Social media has become the most common platform for cyberbullying (Whittaker and Kowalski 16). Compared to the text message platform, social media can generate greater social effects. The dissemination of the text message is point-to-point, where the message can only be read by the sender and the specific recipient. In contrast, the dissemination of social media is point-to-side, which means the message can be read by every visitor after it is uploaded to social media. In the dissemination mode of social media, the recipients could be everyone who has a friendship with the publisher and some temporary visitors. Therefore, the information popularity and openness of social media is often abused, and thus leads to a lot of cyberbullying (Davison and Stein
Social media has become the most common platform for cyberbullying (Whittaker and Kowalski 16). Compared to the text message platform, social media can generate greater social effects. The dissemination of the text message is point-to-point, where the message can only be read by the sender and the specific recipient. In contrast, the dissemination of social media is point-to-side, which means the message can be read by every visitor after it is uploaded to social media. In the dissemination mode of social media, the recipients could be everyone who has a friendship with the publisher and some temporary visitors. Therefore, the information popularity and openness of social media is often abused, and thus leads to a lot of cyberbullying (Davison and Stein