Best ethical ways to use social media for college

studentsSopufa Whyte and Josh Glaze

Religion• Being respectful to everyone religious beliefs.

Explicit Pictures• Having discretion when posting pictures because they can come back

to haunt you.

Offensive Language• Being mindful of what you say because everyone might not have your

sense of humor if you are giving a joke, or understanding the context from which you are speaking from.

Don’t speak bad about employers• It will look bad on your behalf and other companies or future will not

hire you

Being Professional • Having a professional platform for when employers look you up.

Being active and networking• Use social media to share content and get to know others.

Privacy• If you don’t want everything out for people to see it is important to

understand what you want to be private.

Always proof read the content before posting

• One must proof read the content to make sure that it is the proper message that they are trying to post, and also to check for errors.

Don’t spread rumors and lies• Do not spread information on topics that you are not fully aware of,

or just share letting others user know that you only heard.

Knowing your intentions

• You must be authentic to yourself and understand why you are using social media. One also must know that this might be the only way people will know you exist, so sharing content with these things in mind.