Cyberbullying and Victimization Status of Secondary School Students: Change in 10 Years

Authors : Mehmet Barış Horzum, Tuncay Ayas

Pages : 63-84

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Publication Date : 2023-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :By making people\'s lives easier the information and communication technologies are widely used and become indispensible part of our lives. When used for other purposes, like harming others, these technologies can affect people negatively. One of the events that occur as a result of the misuse of information and communication technologies is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying, which occurs as a result of using information and communication technologies to harm others, has become an important problem in today’s schools. In this context, we aim to determine how the results of a study conducted ten years ago differ from the results of a study conducted ten years later in the same region today. According to the findings of current study, 25.2% of those exposed to cyberbullying incidents were boys, while this rate was 17.9% for girls. In the study conducted ten years ago, it was determined that 21.1% of male students and 16.2% of female students were exposed to cyberbullying incidents. While the rate of cyberbullying was 48 (11.6%) ten years ago, this rate was 51 (12.2%) ten years later, now. In addition, while cyberbullying was done more by boys in the study ten years ago, it was seen that these days’ girls are more likely to being cyberbully. While 8th grade students were more exposed to cyber bullying ten years ago, in our time 7th grade students were more exposed to cyber bullying. Moreover, the rate of those who witnessed cyber bullying incidents in the study ten years ago was 155 (37.5%), the rate of those who witnessed such incidents in this study was 201 (48.2%).
Keywords : sanal zorba, sanal mağdur, ilköğretim öğrencisi