal-1. 

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Kvalnes, Øyvind. “Ethical Dilemmas of Social Media – and How to Navigate Them.” BI Business Review, 29 July 2020, www.bi.edu/research/business-review/articles/2020/07/ethical-dilemmas-of-social-media--and-how-to-navigate-them/. 

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Non Profit Organization

The nonprofit I chose that is meaningful to me is Sail To Prevail out of Rhode Island. I have read a lot about celebrities doing many nonprofits, but I figured I would find something close to home that is more meaningful to me. On the website it states that this nonprofit was “Founded in 1982, Sail to Prevail was the first sailing program for individuals with disabilities in the United States.” This nonprofits mission is a national disabled sailing program where they assist children and adults from developmental issues to pediatric cancer, broad spectrum, autism, etc. Where they can experience the sea through therapeutic sailing. This program is in several states, Sail to Prevail teaches over 1,000 people every year with disabilities in 20-foot sailboats. Children and adults can steer, grind the winches, and trim the sails with an active instructor on board. This nonprofit provides advice for other sailing programs throughout the country.  

The Sail to Prevail nonprofit hits home for me for many reasons. I have been living by the ocean for about 7 years now but growing up, I came here yearly with my mom for the ocean. She always used to tell me how therapeutic the ocean is and how much it helps her. Now fast forward to now living by the ocean and my mom with a neurological disability, I truly feel that this nonprofit hit home for me when I heard about it. Granted, not sure my mom would be into sailing, but she might enjoy the experience of being on the boat and learning about it. This nonprofit makes everyone feel welcome and able to enjoy the ocean and learn about sailing no matter their disability. I feel like this nonprofit is going to do tremendously well just by being in Newport, Rhode Island. They currently only use a website, Facebook and Instagram. I believe they will have more success and do more with Pinterest, twitter and an updated website. With all these social media platforms, they will all be links in which they lead to their main platform, their website. While they have a beautiful website, in my opinion they could do a lot more if I sat down and analyzed every page.  

References: 

“MISSION: OVERCOMING ADVERSITY through THERAPEUTIC SAILING.” Sail to Prevail, sailtoprevail.org/about-us/. Accessed 6 June 2023. 

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Michaelah Ducharme - What is Social Media?

Social media and technology have upgraded and changed tremendously since I was younger. When I think of social media, I think back to the basic times of AOL Emails and dial up. Now social media is something where everyone can connect across the world and share different content across different platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, TikTok and much more. This has become an amazing but scary way of life especially for kids growing up now. Everything is on or will be on social media at some point and that could be damaging to kids' mental health, in my opinion. I enjoy social media unfortunately sometimes too much, but who doesn’t. I also do find myself needing to take social media “breaks” to take a step back and be present with my life. When it comes to being a “social media user” I am more of an imaging sharing network user.  I have started to get more into blogging and publishing networks, but that is just something I am getting my feet wet in as I have begun this course. I do believe when it comes to social media, I am more experienced than others, due to the fact that I have taught myself basic things over time. I understand that social media is used for communicating and sharing many different things across the world and essentially anyone can communicate with each other using these different platforms.  My biggest challenge when it comes to social media is realizing that everything that is being shared is not someone's entire life. For example: people choose to share what they want, bits and pieces of their lives which to some think it's their entire lives (the perfect parts they share mostly) and it’s hard not to compare one’s life to the other. I think I struggle with seeing other moms on social media with these perfect lives and wonder why I am not exactly put together like them or why I am not able to come up with the coolest crafts on the block. But at the end of the day, those are bits and pieces of someone’s life they CHOOSE to share and it’s not everything. Social media is growing by the day, new aps, new ways to connect, it’s intriguing and I want to learn everything I can before my children get older and also, for myself. I want to be able to start my own blog in Newport here for fun and roll with it because I do enjoy to write and share different pictures on social media.