Teachers and school counselors opinion about bullying and cyberbullying among teenagers
Cyberbullying has emerged as a new form of bullying that is affecting more and more schools. The term
cyberbullying” includes related constructs such as internet/online bullying and internet harassment, and involves hurting someone else using information and communication technologies - ICT - sending harassing messages (via social media), posting disparaging comments and/or humiliating pictures on a social networking site, or intimidating or threatening someone electronically.
Compared to traditional/face-to-face bullying, cyberbullying reaches an unlimited number of people with increased exposure across time and space. The main characteristic of bullying in an online environment is that a single aggressive act can have unlimited victimizing repetitions, without further action by the perpetrator after the initial act of bullying.
This study is done in the TECPC - Together Everyone Can Prevent Cyberbullying (2020-1-RO01-KA226-SCH-095269) project, in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme – KA2 Strategic Partnerships Digital Education Readiness.