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A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF POSTING AND REPOSTING CONTENTS REGARDING PREGNANCY AND CHILD BIRTH ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).19      10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).19      Published : Mar 2024

A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media

Abstract

    The desire to become popular and earn money with the help of social media drives people to come up with something that is unique and interesting. Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram are the famous platforms to post and re-post desired data to get publicity, fame, and monetary benefits.The study focuses on the status of the fetus in this whole process of fame and gain. As the human fetus is considered sacred and a potential person in socio-religious and socio-ethical contexts, the act of sharing such data raises questions on the sanctity of the human fetus being used as a means to achieve some other ends which denies the worth and intrinsic value of human life. This article is an attempt to analyze these changing trends from a philosophical perspective and to determine their value and worth from the point of view of morality.

    (1) Sawaira
    Undergraduate, Department of Philosophy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sehreen Far Bokhari
    PhD, Department of Philosophy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Seemab Far Bukhari
    PhD, Department of Communication and Media Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Sawaira., Bokhari, S. F., & Bukhari, S. F. (2024). A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(I), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).19

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Sawaira, , Sehreen Far Bokhari, and Seemab Far Bukhari. 2024. "A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I): 223-231 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).19

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    HARVARD : SAWAIRA., BOKHARI, S. F. & BUKHARI, S. F. 2024. A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 223-231.

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    MHRA : Sawaira, , Sehreen Far Bokhari, and Seemab Far Bukhari. 2024. "A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 223-231

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    MLA : Sawaira, , Sehreen Far Bokhari, and Seemab Far Bukhari. "A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.I (2024): 223-231 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Sawaira, , Bokhari, Sehreen Far, and Bukhari, Seemab Far (2024), "A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I), 223-231

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Sawaira, , Sehreen Far Bokhari, and Seemab Far Bukhari. "A Philosophical Analysis of Posting and Re-Posting Contents Regarding Pregnancy and Child Birth on Social Media." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. I (2024): 223-231. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).19