We gain and share information, knowledge or comment through public broadcasting, newspapers, magazines in the past ten years. The physical carrier is great for disseminating information, however, it’s not efficiency for building many to many communication. The development of technologies brings a new vision for public media and communication becomes more open, dynamic and participatory[1]. Users are able to comment on a real-time event through a few mouse clicks or form a group chat with strangers who share the same thought. Our society is more liking engaging online communication rather than physically meeting each other. Social media platforms reduce the cost of communication, sharing your thought through the internet only takes a few seconds and you can read others’ replies in a short time. This characteristic allows us can have more than one communication at the same time, also saving time for us to deal with more important events. When we participate in any communication, we should always consider what we say and word choices. Lots of people think there aren’t any consequences for what they say online, so they show what they “really” are by comment Inappropriate remarks. Since you aren’t the only person who uses the platform, your potential employers might notice and you might lose a job because of some comments.

Since most of the social communication platform is free, no matter who you are, simply having one smartphone can access. Like Twitter, all the users join with different personal backgrounds, cultural, gender, faith, countries. there are lots of sensitivities areas like sexism, Religious discrimination, Racial discrimination, etc. In recent years, there have been many examples that improper comments have led to verbal and even physical threats. These threats can greatly affect a person’s mental health and event life. Always make sure we provide information with fact on PLN. Positive and efficient communication can’t tolerate rumour. We should separate both personal and professional communication, however, it’s not that easy to find a balance because humans are emotional.  In order to adapt progress with social media communication, we must make sure what we say is real and never comment using hate speeches, there is always a consequence for what you say and what you do, the Internet is not an illegal place. It’s all user’s responsibility to generate a positive PLN and communication environment.

 

Reference:

  1. Media and Social Justice. (n.d.). Retrieved November 02, 2020, from http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2606041
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73KOxy_fMSM&feature=youtu.be