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A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CYBERBULLYING IN MODERN ERA
A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY ON CYBERBULLYING IN MODERN ERA

Author(s): Varsha T. Varshakumar
Subject(s): Media studies, Communication studies, Sociology, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Sveučilište/Univerzitet "VITEZ"
Keywords: Cyberbullying; modern menace; cyberstalking; social media; digital devices; technology;

Summary/Abstract: The method involved with utilizing the web, mobile phones, or different gadgets for sending or posting messages or pictures expected to hurt or humiliate someone else is known as cyberbullying. The most widely recognized wellsprings of cyberbullying are web-based media destinations, for example, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter, and texting administrations like WhatsApp, SMS, and email. Weakness rose with web use: 22.4% of respondents (matured 13–18 years) who utilized the web for longer than 3 hours daily were powerless against web-based tormenting, while up to 28% of respondents who utilized the web for over 4 hours daily confronted cyberbullying, finished up the review named 'Online Study and Internet Addiction'. Directing centered programs for preparing educators, and meetings with students on web security and rules of the school educational plan could be successful. Existing digital laws ought to be reexamined for security issues, and entryways, where digital wrongdoing can be accounted for.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 9
  • Page Range: 61-73
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English