{"id":3600,"date":"2024-04-21T19:42:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T11:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:30:54","slug":"social-media-has-altered-communication-and-identity-for-the-worse-breeding-hostility-depression-and-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/csm\/3600\/social-media-has-altered-communication-and-identity-for-the-worse-breeding-hostility-depression-and-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media has Altered Communication and Identity for the Worse, Breeding Hostility, Depression, and Insecurity."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAbstract\r\nThe advent of social media has fundamentally altered the way individuals represent themselves online and, to some extent, in face-to-face interactions. This shift has had significant implications for identity, fostering a more toxic and argumentative atmosphere due to the anonymity afforded by social platforms and the lack of tone in digital communication. This paper explores the negative effects of anonymity on online interaction, drawing on studies that highlight increased hostility <a href=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/csm\/3600\/social-media-has-altered-communication-and-identity-for-the-worse-breeding-hostility-depression-and-insecurity\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract The advent of social media has fundamentally altered the way individuals represent themselves online and, to some extent, in face-to-face interactions. This shift has had significant implications for identity, fostering a more toxic and argumentative atmosphere due to the anonymity afforded by social platforms and the lack of tone in digital communication. This paper explores the negative effects of anonymity on online interaction, drawing on studies that highlight increased hostility &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-csm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/411"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}