Cyber stalking of students using virtual social networks (Case of study: students of Rasht District 1)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran.

3 Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran

Abstract

Objective: Virtual networks as one of the newest information and communication donors are global space in various economic, social cultural and political areas. So in this research we have studied the lived experience and meaning of students using cyberspace .

Methods: Grounded theory method is used in this study . The data collection method was semi - structured interviews . The data were collected through interviews with 14 students of district 1 of rasht , located in the age range of 13 - 18 and using social networks . The data of this study were analyzed by MAXQDA software and 16 codes were used as initial codes and then by using axial coding , 8 axial codes were reduced .

Results: The findings of the research show that 3 categories of real social relations , false identity and cyber stalking are the consequences of virtual social networks that cyber stalking was chosen as the core category .

Conclusion: The results show that all participants are exposed to cyber stalking ( hack , extortion , pornography , etc. ) . Other findings of this research are lack of supervision of parents on the lack of unconditional access and their clause can be avoided by family supervision .

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Journal of School Psychology
Volume 14, Issue 2
August 2025
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