THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF USING SOCIAL NETWORKS SITES: SPREADING FEAR THROUGH APOCALYPTIC PROCLAMATIONS AND PROPHECIES

Stojanoska, Gordana and Zhoglev, Zlatko THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF USING SOCIAL NETWORKS SITES: SPREADING FEAR THROUGH APOCALYPTIC PROCLAMATIONS AND PROPHECIES.

Text Gordana Stojanoska, Zlatko Zhoglev THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF USING SOCIAL NETWORKS SITES SPREADING FEAR THROUGH APOCALYPTIC PROCLAMATIONS AND PROPHECIES 4th International Conference Education Across Borders.pdf Download (15MB)

Abstract

Theoretical background of this work is the theory of mass media within which are threated the
issues of social networks and their influence today (Giddens, 1998). This research about social
consequences of using social networks sites are also very closely connected with the issues of
“media literacy” and religion studies, and especially with beliefs and meanings of the people for
above-mentioned issues influenced by the mass-communication media (Fulcher and Scott,
2011). More precisely, the theoretical background of this work is addressed to the theoretical
discourses about the role of web resources for critical thinking (Macionis and Plummer, 2012).
From methodological point of view, this work is based on qualitative researchmethods, which
use qualitative methodological approach (Silverman,2010) and as a main method of collecting
and analyzing data were content analysis and data analysis (Bryman, 2012; Davids and
Sutton,2011). The emergence and widespread use of social networks has made the
communication easier, but that prevalence came followed by a lot of negative consequences.
Often, they are used for the non-selective and unchecked publishing of information that relates
to a certain global destruction scenarios. Also, they are related to a current geopolitical, military,
climate, demographic, astrophysical, macro and micro historical and genetically events on a local
or а global scale and raise that fear almost at the level of hysteria. Many omens and "evidences"
of older prophecies related to those prophets and/or events that have already been fulfilled
with great "accuracy", are also used. This paper classifies these announcements and prophecies,
the social networks on which they appear and spread, and addresses their social consequences.
Such announcements can cause a different level of fear - from a mild panic and the accumulation
of life supplies for survival, to the phenomenon of violent behavior and murderous and suicidal
drives.
Keywords: social consequences, networks, fear, apocalyptic proclamations,prophecies

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Education
Depositing User:	Josif Petrovski
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2022 07:42
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2022 07:42
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7210

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