Istanbul Gelisim University - Social media is used to show anger

Social media is used to show anger

Psychiatrist Onur Okan Demirci said that people have started to use social media platforms to show their anger. Demirci explained: “People who cannot control their anger acts with ‘reptilian brain’ by deactivating the ability of judgment and reasoning. Social media is used to show anger.”

Stating that people express their anger without any limitations because there is not any threat to them physically on social media, Psychiatrist Onur Okan Demirci from Istanbul Gelisim University underlined that this danger causes serious psychological damages.

“FEELING OF INADEQUACY TRIGGERS ANGER”

Mentioning the underlying reasons of this anger on social media, Demirci said: “Anger is often based on the feeling of ‘inadequacy’. One can impulsively act with the feelings s/he creates on the person s/he attacks through social media, which ones that most bother and produce the most violent anger are ‘not being good enough’ ‘trying to prove herself/himself’ and ‘lack of self-confidence’.”

“THE MOST VIOLENT OF THESE ATTACKS IS THE MASS LYNCHING ACT”

Reminding the most violent of the attacks on social media is the mass lynching act, Onur Okan Demirci said: “Social media accounts, which suppose that a mass has gathered behind this type of shares, lead an angry community that acts with reptilian brain structures by making shares in accordance with their aim. This community with has common concerns can harm themselves or others as a result of impulsive movements. Social media platforms are not innocent at all.”

EDUCATION ON USING SOCIAL MEDIA IS A NECESSITY

Stating that the most effective and right method is popularizing the education on using social media, Demirci said that the posts with violation of privacy may be evaluated by the law enforcement organs.