Analysis of methods of psychological impact on children in social networks

In connection with the involvement in mass communication of a large number of users, including children has increased the importance of the influence of the worldview, moral principles and ideas of one person in the community, especially if these ideas are aggressively used for persuasion. The methods of managing the group of people are now freely available on the Internet and there will always be those who, driven by the will to power, are ready to use it in practice. An example of psychological impact is the notorious death groups in social networks: Blue Whale and Quiet House. The article analyses some of the causes and ways of manipulating children in order to cause them to commit suicide.

Of primary importance in virtual communities are the issues of psychology, world outlook and moral problems of those who take responsibility for the management of emotional reactions initially, and then the actions of those in the ward, who abandon the freedom of choice and let others decide their fate.