6.1 What is digital socialisation? How can social media change communities and their practices and traditions?

What is digital socialization

Digital socialization refers to the way people communicate and what they use to do so. It is the customs, quirks, and language unique to a culture. The internet involves millions of people from various countries as well as backgrounds and has developed their own cultural quirks all on its own. 

How can social media change communities and their practices and traditions?

• 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)