What motivates individuals to demonstrate risky behaviors in social media?

 

Posting personal information

 

 

 

Sending  personal information to strangers

 

Interacting  with online strangers

 

Accepting  strangers’ requests to be friends or to communicate directly outside of a  social network

 

Talking  about highly personal topics with strangers

 

Ignoring  privacy settings

 

Online  harassment

 

Clicking  on links or installing apps or software from unknown sources

 

What motivates individuals to demonstrate risky behaviors in social media?

 

What role does peer pressure play in partaking in risky behaviors?

 

In your opinion, do the risks of social media on human interaction outweigh the benefits? Explain your response.
Do risky social media behaviors indicate risky behaviors offline? Explain your response.

 

Is one developmental stage or age group more at risk than others are, or are the risks simply different based on demographic and usage?