The extent of media students' awareness of the ethical controls for using social media

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Lecturer, Department of Radio and Television, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University.

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This study focuses on the absence of self-censorship standards for social media users and its relationship to deviation and abuse by those users. The research problem is attempting to monitor the awareness level of media students regarding the ethics of using social media and the extent of this being reflected on their actual practices when dealing with social media. This is tackled by using the principles of the Social Responsibility Theory of the Media, from which emerged the "Ethics Guide to Bloggers in Social Media."
The main results of the study:
A- Students in focus groups have agreed on the importance of the role that social media plays in their daily lives.
B - The results showed that students were not aware of the existence of laws regulating the use of social media, especially in Egypt, which was approved by the People's Assembly in 2018.
C- Students generally agreed on the usefulness of such laws in protecting the user, especially against some unethical practices of social media such as electronic blackmail, breaching the privacy of others, or spreading rumours and stirring sectarian strife in society.

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