Open AccessSocial relations in virtual world and social media aggression
Author(s) -
Levent Eraslan,
Ahmet Kukuoğlu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal on educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1309-0348
pISSN - 1309-1506
DOI - 10.18844/wjet.v11i2.4145
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , social media , social psychology , context (archaeology) , sma* , social relation , computer science , world wide web , algorithm , paleontology , biology
Living in the age of constant technology developments shifted social communication patterns and shifted social relations to virtual environments. The socialisation process that takes place in digital platforms also transferred many negative elements experienced in social life to the virtual environment. That is, the aggression behaviours concerning these negative processes have also been transferred to the virtual communication. The current study examines the effects of social media aggression (SMA) regarding digital platforms on the social relations in human life in the context of various variables. Results of the study revealed that the counter-comments towards participants’ values have a significant effect on participants’ demonstration of aggressive tendencies. In other notable finding participants reported that they aware of their rights f=75 (33%) against negative SMA, while f=150 (67%) of participants do not know them.
Keywords: Virtual communication, social media, aggression.