Like everything there is a positive and a negative side. Social Media is a fast growing platform that is accessible, dangerous, and open. Social media allows the expansion of relationships and boundless communication. This platform has created a window for anonymous 24/7 activity that has no geographic limitations. Although this is beneficial in many ways, it is manipulated by people who turn it into a dangerous place, also known as the dark web. Due to anonymity, people can do and say whatever they want without consequence and with influential young users it can be detrimental. People can put out false information and create a frenzy upon people. Majority of internet users are youth and they extremely influential, making them prone to believing most of the things they hear. And because they are addicted to social media, that is their only source of information. False information can spread like wildfire on the internet and it does not allow for real information to be presented often.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs assisted me in conducting and analyzing the survey results. The sense of belonging, identity, and safety are factors that drive the actions behind nationalism or patriotism. It is the individual decision on how to demonstrate these needs. The individual will consider to what extent they need this and if they will be affected and influenced by certain groups. There is definitely a tribal aspect in both nationalism and patriotism. In patriotism celebrating national holidays like Independence Day can be very empowering to Americans in way that it makes them feel like they belong and that unity in diversity is essential. In nationalism there are different types of manifestation, concerning the ethnic one which most people know of, can result in violence and extreme polarization of sides. Both of the concepts include Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and tribalism.
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