19/03/2025
My academic research paper focused on social media and people's actions.
One of the important observations within was that social media is a public sphere, where people nearly do all they do physically.
It was a pleasure to appreciate that, considering that it's a blessing because some of the moments people have on the said sphere wouldn't be officiated had it been these platforms were not there.
Someone from Malawi is able to interact with someone abroad, people who would not be interacted with if social media weren't in existence.
We've digital economy nowadays, governments use the the platforms to better run their nations, freedom of speech is appreciated on the spaces than on physical spaces due to lack of gatekeeping. I would have mentioned more, but lemme keep others for tomorrow 😅.
However, comparing social media actions with physical human doings, the said blessings associated with the emergency of social media have been tampered, darkened and even regretted to say "why were they brought into existence"?
Freedom of speech we appreciated has turned into a boon. People utter whatever they keep inside, things they wouldn't utter physically for fear of disrespecting social norms, forgetting that online is a public space where everything is seen and heard as well.
People bully others via offensive languages, they abuse others through a lot, just to mention a few.
My fellow people, beautiful people, where have we kept our old ways?
Who can we be and seen if we maintain what we do physically? Greetings, speeches in line with our cultural norms etc?
Cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence, where are they 🤷?