Marketing Thesis Paper on Ethical Issues with Facebook Data Privacy
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Facebook Based Research Assignment
Ethical correctness on the usage and monitoring of the personal information shared on
Facebook by users.
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Abstract
The concept of social media usage for the marketing and advertising the innovative ideas and
products has become top agenda for many businesses and individuals. However, the return on
the investments made on the profitable use of social media application such as Facebook is
very limited. In order generate a greater marketing success and increase the return on
investment it is important to understand the factors and user attitude that in turn shapes the
decision making and usage of the social networking websites such as Facebook.
As a part of this study, research is conducted to
Analyze the relationship between the need to socialize and the importance given to
the user privacy from the perspective of the users
Understand the ethical correctness of the usage of the social media and its
implications on the information usage.
From the research conducted, it can be concluded that the need to socialize overrides the
importance given to the information privacy by the users. However, ethical correctness of the
decision making based on the information available on Facebook is debatable based on the
theories of the ethical framework.
The medium is largely a combination of internet-based applications which is based on the
technological foundation of Web 2.0. With more than 1.5 billion active users as of 2013,
Facebook can be considered as the biggest social media service provider and has a huge
potential to market the social media services. To put the volume in better perspective, the user
base volume is slightly less than the population of the Brazil (1.8 billion) and more than twice
the population of France (70 million).