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Digital Citizenship: Trolling & Social Media Conflict

One of the biggest downsides of social media is the online trolling or social media conflict. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the term trolling but in case you are not then the direct definition is "the act of leaving an insulting message on the internet in order to annoy someone.” (Cambridge University Press, 2019) Trolling has become a major issue in our society, from celebrities getting trolled to more serious issues like children who go face cyberbullying.

Looking at the less serious and slightly funnier version of trolling, I think it is only right to use Chrissy Teigen as an example. She is known to have absolutely no filter on her social media platforms especially on Twitter, as you can see below. 

Another and a very talked about example that shows how much impact social media conflict can have and how fast it can have an impact is the Jordyn Woods scandal with Tristan Thompson. 

Jordyn expressed the backlash she got saying it went so far that her mom and siblings feared the public and could not even leave their home. It is so easy to attack a single person online and more so for a whole group of people doing it.