Social Contagion of Cyberbullying via Online Perpetrator and Victim Networks
Social Contagion of Cyberbullying via Online Perpetrator and Victim Networks
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网络欺凌通过网络犯罪者和受害者网络进行社会传播
DOI：
10.1016/j.chb.2021.106719
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
9.9
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M.
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作者：
Yokotani,K.;Takano;M.
网络欺凌是数字时代的一个社会问题。据报道，在线社交网络与网络欺凌有关，但其中的联系尚不清楚。我们的研究问题是“允许网络欺凌的社会规范通过在线社交网络传播吗？”本研究的目的是从一个复杂的传染模型的角度来回答这一研究问题，并阐明在线社交网络对网络欺凌的影响。参与者是日本阿凡达在线聊天平台Pigg Party的129,164名用户。使用问卷调查和机器学习相结合的方法对他们的网络欺凌实施者和受害者的状况进行了评估。结果显示，网络欺凌实施者和受害者在他们的同龄人中和他们的同龄人中都增加了参与者成为网络欺凌实施者的风险。同样，这些比率增加了他们成为网络欺凌受害者的风险。随着他们与网络欺凌肇事者的亲密程度增加，他们实施网络欺凌的风险也增加了。然而，随着他们与肇事者的亲密程度增加，他们成为网络欺凌受害者的风险降低。讨论了网络欺凌通过网络同伴网络的社会传染性，以及犯罪者对网络欺凌受害者的理性选择。
Cyberbullying is a social problem in the digital age. Online social networks have been reported to be linked with cyberbullying, but the links remain unclear. Our research question is “Do social norms that allow cyberbullying spread via online social networks?” The objectives of our study are to answer this research question and clarify the effects of online social networks on cyberbullying from the perspective of a complex contagion model. Participants were 129,164 users in Pigg Party, which is a Japanese online chat platform with avatar. Their status of cyberbullying perpetrators and victims was estimated using a combination of questionnaire and machine learning methods. Results showed that both cyberbullying perpetrator and victim rates among their peers and among the peers of their peers increased participants' risk of becoming cyberbullying perpetrators. Similarly, these rates increased their risk of becoming cyberbullying victims. As their intimacy with cyberbullying perpetrators increased, their risks of perpetrating cyberbullying increased. However, as their intimacy with the perpetrators increased, their risks of becoming cyberbullying victims decreased. The social contagion of cyberbullying via online peer networks and the perpetrator's rational choice of cyberbullying victims are discussed.