{"id":3773,"date":"2017-12-20T21:06:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psicopico.com\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T11:43:46","slug":"cotilleos-la-digital-transicion-hacia-ciberacoso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psicopico.com\/en\/cotilleos-la-digital-transicion-hacia-ciberacoso\/","title":{"rendered":"Gossips in the digital age: transition to cyberbullying"},"content":{"rendered":"The social networks and internet are arms that maximizan the effects of the gossips and <\/a>rumours<\/a> of exponential way. They turn into cybergossip<\/strong>. If it does some years practically the only half by which propagated\u00a0 was the mouth to mouth now exist global tools that can put on everyone’s lips a rumour in few seconds.<\/p>\n

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The greater problem to see\u00a0 wrapped in these gossips is that in very explained occasions is contrasted and gives\u00a0 by the way simply by the social validation that supposes to be in mouth of so many people, produces\u00a0 the called cognitive bias of drag<\/strong><\/a>. The social mass drags us to believe something that does not have reason be true<\/strong> and that is affecting directly to the person victim of\u00a0 gossip to which puts him\u00a0 a label that surely neither deserve .<\/p>\n

As we spoke in east another article<\/a> on the rumours, the definition of rumour<\/strong> or gossip is: belief that transmits\u00a0 like some without evidential means that show it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cybebullying (cyberharassment),\u00a0the digital threat.<\/h2>\n

The problem goes to more when what could remain only in a cibergossip or ciberumor (as more it like to call it) give place to behaviours of bullying to the victim. It is born like this the term cyberharassment<\/strong>, that produces\u00a0 when they exist threats, insults, humiliations or any type of annoyance of a person against another through digital means. The technological advance that makes society evolve so much can also be a double-edged sword. Partly because our brain adapts to the environment more slowly than the technology is advancing. Technological evolution does not keep pace with the natural biological evolution.<\/p>\n

The term ciberacoso is used of general form when it treats\u00a0 of people adults so much the stalker like the victim, when both are lower of age is known like cyberbullying<\/strong>.\u00a0Technological evolution does not keep pace with the natural biological evolution.<\/p>\n

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Of the cybergossip to the cyberbullying.<\/h3>\n

In a recent study<\/a> of the University of C\u00f3rdoba<\/strong> (Spain) a group of researchers analysed the existent relation between the propagation of the cibercotilleos and the ciberacoso finding a direct relation between both after asking to 866 students from among 10 and 13 years of age using for this the questionnaires\u00a0Cybergossip-Q-Primary<\/em> and the Cyberbullying Intervention Project Questionnaire.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Between the conclusions of this study is important to mention that one of the most important factors in this relation is that in the process of digital communication does not exist communication no verba<\/strong>l (neither paralanguage). Like this, a comment that does not pretend to hurt can turn into a bad interpretation of the receptor of the message when lacking context, propagating a rumour malicious that derive in cyberharassment.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the fact to be able to store the information facilitates his diffusion<\/strong> in any another moment doing it perdurar in the time, as well as the possibility to edit the content for maximizar his toxic effect. The fault of control on the information that exists in Internet can propiciar his use malintencionado.<\/p>\n

Whereas a daily rumour can disappear diminishing the effects on the victim, the digital rumour can even repeat in other occasions by what the suffering of the victim keeps\u00a0 and his frustration in front of the inability to go out of him increases.<\/p>\n

In other occasions, the desinhibici\u00f3n partner<\/strong>l and the anonymity<\/strong> that can provide the social networks joined to a fault of empathy<\/strong> with the person victim can unchain in this type of behaviours of bullying in which even the stalkers seem to enjoy hurting, as we explain in east another article.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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How avoid the cyberbullying.<\/h2>\n

In the first place, keep a communicative style asertivo<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0will help us like preventive measure general accompanied of other measures as they can be:<\/p>\n