hateUS -- Analysis, impact of Social media use and Hate speech over University Student platforms: Case study, Problems, and Solutions

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the impact of social media use and hate speech among university students, highlighting mental health issues, cybercrimes, and proposing solutions based on a case study with primary data collection.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of social media's negative effects on students and introduces solutions for mitigating hate speech and cyber threats.

Findings

Social media use correlates with increased stress and mental health issues.

Hate speech on platforms leads to cyberbullying and cybercrimes.

Proposed solutions include awareness and policy measures.

Abstract

The use of social media applications, hate speech engagement, and public debates among teenagers, primarily by university and college students, is growing day by day. The feelings of tremendous stress, anxiety, and depression via social media among our youths have a direct impact on their daily lives and personal workspace apart from delayed sleep, social media addictions, and memory loss. The use of NO phone times and NO phone zones is now popular in workplaces and family cultures. The use of hate speech, negotiations, and toxic words can lead to verbal abuse and cybercrime. Growing concern of mobile device security, cyberbullying, ransomware attacks, and mental health issues are another serious impact of social media among university students. The future challenges including health issues of social media use and hate speech has a serious impact on livelihood, freedom, and diverse communities of university students. Our case study is related to social media use and hate speech related to public debates over university students. We have presented the analysis and impact of social media and hate speech with several conclusions, cybercrimes, and components. The use of questionnaires for collecting primary data over university students help in the analysis of case study. The conclusion of case study and future scope of the research is extremely important to counter negative impacts.