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“It simply came to our notice then Covid-19. Digital media has created an environment where people can unleash their tensions, frustrations and tensions. Previously, we had to go somewhere to gather. Now we can do it more widely, ”Artūrs Miksons, a lecturer at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Riga Stradins University, told psych3 in an interview with TV3.
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Residents have observed that the most common negative comments are about political beliefs (49%), appearance (47%), sexual orientation (40%) and occupation (30%).
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Women (56%) believe that the most negative comments are received about appearance, while men (54%) are convinced that the most criticism is given to political beliefs.
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Young people between the ages of 15 and 25 have found that negative comments are most common on appearance (61%), sexual orientation (52%), political beliefs (51%) and religious beliefs (30%).
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The study also found that people most often encounter negative comments on social networks Facebook (76%), YouTube (29%) and Instagram (28%). In comparison, young people face more negative comments on the following social networks: Facebook (77%), YouTube (40%) and Instagram (47%). The fact that the number of negative comments on the Internet has increased over the past year is worrying, and young people (56%) have seen this trend more than the general population (47%).
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