Nuevas formas de castigo en escenarios virtuales

Abstract

Based on the forms of corporal and soul punishment that Foucault describes, an approximation is made to the new forms of punishment that arise in virtual scenarios based on the similarities 1 Licenciada en psicología por la Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero. Actualmente está terminando la Maestría en Investigación Educativa en la Universidad de Guadalajara. Fecha de recepción: 23 de Septiembre 2017. Fecha de aceptación: 28 de Mayo 2018 https://doi.org/10.18504/rl0213-002-2018 Relacso (2018):12:e0120052018 2 and differences over previous punishments. Among the main mutations, it is highlighted that the punishment in virtual social networks can be exercised at any time and through multiple ways, so that it’s temporal and spatial limits are scarce. Likewise, the omnipresence of virtual social networks makes it difficult for the accused offenders to escape the punishments imposed by a public that becomes spectator, judge and executioner at the same time. It is concluded that part of the mutations of the new forms of punishment in virtual scenarios are related to the possibilities and scarce restrictions of these spaces, so that their potential as tools increases the damages caused to the offenders who are punished in these gallows.