Generation Z and cyberviolence: between digital platforms use and risk awareness

Tirocchi, Simona; Scocco, Marta; Crespi, Isabella

doi:10.1080/03906701.2022.2133408

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“…Future longitudinal studies could be conducted to determine causality. Second, people with low explicit self-esteem unleash aggressiveness through different types of smartphone apps, that can lead to different harms, such as cyber violence or gaming addiction [53][54][55]. Future research could explore the impact on problematic smartphone use in terms of the types of smartphone apps available.…”

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The relationship between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use: the mediating role of aggressiveness

Zhang

Yang

Zhu

2023

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Background: Problematic smartphone use can negatively affect people on a cognitive and behavioral level. Some studies found a negative association between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use but there are different results. This may be due to a lack of differentiation between explicit and implicit self-esteem. Previous studies have also examined the relationship between self-esteem, aggressiveness, and problematic smartphone use, but it is unclear if aggressiveness plays a mediating role in self-esteem and problematic smartphone use. To address these gaps in knowledge, we conducted a study where we separately analyzed the relationships between explicit and implicit self-esteem and problematic smartphone use, and investigated whether aggressiveness acts as a mediator between them. Method:A cross-sectional study with167 College students was carried out. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to measure the participants' explicit self-esteem. The Implicit Association Test was used to measure implicit self-esteem. The Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version was used to measure the participants' problematic smartphone use. The Chinese College Students' Version of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire was used to measure aggressiveness. Results: The findings show a negative correlation between problematic smartphone use and explicit self-esteem, but not implicit self-esteem. The connection between explicit self-esteem and problematic smartphone use is totally mediated by aggressiveness. Conclusion: This study emphasize the important role of aggressiveness in problematic smartphone use behaviors of people with low explicit self-esteem. Aggressiveness plays a completely mediating role between explicit self-esteem and problematic smartphone use. Our study provides a basis for future interventions for problematic smartphone use.

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The relationship between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use: the mediating role of aggressiveness

Zhang

Yang

Zhu

2023

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“…When we speak of young people, we are specifically referring to the so-called “Generation Z.” With this defining label, we refer to a generation that came after the Millennials and includes individuals born from the late 1990s to the mid-2010s. However, as also stated elsewhere ( Dimock, 2019 ; Aroldi and Colombo, 2020 ; Tirocchi et al, 2022 ), 6 this is a definition that should not be used deterministically, thinking that it has fixed and non-negotiable characteristics. 7…”

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Generation Z, values, and media: from influencers to BeReal, between visibility and authenticity

Tirocchi

2024

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This study examines the connection between values perceived as important by Generation Z and the values conveyed by the media contents chosen and consumed by young individuals. The article’s main objective is to identify the values that a sample of Italian university students, aged between 20 and 23, consider most significant. It explores their perceptions and expectations regarding contemporary society and the ethical trends therein. Furthermore, it investigates their preferred media and the values they believe these media platforms convey, trying to investigate the relationship between values and favorite media. Media and digital platforms, indeed, play an increasingly vital role in shaping and disseminating values. YouTubers, influencers, or, in a broader context, content on social media platforms (such as Instagram, TikTok, as well as entertainment platforms like Netflix) demonstrate how the new mediators of communication and the forms of media content favored by young individuals are, more evidently than ever, intertwined with the sharing of values, norms, and social expectations, much like family and school once were. One example that emerged from the research concerned the success of the “Bereal” platform, linked on the one hand to the desire to make public and share one’s self-image, and on the other hand to the need to show oneself as “authentic.” Through the conduct of five focus groups in December 2022 involving 60 university students from the University of Turin, this research reveals a substantial continuity in the values considered most important by young individuals (compared to previous national surveys). The article also demonstrates how the values conveyed by the media favored by young people do not always correspond to traditional ones and express needs that, at times, the new digital platforms and their protagonists manage to intercept.

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“…Lastly, skill-oriented initiatives often operate under the assumption that young individuals lack understanding of their online actions, suggesting they need structured guidance. By adopting this point of view, skill-oriented initiatives tend to overlook that young people are mostly well aware of the risks they face while online (Tirocchi, Scocco & Crespi, 2022) and use a myriad of tactics to navigate cyberspace.…”

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“…Far from being safe and accessible, online spaces are imbued with hatred and aggressive practices (Bainotti & Semenzin, 2021;Dunn, 2020;Garrido, 2022;Tirocchi, Scocco & Crespi, 2022). The proliferation of toxic comments against women and girls, the endless attacks directed towards the members of the LGBTQUIA+ community and other marginalized social groups, the use of explicit sexual remarks, the adoption of rude language, the recurrent exercise of anger and hate, and the circulation of menaces and life threats, have all become standard features in online interactions.…”

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“…As a result, in recent years, a large body of empirical knowledge and scholarly work related to cyber-violence has become available to investigate how online practices sustain processes of exclusion, discrimination, and marginalization of specific social groups from the Internet (i.e. Belluati, 2018;Genta, 2017;Navarro, 2016;Hellsten et al, 2021;Hinduja & Patchin, 2017;Macchioni & Santoni, 2022;Menesini, Nocentini & Palladino, 2017;Tirocchi, 2019;Tirocchi, Scocco & Crespi, 2022).…”

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(Re)thinking gender in cyber-violence. Insights from awareness-raising campaigns on online violence against women and girls in Italy

Gius

2023

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Online violence against women and girls, known as cyber-VAWG, is a phenomenon that exacerbates dynamics of discrimination, marginalization, and exclusion of women from society. This is recognized as a form of violence with profound social, cultural, and economic consequences (EIGE, 2017; EU Parliament, 2021; Goulds et al., 2020). Rather than being an isolated phenomenon, cyber-violence is part of the continuum of violence, emphasizing how its various manifestations stem from a common cultural root and are inherently connected to each other. This study, by analyzing various Italian awareness campaigns focused on cyber-violence against women and girls, highlights the essentiality of a media-educational approach that integrates a gender perspective into the creation of media literacy pathways specifically aimed at digital environments. This integration proves fundamental in promoting media-educational strategies that do not just focus on developing skills but also consider the social and cultural context in which digital practices take shape (Cho, 2022; Taddeo & Tirocchi, 2014; Tirocchi, 2013).

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Generation Z and cyberviolence: between digital platforms use and risk awareness

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

The relationship between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use: the mediating role of aggressiveness

The relationship between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use: the mediating role of aggressiveness

Generation Z, values, and media: from influencers to BeReal, between visibility and authenticity

(Re)thinking gender in cyber-violence. Insights from awareness-raising campaigns on online violence against women and girls in Italy

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