Professional paper
Children on Social Media, Twiter and Facebook (profile of Beyonce and Kim Kardashian)
Anamarija Bilan
orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-7988
; Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Information and Communication Sciences
Abstract
Publishing children’s photos in the media violates their privacy right, which is protected, guaranteed and regulated by numerous international and Croatian laws and regulations. Likewise, publishing photos of children on social network profiles, such as Facebook or Twitter, violates the right to privacy. In this paper it will be researched the extent to which children’s photos are being disclosed and their privacy is being undermined in case of two Facebook and two Twitter profiles - Beyonce Knowles and Kim Kardashian. It will also research whether children are used for business purposes, whether they are advertising some of their products or shows, and so on, with the photographs of children.
The content analysis methodology analyzed the Facebook and Twitter profiles of two respondents in the period from January 1 to February 22, 2016, during which they published a total of 459 posts on profiles of both networks. The analysis found that the total number of “posts” shows a small number of photographs of children but also that those published by Kim Kardashian are often used to promote or promote some of the products or programs, which violates the privacy of children and increases the number “like”.
Keywords
social networking; facebook; twitter; privacy; children
Hrčak ID:
186424
URI
Publication date:
13.9.2017.
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