The Public Opinion Tendency of Online Moral Violence: Differentiation, Mechanism and Enlightenment

Abstract

The online moral violence or cyberbullying caused by moral indignation contains the moral evaluation of the parties or perpetrators of the event, which implied a dichotomous public opinion position. For online violence or cyberbullying caused by morality, there is a potential for differentiation in public opinion. The specific conditions are, When the perpetrator's behavior is less harmful to the society, or the behavioral consequences are less malignant, the public opinion is more divided; but when the perpetrator's behavior has a large negative impact on the society, or the behavioral consequences are more malignant, the public opinion is more unanimous. Morality is the key factor to determine the public opinion of cyberbullying, and the weak law force is not the key factor to determine the public opinion of cyberbullying. The imbalance of law and morality in the influence of public opinion in cyber moral bullying reflects the tendency of the moral force in the network society to be significantly greater than the legal force, and the netizens' legal consciousness is indifferent. The construction of online legal system is urgent.