A Changed Social Media Can Make The World A Better Place: Official

Students should also be introduced to social media through school and university curriculum as they are the future of the world

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod

The world must come together in transforming all social media platforms into safer and secure communication tools as these have become fertile ground for all mis- and disinformation including the violation to privacy.

University of Birmingham (Dubai) Masters of Science in International Business Programme director Dr Mei-na Liao also agreed with Gulf Today that education holds the key against the rapid cascade of fake and unverified news.

“I strongly agree that including social media as part of the curriculum is important. I would agree that it should start earlier than university because children are exposed to social media and they are the new generation of users too.”

Liao continued by describing the world as “multi-dimensional” with social media having become among its facets and therefore, “the fundamental aspect of education on critical thinking and etiquette in communication need to be extended to the digital aspect of our living space.”