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QUESTION PYQ 02
GS4
20 marks

wife have gone to watch your son play, one of your colleague’s son shows you a video in which students have caricatured your son. Further, he also points out to perpetrators who were sitting in the stands. You purposefully walk past them with your son and go home. Next day, you find on social media, a video denigrating you, your son and even your wife, stating that you engaged in physical bullying of children in the sports field. The video became viral on social media. Your friends and colleagues began calling you to find out the details. One of your juniors advised you to make a counter video giving the background and explaining that nothing had happened on the field. You, in turn posted a video which you have captured during the sporting event, identifying the likely perpetrators who were responsible for your son’s predicament. You have also narrated what has actually happened in the field and made attempts to bring out the adverse effects of the misuse of social media.(a) Based on the above case study, discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of social media.(b) Discuss the pros and cons of using social media by you to put across the facts to counter the fake propaganda against your family.

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What the examiner wants

In this Social Media Ethics case (wife have gone to watch your son play, one of your colleague’s son shows you a video in which students…), separate facts/constraints from the value conflict and resolve the explicit asks in order: Based on the above case study, discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of social…; then Discuss the pros and cons of using social media by you to put across the facts to counter…. Defend the preferred option against realistic alternatives.

Bring out · DiscussAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Based on the above case study, discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of social media≈95 words
  2. 2Discuss the pros and cons of using social media by you to put across the facts to counter the fake propaganda against your family≈95 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Facts/constraints in this caseStakeholdersDilemmasOption-by-option consequence/legal testPreferred actionSafeguards. Explicitly answer 2 sub-part(s)

Where marks usually go

  • Over-writing ‘Based on the above case study, discuss the ethical issues involved in the use of…’ while reducing ‘Discuss the pros and cons of using social media by you to put across the facts to…’ to a token paragraph
  • Naming values without testing each feasible option for legality, affected stakeholders, consequences, implementation risk and reversibility

Value addition

  • Social Media Ethics: stakeholder map beside a 4-column option matrix — option | legality/ethics | consequences | mitigation
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Verified value additions

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