Understanding Social Media As Mirror To Contemporary Society
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Suleiman Alhaji Ahmad
Federal University Dutsin-Ma
Manir Abdullahi Kamba
Bayero University Kano
Mohammed Usman
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi
Keywords: Social media and society, UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA, MIRROR TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, Fake News, Contemporary Society, Positive benefit of social media, Privacy on social media, Privacy protection online, Trust and credibility on social media, Identity theft, Sexual predators, Online victimization, Political engagement and social media, Fake news on social media, What is False Information, Hate speech and oppression on social media
Abstract
Social media and society can be seen and understood contemporarily as each mirrors the other from the following cascaded areas. The areas may include but not limited to: privacy; trust and credibility; political mobilization & engagement; extremism and terrorism; fake news; hate speech; and well-being. This paper aimed at digesting each of those stated areas regarding social media usage as it reflect the society. In a form of discursive mode and explanatory method the paper highlighted and explained some basic answers to the frequent questions as to what, why, and how about: privacy, trust, polity, information, hate, oppression, and general well being in using social media as it reflect our contemporary society.