Abstract:
This research aims to identify the factors contributing to the dark side of social media
usage by looking explicitly at cyberbullying, catfishing, and trolling. The systematic
literature review was performed to better understand the factors contributing to the dark
side of social media and provide ways in which these factors can be prevented. The
systematic literature review has been performed on numerous articles with the aim of
gathering information to help identify factors contributing to the dark side of social
media. The systematic literature review found that most factors contributing to dark social
media are related to Dark Triad personality types. Unfortunately, this means that there is
no way to prevent dark social media usage from taking place. Although psychology
theories speculate that these personality types can be helped, there is no way of
completely stopping them.
