Cyberbullying, It’s Tyeps And Related Factors: An Evaluation Through The Existing Studies

Abstract

The cyberbullying, which is the result of the development of Internet technologies, is targeted at children and young people. It involves bullying behaviors derived from traditional peer bullying differentiated and divergent from its various aspects. It is a serious problem that bullying behaviors that exceed the boundaries of the school environment, which is easier to AJIT-e: Online Academic Journal of Information Technology 2017-Special Issue/Özel Sayı –Cilt/Vol: 8-Sayı/Num: 30 DOI: 10.5824/1309‐1581.2017.5.001.x surveillance and control in contrast to moving to electronic media such as computers and mobile phones, can threaten children anytime and anywhere. With the widespread use of the İnternet and declining age of use it each day, along with other online risks, cyberbullying cases are seen to be both larger in quantity and more harmful. This situation increases the academic and political interest in the subject and there are a lot of studies to analysis the cyberbullying in all dimensions in order to be able to develop effective methods of fighting and dealing with cyberbullying. The primary aim of this study is to bring together findings from different field surveys by reviewing the related literature on bullying and trying to be a source for both future researches and public policies which will be created. The other aim of the study is to draw attention to the risks to the digital environment, especially from the perspective of children, and the need for new media literacy education in this context. At the end of the study, ıt has been observed that in many countries, including Turkey, there are a number of quantitative studies on children's Internet and social networking habits and cyberbullying experiences, some of which are similar and some differ depending on the sample and questionnaire. On the other hand, it is stated that there is a small number of studies on the effect of family surveillance on the cyberbullying, and especially the studies used to different methods and techniques which is focused on cyberbullying struggle are needed.