Cyberbullying in the School Context: Teachers’ Perceptions

Abstract

The aim of the study was to understand the teachers’ conception of cyberbullying and the strategies used to deal with these situations at school. It is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The empirical field of the research consisted of semi-structured interviews carried out with six teachers from a public elementary and high school in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul state. After analyzing the interviews, two categories were created, namely: Violence outside the school: teachers’ perception and Actions to cope and fight cyberbullying developed by the school. It was possible to identify the existing weaknesses in the school, referring to the effectiveness in solving the problem of violence, in the teachers’ view. It emphasizes the importance of initial and continuing education for professionals who work directly with those involved, so that interventions in this aspect are more successful.

Incidence and demographic correlates of self-reported cyber-victimization among adolescent respondents

“…The disproportionate increase in the use of electronic media among young people continues to be a problem in educational communities, which highlights the importance of analyzing changes in the communication process and new possibilities for relating to others (Freitas, Rappoport, Solana & Paredes, 2022;Gabarda, Cuevas, Martí, López & Rodríguez, 2022;Niederauer, Machado, Pastoriza & Cardoso, 2022). The widespread use of the internet and smartphones, as well as the increase in the speed of internet connection and easy access to these resources allows young people to use these media as a vehicle for communication, in many cases, inappropriately and, therefore, causing harmful consequences such as the emergence of cyber-victimization.…”