Author:
Li Xin,Shen Haiyun,Zhang Zhuoyi
Abstract
Through reviewing previous research, the opinion if teenagers and other bystander one internet salacious rumors and the influence on those bystanders are discussed in detail in this article. The topic was split into three different directions for discussion and proof. The first one is whether will the bystander perceive the falsehoods as true or not with a conclusion of internet user will easily truth falsehood and will transfer the rumor immediately. The second one is dose social media amplify or narrow the effects of cyberbullying (especially for salacious rumors) in comparison to reality towards the bystanders. For this topic, the finding is that cyberbullying's impact on victims and bystanders is amplified by social media's viral nature. The last one is intimacy of the bystanders and the person in rumors has an effect to the result with a conclusion of It's important for individuals to realize the importance of intimacy and to consider the impact that bystander behavior may have on the subject of the rumor and the overall outcome. As a result, the spread of social media will amplify the influence of cyberbullies on victims and bystanders, and will also increase the credibility of many rumors, and the credibility of rumors will also be affected with the importance of intimacy or intimacy. This paper can provide some reference for research of relative fields. Future research should contain some of the solutions to prevent the salacious rumors, therefore, to help females to stay away from the rumors.
Publisher
Darcy & Roy Press Co. Ltd.
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