Questions for Social Media Use in Political and War Turmoil around the World

 

 

1.    How does social media use help different sides in these political and war turmoil around the world?  

Social media use helps different sides in these political turmoil around the world, in a few ways. For one thing, it allows people to see what is happening on different sides. This is shown through videos or livestreams. For example, for Ukraine, which is the victimized side in the political turmoil of the war against Russia, the people of Ukraine use social media to show the heroism of its citizens. In one video, it shows a woman standing in front of Russian soldiers, talking back to them. It can also help the other side, as well. For example, Israel uses social media platforms to spread videos of the hostages as advertisements. The Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry started a campaign where they used advertisements to describe the struggles of the hostages taken by Hamas and shine a bad light on them.

2.    What specific impacts does social media use have in these fights?

Social media use has specific impacts in these fights. One way is that it allows the people or the government to show the struggles of the people who are going through the turmoil. Through the videos that people share on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, it allows people from all around the world to see a personalized view of what is happening, rather than a biased view from a news website. It can also help spread the information, like how Israel did, by using advertisements to spread information about the hostages.

3.    What are the negative effects does social media use have?

There are a few negative effects that social media use could have. One is the fact that social media use, even coming from the victims themselves, could have a biased view. For example, Israel used the videos that Hamas posted of the hostages and dramatized them. By doing this, people only see the bad side and do not look at the other side. Another negative effect is misinformation. Misinformation is a huge problem on social media, as many don’t know which is fake and which is real. For example, for the Ukraine – Russia war, there was a supposed video shared of a Ukrainian military plane shooting down Russian military planes. The video turned out to be fake, and it was from a video game. With the rise of AI, as well, it gets harder and harder to tell which video is fake and which is real, from a person.

 

 

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