Today I pick up one article from Japan times alpha that made me deep in thought. As the title above shown, a cast appears on Terrace House, Japanese drama series was killed by herself taking toxic gas at so young age due to dreadful cyberbullying. Can you imagine how she ended her life? Even if young people such as teens and early twenties have not related life with the bullying, their mental state is so unstable and in development that a small thing can effect them physically and mentally. In her case, on top of that, her mind completely destroyed by mean words. What do the attacker keep the cyberbullying for?
If you use SNS on daily basis that allow you to connect with strangers, you may have seen the sensitive comments on that at least once. It is the good feature of SNS that the user exchange ideas anonymously and make the drama more energetic, but in other word, the return can be much bigger in a negative way than you expect like her story. Although we have educated the correct use of the internet from elementary school, it is often the case that people forget the moral and consideration for other users by browsing the website and finding some who has the same opinion. I think if you are the real lover of the work, which comment would be supportive for it or your favorite cast?
To control the pandemic of novel coronavirus, more and more people sit behind the screen in a day and have influence from the material. There is not any special law about cyberbullying or sue the attackers in Japan now. Above all, every user have to concentrate on yourself, not others at first. In addition, it is not necessarily keen to stupid words that go viral or join the bad comments to protect yourself.
The Japan Times Alpha
Friday, June 5, 2020
Vol. 70 No. 22
Thank you for your sharing this article. I was sad and angry to hear the bad news and I think that we all should consider this issue as a matter of our own, not as a matter of others. Otherwise, the same thing will be repeated again, I think.
返信削除As we are more accessible to others anonymously on SNS than the time when we were small, our responsibility of giving and interpreting the messages can become greater and greater. I often use Facebook to share my memory, and ask my friends if it is OK to use the pictures or mention about the person. The trivial communication is important.
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