The Role of Nudges in Mitigating and Preventing Cyberbullying on Social Media

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10.2991/assehr.k.220704.257How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Nudges; Cyberbullying; Teenage; Online behaviors; Behavioral economics

Abstract

The prevalence of social media (e.g., Instagram, TikTok) heavily influences the social networks of teenagers and students. Recently, the popularity of “spill the tea” accounts, where account owners publish gossip about their classmates and friends, leads to a new form of cyberbullying. This manner, in particular, increases the victim’s vulnerability as social media penetrates their personal lives profoundly. Thus, this paper aims to examine methods to design and alter features of social media or web applications to help avoid such new forms of cyber-harassment among adolescents. The paper employs a qualitative approach by examining previous studies and cases to investigate the rationales behind creating, following, and witnessing gossip accounts. Insights from behavioral economics are provided for practitioners and platforms in hope of preventing cyberbullying. The article emphasizes concepts such as priming effect, status quo bias, intertemporal choice, framing effect, and the Prospect Theory. This paper will hopefully shed light on ways to create an innocuous and friendly online environment for teens’ growth and mental health.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jiayue Mao
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/11
TI  - The Role of Nudges in Mitigating and Preventing Cyberbullying on Social Media
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1404
EP  - 1408
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.257
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220704.257
ID  - Mao2022
ER  -