Discuss the Positive and Negative Consequences of Today's Culture of Participation

question 46

Essay

Discuss the positive and negative consequences of today's culture of participation that is enabled by social media platforms.

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Definitions:

Phenomenology

A philosophical approach that focuses on the direct examination and description of phenomena as consciously experienced, without theories about their causal explanation.

Basic Needs

Fundamental requirements that serve as the foundation for survival, including physiological needs such as food, water, shelter, and safety.

Hierarchy

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Maslow

Abraham Maslow, a psychologist known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which is a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization.