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California State University, Monterey Bay

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2016

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Social Media's Impact On Compassion, Courtney L. Tulipani May 2016

Social Media's Impact On Compassion, Courtney L. Tulipani

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The purpose of this paper is to understand whether individuals are losing their sense of compassion through the use of using social media. I will be examining the social media sites Facebook and YouTube, and I will provide examples as to how people are losing their compassion through use of these sites in order to victimize and bully others.

I will be discussing cyberbullying within this essay and how it is an example of how individuals are losing their compassion online. My primary source will be the case of Amanda Todd, who was a severely bullied fifteen year-old girl who …