1、字数:英文 1976 单词, 10582 字符;中文 3430 汉字 出处: Rao T S S, Bansal D, Chandran S. Cyberbullying: A virtual offense with real consequencesJ. Indian journal of psychiatry, 2018, 60(1): 3-5. 外文文献: Cyberbullying: A virtual offense with real consequence Technology, as we know, is a double-edged sword, where the us
2、ers are continuously balancing between the risks and opportunities it offers. It is no longer just a clich: we really are all connected, no matter where in the world, we are mere one click away from our families, co-workers, classmates, idols, mentors, neighbors, and even strangers. On one side, the
3、 Internet has made the world a much smaller place full of opportunities to thrive for people with minimal resources along with bringing awareness to important sociopolitical movements and acting as a platform for fundraising for many noble causes; on the other side, it has exposed vulnerable people
4、to a deep dark world of web and bullying while sitting safely in the vicinity of their homes. A popular report by a US market research company in 2015 suggests that, at the time, there were more mobile devices on the planet than people 8.6 billion devices versus 7.3 billion people. And by the end of
5、 2018, the number of mobile devices in world will exceed 12 billion an average of nearly 2 devices per user. This rapid rise of electronic-based communication during the past decade has dramatically changed the social interactions, especially among teenagers. Adolescents are moving from using the In
6、ternet as an “extra” in everyday communication to using it as the “primary” mode of communication. This shift from face-to-face communication to online communication has created many unique and potentially harmful dynamics for social relationships one such dynamic has recently been explored in the literature as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined by Smith et al. as an “aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly a