Terms associated with cyberbullying

How many of us are familiar with the terms associated with cyberbullying and other dangers on the internet?

Many times we come across unknown words, neologisms or anglicisms that can be confusing. Therefore, we have prepared this brief dictionary to give you a clear and concise understanding of the terminology related to these risks derived from misuse of the Internet:

Cyberbating: Refers to the action where young people capture images or videos of their teachers using mobile devices with the intention of disseminating them to ridicule them.

Cyberbullying: It consists of online harassment towards a person, usually through messages, images, videos or comments, with the intention of causing harm, insulting, humiliating or defaming.

deepfake: (ultrafake) Acronym of the English formed by fake (falsification) and deep learning (deep learning). It is an artificial intelligence technique that allows creating fake videos of people who apparently are real, using learning algorithms and already existing videos or images of real people.​

Doxing/Doxing: It consists of the search and disclosure of personal information with the purpose of intimidating, humiliating or threatening an individual, using methods such as searching the internet, databases or social networks.

Fat Shaming (from the English Fat -Fatness- and Shaming -Shame-). They are practices intended to shame or humiliate a person based on their weight, due to the negative social perception of people who do not meet beauty standards.

Flame: Refers to the act of sending aggressive or insulting messages in order to establish superiority or authority over other online users, generating conflicts and discord.

Grooming (Cyber-hoaxing): It is defined as a series of behaviors and actions deliberately undertaken by an adult through the Internet with the aim of gaining the trust and friendship of a minor, creating an emotional connection with them in order to obtain videos or photos of sexual nature of the minor himself in order to subsequently extort him (sextortion) or blackmail him.

Happy Slapping: Defines the recording and dissemination online of violent acts, whether physically, verbally or sexually aggressive towards a person.

Hater and Troll: Internet users who use forums, social networks, online games... to destructively criticize a person, entity, work, or specific product, without rational or justified cause, only for the act of defaming. The two fundamental differences between a hater and a troll are the hater does not necessarily seek to attract attention (the main objective of a troll) and, on the other hand, the hater is convinced that he is right and seeks to obtain feedback (while a troll He has no interest in debating, he only seeks to annoy).

Nomophobia: It is a neologism that comes from an abbreviation of the English expression no-mobile phobia and refers to the fear of being without a mobile phone. The user who suffers from it becomes overwhelmed and anxious when they lose coverage, their battery runs out or they cannot find their cell phone.

Oversharing: It is the practice of excessively sharing personal content on social networks, which can facilitate online harassment situations.

Phonbie: Contraction of the terms “phone” (phone) and zombie. It refers to the behavior and attitudes that reveal the possible dependency that mobile devices can create: not looking up from the mobile, moving from one device to another, not paying attention to what is happening around us, ignoring other people...

Phubbing: Refers to the use of the mobile phone in the presence of other people. It can be defined as the act of a person ignoring their surroundings by focusing on their mobile technology. The term is the product of the union of words phone (phone) and snubbing (despise).

Revenge Porn (revenge porn): It consists of the non-consensual disclosure of intimate material from third parties, obtained during a romantic relationship, with the intention of causing harm to the person. Normally the aggressor is a partner or ex-partner who divulges intimate aspects to take revenge after the end of the romantic relationship. Images can also be obtained by hacking or invading the victim's accounts.

Sextortion (sexual extortion): It is a form of sexual exploitation that involves blackmailing a person with the threat of disclosing sexually explicit material.

Sharenting: Comes from English words Compartir (share) and parenting (breeding). It is the increasingly common practice of mothers and mothers to publicly and constantly expose the lives of their daughters and sons on the Internet (photos of their birthdays, vacations, moments of leisure... etc.).

Slut-shaming (from the English Slut -Whore- and Shaming -Shame-): It is about shaming or making a woman or adolescent feel guilty for living her sexuality. It is sometimes used to justify sexual violence and other expressions of violence.

Stalking It is the action of compulsively monitoring a person's activity on social networks, motivated by various feelings such as falling in love, jealousy or curiosity.

Vaping: It is described as the inability to disconnect from the mobile phone during the night or when going to sleep, which can contribute to developing an internet addiction.