Photolurking, An Example of Digital Disorder Within the Context of Digital Privacy Phenomenon in Turkey

Abstract

The increase of social media addiction causes problems in using these platforms especially for the teenager. By Web 3.0, social media platforms, having been used without the restrictions of time and space, has changed the definition and shape of privacy phenomenon in Turkey. Not only the teenagers but also all the age groups of internet users are concerned by the exposure of privacy consent phenomenon. Like Thomas Moore's Utopia, social media platforms promise their users an everlasting spectacular world, free from responsibilities, sorrow, negativeness and disappointment of life. Without time constraints, the users in this spectacular world, experiencing the culmination of the illusion of happiness, determine the privacy limits of them within the boundaries of social media platforms, making them exist in its principles. This study aims to analyze the digital disorder, photo lurking, as a consequence of unlimited privacy exposure, within the context of privacy phenomenon, shaped by social media platforms; furthermore, what kind of photos the users share on this platform, the frequency of photo sharing and lurking of other users' photos and as a result of these, the effects of digital addiction among the users are going to be examined in this research by survey technic.