Social media in our world can sometimes cause a lot conflict among people. One concept that tends to happen a lot on social media is flaming. “Flaming is a cyber term for an abusive, attacking written message between internet users” (Rothwell 247). Therefore, flaming causes a lot of problems in the social media world. Conflict seems to happen on social media when flaming occurs. In the article, “Justine Sacco is Good at Her Job, and How I Came to Peace With Her,” the author explains how people on twitter were sending abusive comments to Justine and that is one example of flaming on social media. Another thing that can cause conflicts on social media is emoticons. “Emoticons are graphic notations that indicate emotional information” (Rothwell 247). Emoticons can be very offensive to certain individuals. Some people can use emoticons in situations that don’t necessarily need them and therefore that can cause conflict among others. …show more content…
“Forgiveness is letting go of feelings of revenge and desire to retaliate” (Rothwell 281). Forgiveness helps resolve conflicts on social media. For an example, sometimes people will put up apologies for their posts on social media that offended people. Another way that social media handles conflict in interpersonal relationships is by confrontation. “Confrontation is the overt recognition of conflict and the direct effort to manage disagreements effectively” (Rothwell 265). Confrontations on social media can be very effective in certain situations. For an example, people will sometimes address the conflicts on social media sites in order to help solve