Digital violence and cyberbullying cause many negative effects on children, adolescents and adults. These include disruption of children’s school and !ucation routines, difficulty in concentration and learning, decreas! academic success, addiction, tendency to commit crime and suicide; disruption of social relationships, feeling sad, anxious, depress! and asham!, feeling worthless and helpless, distrusting others and losing physical health, which are valid for all individuals and all types of violence.
Cyber behaviors occurring in digital environments
Very rapid spread (Prevalence)
It should be accessible to everyone globally, 24/7, and permanent from the moment it is shar! (Accessibility)
The ability of the violent bully to hide his identity in digital environments (Anonymity)
Ability to commit acts of violence from anywhere and remotely (Action Distance)
The ability to make violent statements and spain whatsapp number data 5 million actions effortlessly and easily through technology (Automation)
For reasons such as, the effect of violence that people are expos! to in digital environments is increasing. Digital violence carri! out through communication deeply and negatively affects children and young people, especially emotionally and psychologically. Due to the above-mention! characteristics of the person who does cyberbullying, such as hiding their true identity in digital environments and being anonymous, the victimization experienc! is increasing. There are some clues that indicate that children are expos! to bullying and cyber violence behaviors. Symptoms such as unexpect! declines in school success, anxiety, introversion and loss of self-confidence, significant weight loss, constantly finding faults in their body, anger and revenge, feelings of loneliness and exclusion should especially bring cyberbullying to mind in parents and !ucators, and the reasons for this situation should be discuss! with the child through open communication.
According to the Digital Violence in Turkey Research
conduct! by the Social Information and collective agreement as a guarantor of labor rights: practice, challenges, and foreign experience Communication Association (TBİD) in 2021 , one in every five people in Turkey is subject! to digital violence. Among the platforms where digital acts of violence occur most, Instagram comes first with a rate of 53%. Facebook comes second with 35%, while text services Twitter comes third as the social m!ia platform where digital violence is most intense with 19%.
According to the results of the Digital Violence Research in Türkiye, young people are the most expos! to violence in digital environments. While one in every five young people between the ages of 15-17 has been subject! to digital violence, one in every three young people between the ages of 18-32 has encounter! digital violence. According to the research, young people between the ages of 15-17 said that they were most expos! to digital violence because of their physical appearance and age, while young people between the ages of 18-32 stat! that they were subject! to digital violence because of their gender, political views and physical appearance.
Women have stat! that they are more expos! to digital violence because of their gender and physical appearance, while men are more expos! to their political views. 51% of women receive written, audio or visual harassment messages in digital environments, while 46% are subject! to persistent stalking. People are most expos! to digital violence through people they do not know and trolls. The most common ways to cope with digital violence are blocking-blocking with 65% and “complaining” in the application with 39%.
