The ethical issues considered are the ones that usually apply in a social network of any kind, not necessarily only in JAMZ. The following is a list of concerns regarding social media and the considerations made for the JAMZ application.
- Privacy. Some people might not be interested in using the application because of the risk of sharing information about themselves that could be used for bad purposes. In general Internet and privacy are terms that do not seem to be able to coexist. It is a common saying that with every right there is also responsibility and JAMZ will have a section to have users aware of the responsibilities that they have as providers of content in the platform for example not to publish never sensitive information like bank accounts or relatives.
- Consent. The risk for users to allow the owners of the application things they are not completely aware of because they are usually not willing to read the whole article that explains the terms and conditions.Ā On this matter, JAMZ will be completely transparent about the use of the information posted by the user with unambiguous settings with clear definitions.
- If most of the communication is by a virtual nature, then there might be a lack of personal engagement that a person usually has in a face to face conversation. There are some skills or contextual virtues of a person that can only be seen or perceived when we meet people in person and cannot be measured in a virtual environment. On this case, of course, it has to be accepted that a personal encounter is most of the time better than a virtual one, but until the teleportationĀ is not only a matter of sci-fi movies; one has to makeĀ a balance between the advantages and disadvantages of virtual encounters over personal ones, being that a virtual one is much cheaper and easier than a personal one.
- There are still many questions about the impact on social media over the long period, there are still things to measure before making conclusions. This is a risk worth taking andĀ having in mind that all identified problems should be analyzed and avoidedĀ in order to keep having the benefits of a social network.
- There is an interesting article in the Forbes magazine about “the five sins of social media” regarding social media which includes the term “working for free” in which a company creates a contest offering prices to motivate people to create content and use creativity and the company use that content for their benefit. On this matter, JAMZ will make sure of not falling on any of these “sins” by analyzing ways to make profit without having this kind of situations.
Here is an example on tips for “do’s and dont’s” of social networks that is worth seeing. It’s from Toshiba but the idea is a good one to consider to have people aware of how to use a social network. JAMZ will provide this kind of alerts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqezbib5qpQ
