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International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology, 2022, 4(11); doi: 10.25236/IJFS.2022.041108.

Analysis of the Relationship Between College Students' Cyber Violence News and Cyber Violence Behavior in Social Media

Author(s)

Xue Wu

Corresponding Author:
Xue Wu
Affiliation(s)

President Office, Shenzhen Polytechnic, Shenzhen, 518055, China

Abstract

With the advancement of Internet technology, social media has brought convenience to people and greatly changed their lifestyles. With the popularity of social media, cyber violence has also become more and more intense. College students, as the heavy users of social media, are easily influenced by cyber violence news and conduct cyber violence behaviors. This paper captures 7153 microblogs of 71 college students within 90 days, and uses text analysis technology to extract information such as cyber violence news, cyber violence behavior, anxiety, and classmates' opinions. By establishing a moderated mediation analysis, this paper finds that the moderating ability of cyber social support is weaker than that of classmates' opinions. Therefore, when preventing college students' cyber violence incidents in the future, it can be adjusted in terms of classmates' opinions and cyber social support.

Keywords

Cyber Violence; College Student; Cyber Social Support; Mediation Analysis

Cite This Paper

Xue Wu. Analysis of the Relationship Between College Students' Cyber Violence News and Cyber Violence Behavior in Social Media. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 11: 40-44. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.041108.

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