When we shared our lives online - the risks of revealing privacy cover through social media

When we shared our lives online - the dangers of revealing privacy cover through social media Author: David R. Brick Translated into Arabic: Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Mustafa Reviewed: Dr. Dawood Suleiman Al-Qurna Binding: Cover of the parts: one Paper: Shamoha Size: 14 × 21 Summary: Social media represents a social technological phenomenon that arose from utilizing the enormous capabilities provided by the communications revolution, primarily the Internet. If we look—for example—at one of the most famous of these means, Facebook, we find that it was established in 2004 to serve as a communication tool on a limited scale, mainly for students of some American universities. Then it began to expand until its number of users exceeded one billion across the entire world. This book discusses a group of issues related to privacy in the age of social media, as reality dictates that society has the right to play its role in protecting the privacy of users of these means and raising awareness of the consequences of abandoning it. Within this framework, the book presents the risks of self-disclosure via social media, and which users are vulnerable to them? To what extent can viewing content that others did not intend for you to see be considered important, if we acknowledge the motive to immerse oneself in social media content? To what extent do individuals try to engage in online disputes through deliberate reposting of shameful content, and why do they do that? And to what extent and under what conditions do social media users tend to tolerate or overlook shameful information about others? Do these tendencies differ from one age group to another, or across different life stages? Finally, what is the real benefit we gain from participating in these means, and can we simply withdraw whenever we want from participating in these means? This is but a small sample of the major questions that will help illuminate our path to understanding the nature of interaction through social media. David R. Brick: A researcher, journalist, editor, and academic holding a PhD in Media and Communication from the London School of Economics. Brick has worked as an editor and correspondent for many reputable journalistic institutions such as the BBC News website and New Scientist magazine. He has also taught media and journalism at several universities, including Humber College in Canada, Bedfordshire, and Leicester in the United Kingdom. Brick’s research and articles address the impact of social media on individuals and society, and the need for a new perspective to deal with it.