MANIPULATION OF CONSCIOUS AND CYBERBULLING IN CYBERNETIC EPOCH. V. SHEINOV
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The manipulation of consciousness is constantly present in our lives and we all often become (unaware of it) victims of this type of manipulation. It is shown that the general model of a deliberate psychological impact, previously developed by the author, explains why: 1) right now, in the cybernetic epoch with its accessibility to any information, the phenomenon of “mind manipulation” has rapidly increased; 2) the availability of any information about a person makes him virtually defenseless against manipulators of consciousness. A special case of mind manipulation is cyberbullying, that is, bullying the recipient of a message, performed using information technologies, the Internet, mobile phones, and social networks. Cyberbullying is becoming more common among adolescents due to the increase in the number of users of gadgets and the lack of online control. A meta-analysis of cyber-bullying studies convincingly demonstrated their negative impact on mental and physical health, their connection with serious psychosocial, affective problems, with less self-esteem and self-efficacy, with increased stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms and externality. The main factors contributing to cyberbullying are the risky use of information and communication technologies and traditional (for example, school) bullying.
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