We explain what stalking is, how a person behaves stalker and its possible objectives. Also, what is a “crush” and its meaning.
What is “stalk”?
It is understood by stalk either stagnate to a form of harassment or technological espionage which usually occurs in the new environment of social networks and the Internet. In general terms, this term is used to refer to obsessive, insistent behavior, determined to find out as much as possible about a person (usually a former partner or an emotional rival) through their social media accounts, especially those that contain personal data: photographs, messages, etc., such as Facebook, Instagram, etc., dedicating a large amount of time and attention to it.
The people who carry out these actions are usually called stalkers either estalquersand they can do it for a diverse number of reasons: from amorous spite, jealousy or curiosity, to resentment, intimidating purposes or even with the purpose of stealing the identity of the harassed. In some cases this type of behavior borders on the violation of privacy and can lead to physical or actual harassment.
The term stalkear is a neologism (new term in the language) popularized since the rise of social networks and culture 2.0, and was borrowed from the English language (to stalkwhich translates “to harass”), so it also constitutes an Anglicism.
Various studies on people's behavior on the Internet are interested in the frequent obsessive or disrespectful behavior of others' privacy that seems common in this type of virtual networks. This includes harassment of celebrities or public figures, but also of ordinary individuals thus giving rise to harmful psychological or emotional habits, if not risky behaviors.
See also: Bullying
What is a “crush”?
Another term commonly used in the dialect of culture 2.0 is to talk about “the crush” or “have a crush”. It is also a loanword from English, a language in which it literally means “to crush, destroy”, but in a certain way slang or informal use of the word, translates instead “falling in love” or “fixation.”
The use of the term It can refer to a “crush” or sudden, unexpected infatuation, love at first sight. Also to an unattainable, platonic or distant love. However, it is more associated with an obsessive feeling: an unrealistic fixation, silent infatuation, sexual tension or idealized infatuation with a person, rather than simply a more manageable “taste” or amorous or erotic feelings. It is common to have a “crush” with a celebrity, or with a public figure such as an actor or an artist.
In fact, The notion of “stalk to the crush” that is, snooping or obsessively investigating a person for whom one has passionate feelings, often unconfessed or of a fantasy nature.
