it expresses youths must follow the etiquette of social media, even facebook and twitter can disturbs the studies that can be healed by online counselling

1. Healing Our Online-sickness by Cyber Path
S. Detchanamurthy, Assistant Professor,
Sri Venkateswara College of Education, Karaikal. Puducherry UT.
Abstract
Technology is a powerful weapon, which we can use to change the globe. Every
positive thing has a negative thing, but which must be shown and tells to the fellow
citizens, then only they will safeguard themselves from the problems. If anyone going
towards the level of convicting a crime, that must be punished by developing judicial
system. But here, after committed a crime or death, we wakes up and does our duty, that
too not for a long time. So everyone must know the etiquette of using technological
tools, internet, and social media. And even they must know cyber law and they must be
aware what is happening in and around them, instead of downing their heads towards
smart phones. This paper indicates that an approach is needed to better balance the
relationship between social media and academic study and it stresses about the urgent
need of 24 hours online counseling for today’s student’s welfare.
Keywords: Social media, Cyber Crime, Cyber law, CMC, Student Community
Introduction
If there is trial there is an error. Most of the thing we want to import from foreign
countries. Our citizens are want to build a maladjusted society by copying others
technology, thereby spoiling the minds of our young citizens and poor people. Not only
their minds, also their lives.
All are want immediate transformation or immediate pleasure. Especially youth
of today want to buy a mobile for their fame in social media or watching whatever they
want to see or for any reason. Nobody wants to see the printed Catalogues, instructions,
precautions, terms and conditions in the fastest world. The entire thing they want to learn
in trial and error basis. All are thinking readings of those matters are waste of time. And
they are asking, ‘is the instrument or software is user friendly?’ Those types of
instruments are only selling and giving gain to the manufacturers. All are habituated for
without knowing the consequences, started using the technological tools. Social media is
attractive; it not only provides college students another world to make friends, also

2. provides a good way to release pressure. To some degree, it absolutely affects the lives of
college students including the grades.
Particularly cyber crime cases were identified in our mother land due to the clash
between techno-culture in the globe and societal norms prevailing in India. Cyber
bullying, sexual harassment crimes by the usage of social media started showing its huge
ugly face due to its users.
Cyber Crime
The cyber crime has been a problem as early as the late 1970s. The first spam e-
mail took place in 1978 and the first virus was installed on an Apple Computer in 1982.
In 2006, about 2000 complaints relating to cyber crime were received and the major
reasons for such complaints were financial fraud, viruses and hackers. It has also been
found that there has been a constant increase in the number of children being exposed to
unwanted pornography, Internet harassment and bullying.
Cyber crime is emerging as a serious threat in the world. Governments as well as
Police and intelligence departments have started to react. Indian police has initiated
special cyber cells across the country and have started educating the people. Hence it is
very important that students should have awareness about the cyber crime.
To day when everywhere there is demand for change, it is computer as a nerve,
which is so appropriate and most versatile device. Its use is prevalent in every field. So
cyber crime awareness is required. Among the students there must be awareness about
issue like hacking, copyright theft, child pornography and pedophilia. The students
should be aware about the preventive measures of using computers and internet.
Failed Impulse Control
Kimberly young (1996) reported that using any computer network, like the
Internet, forms a habit in some people that could be compared to pathological gambling.
It involves “failed impulse control” without any intoxicant. After watching Internet users
for a long time, she developed criteria for assessing one’s dependence on the Internet.
Those who were addicted to the Internet often:
• “Felt preoccupied with the Internet; Felt a need to use the Internet with
increasing amounts of time in order to achieve satisfaction; had an
inability to control their Internet use.

3. • Felt restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop Internet use.
• Used the Internet way of escaping from problems or of involvement with
the Internet.
• Jeopardized or risked the loss of a significant relationship, job, educational
or career opportunity because of the Internet.
• Kept returning even after spending an excessive amount of money for
online fees.
• Went through withdrawal when offline.
• Stayed online longer than originally intended.”
Facebook Depression
Medical practitioners now observe depression in teenagers that is not brought on
by typical teen angst, but by Facebook. Researchers coin this symptom “Facebook
Depression,” and teens who experience it are at risk of isolation and depression and may
turn to inappropriate online resources that promote substance abuse, unsafe sexual
practices, or aggressive or destructive behaviors. Unless parents monitor their child’s
Facebook usage and ensuing behavior, they won’t know their child is depressed.
Source: Diagnosis: Social Media Syndrome (2011)
Retweet Depression
You are often thrown into bouts of manic depression when you discover that your
tweets have not been re-tweeted enough.
This depression often deepens when you find that your Tumblr posts have not been re-
blogged, or your Facebook status updates have not been liked.
Source: “Do You Need a Social Media Detox?” (2011)
Computers are banned
Google, Apple and Yahoo executives are sending their children to California’s
Waldorf schools, where computers are banned.
The masters of the e-universe appear convinced that computers “reduce attention spans
and inhibit creative thinking, movement and human interaction”. Classes have reverted to
using blackboards, chalk, pens, paper, books and even teachers.

4. Source: “The private school in Silicon Valley where tech honchos sends their kids so they
DON’T use computers”
Cyber law
Cyber law was the first step taken by the crime. According to Indian law cyber
crime has to be voluntary and willful, an act or omission that adversely affects a person
or property. Cyber law encompasses laws relating to cyber crimes, Electronic and digital
signatures, Intellectual property, data Protection and Privacy. The Indian Parliament
passed its first “Information technology Act, 2000” on 17th
October 2000 to deal with
cyber crime in the field of e-commerce, e-governance, e-banking as well as penalties and
punishments. The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, specifies the acts which have
been made punishable. Almost all developed and developing countries have established
rules and regulations to control the cyber crime. In India, the Information Technology
Act 2000 was undoubtedly a welcome a step at a time when there was no legislation in
this specialized field.
Most of the cyber crimes are not new. Criminals simply devise different ways to
undertake standard criminal activities such as fraud, theft, blackmail, forgery and
embezzlement using the new medium, often involving the Internet.
A computer can be the target of crime, for example, when a person intends to
steal information, or causing damage to, a computer or computer network (Svensson,
2011). The computer may be used as a tool in the following kinds of activity-financial
crimes, sale of illegal articles, pornography, online gambling, intellectual property crime,
email spoofing forgery, cyber defamation, cyber stalking etc.
Need of Counseling Service for Students
The Education Commission (1964-66) under the Chairmanship of D.S. Kothari
emphasized and recommended the inclusion of guidance and counseling services in
institution of higher education, to assist students in the choice of courses, and in dealing
with other emotional and psychological problems. Though the Education Commission
recommended it long before, yet no concrete step has been taken to translate it into
action.

5. Counseling service can be successfully applied when the students in general face
problems in their studies, emotional lives and personality adjustments. Every person
must have good mental health for achieving success in life. Now technology enables as to
recover our mental health by online counseling also.
Online-Counseling Outcome Studies
The main goal of counseling is to alleviate the distress, anxiety, or concerns
experienced by a client when he or she enters therapy. Counseling psychologists also
focus on building on a client’s strength to improve overall functioning. As a result, it is
important to directly examine whether online counseling is effective. In our review of the
literature, we found several studies that have directly examined the effectiveness of
computer-mediated communication (CMC) technologies such as synchronous chat,
asynchronous e-mail, and videoconferencing in delivering online-counseling and
behavioral services.
These results provided some initial support for the use of CMC in delivering
mental and behavioral health services, but it should be noted that individuals with severer
presenting issues, such as major depression or substance abuse, were screened out of the
study. It may be that the clients allowed participating were experiencing very little
distress before the study, and thus, CMC counseling may not have been as effective as
Face to Face counseling for severer clients.
Conclusion
Eric Schmidt of Google called on the assembled students “to please turn off the
thing for one whole hour a day”. “You cannot let technology rule you.” That was his
message and this radiates solicitude.
Internet Paradox i.e. a technology that would theoretically increase
communication could also have negative social and psychological effects. Exposure to
cyber crime was a theme prevalent in about 16% of the participants. These experiences
varied from cyber-bullying, stalking to hacking. A high risk of fraud is also involved on
SNS that puts valuable personal information at risk. SNS have been criticized for serving
as a breeding ground for cyber-bullying and harassment by strangers. Many studies

6. associate loneliness and depression with a pathological use of social networking. Lonely
users are more likely to seek emotional support online, find more satisfaction with online
versus offline friends, and experience more disturbances in their daily lives. It may be
true for individuals who were troubled, experienced high degree of stress, vulnerability
and instability. Thus, a therapeutic dimension is a small but essential part of these online
spaces.
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