The Study of Causes for Child Abuse by Blogger Mothers and Their Psychological Health on Cyberspace

New forms of communication technologies have brought about opportunities and threats, but regarding cultural studies, the former can be increased and the latter can be decreased. In Iran due to lack of information, there are no proper policies in the case of using cyberspace. This leads to unnoticed damage to those who utilise it. Child abuse on cyberspace is an example of not surfing the internet correctly. The main object of conducting this research is a survey on Iranian entrepreneur mothers’ reasons for abusing their children on selected cyberspace platforms such as “Telegram” and “Instagram”.  The research method in this qualitative inquiry had a data-based theory. The sample comprised ۱۰ blogger mothers with two to seven-year-old children in different provinces of Iran, who were recuruited voluntarily and were willing to participate in the research. The findings indicated that eight factors affecting child abuse on cyberspace, included an individual’s: ۱. mental health, ۲. family problems, ۳. economic problems, ۴. socio-cultural problems, ۵. attempts to gain social reputation, ۶. attempts to gain economic success, ۷. aim to entertain children with social media, and their ۸. Aim to make children famous on social media.

Keywords:

Blogger Moms , entrepreneur , virtual business , abusing of children , Telegram , Instagram , مادران بلاگر , افراد کارآفرین , کسب و کار مجازی , سوءاستفاده از کودکان , تلگرام , اینستاگرام