Educating empathy in the use of digital

Mariglena Gjoni

The purpose of this article is to analyze the construct of empathy in correlation with the use of digital technologies. Individuals not only inhabit the space of social networks, but through their use they show themselves in their entirety, i.e., who they are in relation to their concept of self, others, and the world. The aim is to show a possible path of how one can teach and learn empathy online. Furthermore, investigated is ‘How can we do so while using digital media’? Both technical and soft skills are required in this task.

Keywords
Empathy, digital, social network, technical and soft skills.

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