Assignment 2: The Ethics Of Online Anonymity

LP2 The Ethics of Online Anonymity With media communication on the rise, it is important for humans to remember the basic respect levels that come with both media and face to face communication. In my opinion, media communication requires the same amount of respect as face to face communication. If a person is unable to confront or criticise a person face to face, they should not be able to do it in a media conversation. In my experiences, I have found it much easier to deal with confrontation over a phone, but I also find that some of the rudest comments I have made are over text. In many cases, I would rather have an argument over texting than face to face. Along with some cases where it is easier to be rude on media conversations, certain times, I have found myself saying better

On this horrible app, kids are able to ask or receive completely anonymous questions. When I first downloaded this app, I was anxious to get asked questions about my life. I was thinking it would have been an easy way to communicate and learn more about people who I was not really close with but wanted to be. I found, for the most part, it ended up being people making vicious comments to others with accounts. Unfortunately, for this app, there were absolutely no consequences for anything you said besides the guilt of making a person feel awful. When other users did this to me, I would just avoid answering the comment. I kept doing this for about two months and felt worse and worse about myself. Finally, I realized this app was doing me no good. I never asked anyone questions, but rather just amused myself with reading through the anonymous drama on the homepage of the app. When the rude comments would come, I tried not letting it bother me but was often unsuccessful. Deleting my profile on this app was probably the best decision I made going into my freshman