DIGITAL LAW

what is DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION?

It focuses on the understanding the use of digital media as part of everyday life and how this different technologies contribute to the patterns of human behavior, social relationships and how an individual understands themselves in the digital world. Digital Law is defined as the electronic responsibility for actions, deeds which is either ethical or unethical. Digital responsibility deals with the ethics of technology. Unethical documents uses itself informs of theft or crime

HOW CAN SOCIAL MEDIA CHANGE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR PRACTICE AND TRADITION?

social media can change different communities, practices and traditions across the world in that it provides information about different cultures on how they live, eat, talk and communicate. in this new age of the digital world, social media gives out or exposes different issues online. social media can change communities in that by interacting with people from different parts of the world you get to learn more about various cultures and how they live. it can also decrease the criticism that is perceived by people about certain cultures and their practices whether its through rituals or anything that mends the culture to be unique.


WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES COLD ARISE AS A RESULT OF DIGITAL SOCIALIZATION
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• Acculturation- a process of cultural and psychological change due to two-way cultural interaction whereby one's culture is displayed to a different cultural group.
• Behavior- since access to technology has increased our lives have changed significantly, we have evolved into multi-tasking individuals and that has changed our behavior some for the better and sadly for some the worst.
• Privacy- as the number of people engaging social networks has increased rapidly and that means many supplies their personal information as it a standard procedure and that people feel comfortable using these applications and site. People, businesses and the government can access the information displayed online and that makes everyone a potential victim of a violation of privacy.
• Crime-  The internet allows any individual to manipulate it to their tailored needs like criminal activity whether its money laundering, violation of copyrights, piracy and illegal distribution of content.
• Staged effect- the loss of value of tradition and rituals as they become a commodity
• Commodification- The reduction of cultural traditions to be showcased in the global audience

References

Digital Citizenship Module Manual 2016 (First Edition: 2015)