The dark side of social media - cyberbullying, catfishing and trolling : a systematic literature review

This research aims to identify the factors contributing to the dark side of social media usage by looking explicitly at cyberbullying, catfishing, and trolling. The systematic literature review was performed to better understand the factors contributing to the dark side of social media and provide ways in which these factors can be prevented. The systematic literature review has been performed on numerous articles with the aim of gathering information to help identify factors contributing to the dark side of social media. The systematic literature review found that most factors contributing to dark social media are related to Dark Triad personality types. Unfortunately, this means that there is no way to prevent dark social media usage from taking place. Although psychology theories speculate that these personality types can be helped, there is no way of completely stopping them.http://www.easychair.org/publications/EPiC/Computingam2023Informatic

Hubungan Riwayat Bullying (Korban) Tradisional dengan Kejadian Cyberbullying pada Mahasiswa

Abstract Bullying is a major problem for teenagers that becomes a barrier to achieving the SDGs, bullying has a negative impact on both victims and perpetrators. The effects of bullying include psychological, social problems, decreased academic performance, and even suicide. The development of technology does not only have a positive impact, but also a negative impact. One of them is the increasing incidence of online bullying or cyberbullying. UNICEF (2016), victims of cyberbullying in Indonesia reached 41-50%. Almost every day 80% of Indonesian teenagers are reported to be victims of cyberbullying. The aimed of this study was to determine the relationship between a history of traditional bullying and the incidence of cyberbullying in college students. An analytical survey method with a cross sectional survey design was conducted among 196 respondents. Cyberbullying and Online Aggression Survey questionnaires was used to measure the cyberbullying. The relationship between the history of traditional bullying and the incidence of cyberbullying in student was analyzed using chi square test. The results of the statistical test show p value < 0.05. The conclusion of this study, there was a significant relationship between the history of traditional bullying and the incidence of cyberbullying in students. The experience of bullying that still occurs among children needs to be further improved in providing support to victims and perpetrators so that there are no health problems, both physical and psychological, even causing the influence of social relations with peers.   Keywords: Adolescence, Bullying, Cyberbullying, Histor

Empathy and bystander helping behavior in cyberbullying among adolescents: the mediating role of internet moral judgment and the moderating role of internet self-efficacy

IntroductionCyberbullying poses a significant challenge among adolescents. If bystanders stand up and help victims, their helping behavior may be able to reduce the frequency and negative impact of cyberbullying. This study investigates the association of empathy, internet moral judgment, and internet self-efficacy with bystander helping behavior among adolescents, building upon the empathy-altruism hypothesis, bystander intervention model, and dual-process model of morality.MethodsA sample of 919 Chinese adolescents from 3 schools in Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces completed the Basic Empathy Scale, Internet Moral Judgment Questionnaire, Internet Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Styles of Bystander Intervention Scale. And we constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the relationship between empathy and bystander helping behavior in cyberbullying and assessed the mediating role of internet moral judgment and the moderating role of internet self-efficacy.ResultsOur findings revealed a significant positive correlation between empathy and bystander helping behavior in cyberbullying. Internet moral judgment mediated the relationship between empathy and helping behavior, whereas internet self-efficacy moderated the latter half of the mediation pathway. Specifically, the association between internet moral judgment and helping behavior was stronger for bystanders with higher levels of internet self-efficacy compared with those that have lower levels.DiscussionThese results further deepen our understanding of the mechanisms involved in bystander helping behavior in cyberbullying, thus providing a basis for future interventions to encourage more helping actions from bystanders during cyberbullying incidents

Relação entre ansiedade social, autoestima e ciberbullying em estudantes universitários portugueses

A Ansiedade Social, tal como na autoestima, apresenta uma preocupação com a avaliação negativa e assume-se como um fator de risco ou consequência do envolvimento em ciberbullying. Neste sentido, devido à escassez de estudos que explorem a relação entre as variáveis, o presente estudo tem como objetivo geral explorar a relação entre a ansiedade social, a autoestima e o ciberbullying. Participaram no estudo 165 estudantes universitários portugueses, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 21 anos, que preencheram: um Questionário Sociodemográfico, a Escala de Ansiedade e Evitamento em Situações de Desempenho e Interação Social, a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg e o Questionário sobre o Cyberbullying no Ensino Superior. A fobia social apresentou uma prevalência de 28.5% de desconforto/ansiedade e de 35.8% de evitamento. No ciberbullying, 64.2% são vítimas e 17.6% agressores. O sexo feminino apresentou níveis mais elevados de fobia social e de ciberbullying e níveis mais baixos de autoestima. A fobia social não apresentou uma relação com o ciberbullying, contudo, relaciona-se negativamente com a idade e com a autoestima. Tais resultados, alertam para a necessidade de estudos longitudinais, que permitam o desenvolvimento de ações de prevenção e de intervenção.Social Anxiety, like self-esteem, presents a concern with negative evaluation and is assumed as a risk factor or consequence of involvement in cyberbullying. In this sense, due to the scarcity of studies that explore the relationship between the variables, the present study aims to explore the relationship between social anxiety, self-esteem and cyberbullying. Participated in the study 165 Portuguese university students, aged between 18 and 21 years, who completed: a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, the Social Interaction and Performance Anxiety and Avoidance Scale, the Rosenberg SelfEsteem Scale and the Cyberbullying Inventory for College Students. Social phobia had a prevalence of 28.5% of distress/anxiety and 35.8% of avoidance. In cyberbullying, 64.2% are victims and 17.6% are aggressors. Females had higher levels of social phobia and cyberbullying and lower levels of self-esteem. Social phobia did not present a relationship with cyberbullying, however, it is negatively related to age and self-esteem. Such results alert to the need for longitudinal studies that allow the development of prevention and intervention actions

The Influence of Ethnicity on the Impact of Cyberbullying Among Adults

Ethnicity is a factor that predicts how a person is impacted by cyberbullying, but to date little research has been conducted to investigate this phenomenon. Some researchers have reported that individuals belonging to ethnic minorities may have a greater overall resistance to bullying behavior and bias due to stress inoculation. The purpose of this study was to determine if ethnic minority status serves as a protective factor against the negative impact of cyberbullying in adults. This research study was guided by inoculation and socio-ecological systems theories. A convenience sample of 618 American adults who use social media at least 3 hours per week was used. The Cyberbullying Victimization Scale was used to measure 3 areas of cyberbullying victimization, and a demographic survey was used to measure gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, income level, religious affiliation, and marital status. Data were analyzed using multivariate multiple regression to identify if ethnicity and the covariates are related to the experience of cyberbullying victimization. The results of the present study lent support to the socio-ecological systems theory, suggesting that participants’ various socio-ecological systems impacted their experience with cyberbullying victimization. However, the results of the statistical analyses provided conflicting results with regard to inoculation theory and stress inoculation. The aim of this study has been to promote awareness of this growing social problem among adults and to encourage more rapid and effective intervention to cyberbullying. Increased awareness and potential interventions developed as a result of the findings in this study could promote positive social change by helping adult cyberbullying victims to recover more quickly and offer them better coping strategies in the future

La diffusione delle fake news: cause e conseguenze della condivisione di disinformazione

Il seguente elaborato ha l’obbiettivo di analizzare il fenomeno della diffusione delle fake news. La circolazione di notizie false avviene da molto tempo, nei giorni nostri tende ad avere una rilevanza diversa e una maggiore pericolosità.Cercheremo di capire il motivo per cui le fake news vengono condivise. Partendo dal fatto che alcuni studi dimostrano che la maggior parte degli utenti si astiene dal diffondere notizie fasulle (Guess, Nagler e Tucker 2019),le possibili soluzioni a questo problema di basano su presupposti psicologici. E’ importante capire quali motivazioni psicologiche individuali spingono una persona a condividere notizie false.Con l’avvento di internet, se prima si dava peso solo all’utilità politica dell’informazione perché le notizie venivano prese per vere, ora con la vastità di notizie che ci sono va per forza considerata anche l’accuratezza di quest’ultima. Qui entra in gioco il concetto di reputazione, condividendo notizie false c’è il pericolo che questa venga danneggiata

Unraveling the underlying factors SCulPT-ing cyberbullying behaviours among Malaysian young adults

Investigating factors that drive people to cyberbully is critical, so that early interventions could be administered. Most cyberbullying studies were conducted in Western countries, with only a few focusing on Asia. This current study was undertaken to (i) design a cyberbullying behavioral model, and (ii) determine the predictors for intention to cyberbully. The first objective was achieved by integrating Sociocultural-Psychology-Technology factors into a model, aptly named SculPT, which was subsequently used to address the second objective. Additionally, a further analysis was conducted to identify specific influential sub-factors based on SculPT. The methodology involves a mixed method approach, namely focus groups and online questionnaire surveys. Three hundred and ninety nine respondents between 17 and 36 years old (M = 22.03, SD = 2.77) were recruited. Path modeling analysis revealed SculPT to predict approximately 83% of cyberbullying perpetration. All the predictors were found to have significant direct effects on intention to cyberbully, with Sociocultural having the strongest impact, followed by Technology and Psychology. A more in-depth analysis revealed five sub-factors to significantly predict cyberbullying intentions, namely Social Influence and Social Acceptability (Sociocultural), Availability and Ease of Use (Technology), and Entertainment (Psychology). Results generally concur with previous studies, and comparisons were made where appropriate. We conclude that cyberbullying prevalence still exists among young adults in the country, and with the revelation of factors behind cyberbullying, respective authorities could focus on the identified factors to help mitigate cyberbullying behaviors