YouTube, Cyberbullying and COVID-19

<p>The purpose of this research is to uncover how people discuss bullying or cyberbullying experiences via YouTube videos before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since people were indoors during the pandemic, individuals took to social media and left comments on YouTube about bullying. Since people could not discuss bullying in-person, it was interesting to see how people shared their views on bullying and cyberbullying via YouTube, as well as how that might have changed after the start of COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how social media platforms like YouTube provide a safe space to share bullying experiences, whether they were bullied, were the bully, or witnessed the bullying. Thus, I hypothesize that people will emphasize empathy more in their comments on bullying after the start of COVID-19, given the state of the world. As a result, I will show how an online community like YouTube works as a support system for those suffering from bullying or cyberbullying.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Shavliashvili, Ani

Contributors dc:contributor

• L. Babel
• R. Melara
• M. Witter

• Cyberbullying
• Bullying
• YouTube
• Empathy
• COVID-19
• Mental Health.
• Community Health
• Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling
• Mental Disorders
• Other Mental and Social Health
• Other Psychiatry and Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cc_etds_theses/1091

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:cc_etds_theses-2122