Current Proceedings on Technology

Yazarlar: Burcu Karabulut Coşkun, Seher Özcan, Ömer Faruk Ursavaş

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Cyber bullying,Internet harassment,Internet bullying

Özet: In today’s world, which is transform from technology age to the concept age, it is beyond of struggling to make technology as a usual device of life, and it is considered that using computer and Internet is not a dispensable fact of the life. Even though the main purpose of the discovery of the Internet is make the information easier, cheaper, faster and safe to reach, and also make communication easier. Expected rapid expansion of the Internet may lead to the emergence of positive expectations of its purpose as well as negative consequences such as unlimited and uncontrolled access to any information or contacts convenience. These results of its effects on the size of various age groups studied and continue to be examined.The aim of this study is to examine the researches about cyber bulling that is the one of the negative effects of Internet usage. The empirical studies searched by the keywords of “cyber bullying”, “cyber harassment” and “Internet bullying” published in the years 2002-2012, in Science Direct and EBSCO databases are the sample of the study. The content analysis method was used for investigation of the studies. The data set are centred in four main classes. This analysis included the issues of profile of the victims, usage of medium, cyber effect and the difference between cyber and traditional bullying.

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