The Application of Social Media Use and its Challenges in Shaping Qur’anic Character

The digital milieu, particularly social media platforms, currently presents an intricate paradox for youth character development. While these spaces ostensibly offer avenues for connection and knowledge, they simultaneously breed environments rife with superficiality, confirmation bias, and a troubling erosion of critical self-reflection. Much existing scholarship on digital literacy or Islamic ethics often fails to adequately synthesize the specific mechanisms through which social media directly impedes, rather than aids, the cultivation of robust Qur’anic character, neglecting the profound internal conflicts generated. This conceptual analysis, drawing from classical Islamic texts and contemporary digital sociology, dissects the subtle yet persistent challenges inherent in this digital immersion. Findings suggest that incessant digital validation fragments one's internal moral compass, algorithms foster an echo chamber antithetical to a balanced worldview, and the performative nature of online identity distorts sincere spiritual striving. Such insights compel a re-evaluation of current educational approaches, demanding a more proactive, ethically grounded digital pedagogy within Muslim communities.

Qur’anic Character, Digital Ethics, Social Media

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