ETHICS ON SOCIAL NETWORKING: A PRELIMINARY SURVEY IN THAILAND

Abstract

The rapid growth of social networks and their users has been phenomenon. This brings numerous
changes in everyday life, both positively and negatively. Ethics have become a major growing challenge in this
area. Sensitive issues such as privacy, impersonation and cyberbullying are increasingly causing more damage to
the community. This research reviews ethical issues on social networks. It also reports results from a survey on
the most anticipated ethical concerns from the viewpoints of undergraduate students from Chiang Mai University,
Thailand. Lost of privacy, misinformation and impersonation are anticipated as the worst ethical misconducted.