Cyberstalking among social media users: Perceptions, prevalence and characteristics

Gunn, Rebecca; Tzani-Pepelasi, Calli; Ιωάννου, Μαρία; Synnott, John; Fumagalli, Anita

doi:10.53841/bpsadm.2021.13.2.12

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“…Regarding the association between gender and cyber obsessive stalking, there is, however, no agreement among the various studies. According to some studies, both men and women have an equal chance of becoming victims of cyber-obsessive stalking (Dreßing et al, 2014;Gunn et al, 2021). Most studies (Marcum and Higgins, 2021;Sammons and Cross, 2017) indicate that women are disproportionately more likely to be victims, while more studies (Ahlgrim and Terrance, 2018;Pereira and Matos, 2015) indicate that men are more likely to be perpetrators.…”

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Cyber obsessive obsession: A study in nurses department

Demir

2024

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Cyber obsessive stalking is a form of cyber violence that comprises a variety of unfavorable behavior patterns and is thought to be an extension of classic persistent stalking in online settings. Research shows that healthcare professionals are vulnerable to cyber-obsessive harassment due to the negative perception that patients are not satisfied with the service they receive and that their treatment processes are inadequately managed. The purpose of this study is to identify the experiences public and private sector nurses have had with cyber-obsessive stalking. In this cross-sectional study, 165 nurses who work in both the public and commercial sectors make up the study group. Data collecting techniques were the Personal Information Form and the Cyber Obsessive Stalking Scale. The scale, which asks how often cyber-obsessive stalking behaviors have been encountered, has 15 items and includes excessive closeness, threat, and transference components. A statistical package application was used to examine the data that were gathered online. According to the data of the analysis, 72.7% of the participants had at least one experience with cyber obsessive stalker behavior. While exposure to influence-oriented messages was the most frequent conduct, with a rate of 61.2%, exposure to auto, home, and office listening behavior was the least common cyber obsessive stalking behavior. The extreme closeness component of the scale had the highest mean score, while transference was the most prevalent activity. Healthcare professionals face risks such as patient dissatisfaction with the care they receive, societal perceptions of poorly managed treatment processes, and, in some cases, the possibility of patients engaging in cyber-obsessive tracking for emotional and/or sexual reasons. The results of this study show that cyber obsessive stalking behaviors are observed among the nurses participating in the study.

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Cyber obsessive obsession: A study in nurses department

Demir

2024

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“…Moreover, a recent review of cyberstalking measurement in research found that only 30% of empirical studies included fear as a requirement for operationalizing cyberstalking (Wilson et al, 2021). One definition of cyberstalking that includes the fear standard states that the crime is characterized by “repeated use of the internet, email, or other electronic communication devices to harass, threaten, and generate fear in one or more individuals” (Gunn et al, 2021, p. 12). This inconsistent adoption of the fear standard has resulted in a wide range of prevalence estimates.…”

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Cyberstalking Victims’ Experiences With Fear Versus Other Emotional Responses to Repeated Online Pursuit: Revisiting the Fear Standard Among a National Sample of Young Adults

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Reyns

Nobles

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Crime & Delinquency

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This study empirically examines situational and personal characteristics associated with victims’ responses to cyberstalking. In the context of these responses, there has been much debate regarding the “fear standard,” which requires victims or reasonable persons to feel fearful as a result of stalking. To examine victim responses to cyberstalking, survey data were collected from 880 young adults in the U.S. who were repeatedly pursued online (cyberstalked) within the previous year. Findings revealed that the majority (67.84%) of respondents did not feel fear in response to the repeated online pursuit. However, approximately half (50.23%) did experience a substantial (non-fear) emotional response. Multivariate findings identified situational and victim characteristics that impacted the reactions experienced, and these effects varied by type of reaction. The results indicate that definitions requiring fear underestimate the prevalence of cyberstalking.

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Sosyal Medya Okuryazarliği Çerçevesi̇ndeki̇ Yeni̇ Kavramlar Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Hari̇talandirma Çalişmasi

Sezgin

Ünal

2022

Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Üniversitesi SBE Dergisi

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Sosyal ağların teknolojik ve metinsel olarak içeriklerini ve sosyal boyutlarını anlamak, yorumlamak, aynı zamanda bu ortamda etkileşim kurmak (Livingstone, 2014) şeklinde açıklanan “sosyal medya okuryazarlığı”, medya okuryazarlığı ana başlığı altında sosyal medya içeriğine yönelik farkındalığa dikkat çeker. Bugün, gündelik yaşamın hemen hemen tüm pratiklerinde karşımıza çıkan sosyal medya içeriğini, doğru okumak ve bu ortamda içerik üretmek için sosyal medya okuryazarı olmanın önemi vurgulanmalıdır. Bu konudaki farkındalık, sosyal medya ağlarındaki paylaşımlara ve hareketliliğe de bağlı olarak, literatürde yer almaya başlayan kimlik hırsızlığı, romantik dolandırıcılık (romance scams) ihbarcı (whistle-blower), siber taciz, siber zorbalık gibi ve daha birçok yeni kavram konusunda da bilgi sahibi olmayı sağlayacaktır. Bu çalışma, sosyal medya okuryazarlığına yönelik bir değerlendirmeyi, bu yeni kavramlar bağlamında yapmayı amaçlamıştır. Bu çerçevede, öncelikle sosyal medya okuryazarlığı kavramı açıklanmış, sosyal medyanın varlığı ile tartışılmaya başlanan kavramlar, ulusal ve uluslararası literatür taranarak tespit edilmiş, tespit edilen bu kavramlar, birbirleri ile ilişkilerini, toplumsal yaşamdaki kategorilerini ve tanımlamalarını daha net ortaya koyabilmek amacıyla, zihin haritalama yöntemi ile açıklanmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucunda, sosyal medya okuryazarlığı başlığı altında, bu ortama yönelik yapılan kavramsallaştırmaların haritalandırılarak genel bir görünümüne ulaşılmıştır.

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Cyberstalking among social media users: Perceptions, prevalence and characteristics

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Cyber obsessive obsession: A study in nurses department

Cyber obsessive obsession: A study in nurses department

Cyberstalking Victims’ Experiences With Fear Versus Other Emotional Responses to Repeated Online Pursuit: Revisiting the Fear Standard Among a National Sample of Young Adults

Sosyal Medya Okuryazarliği Çerçevesi̇ndeki̇ Yeni̇ Kavramlar Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Hari̇talandirma Çalişmasi

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