A Cross-Country Perspective on Cyber Bullying: Italian and Turkish Experience

Abstract

Keywords

• Cyber bullying,university students,cross-country,Italy,Turkey

Siber Zorbalık Üzerine Ülkeler Arası bir Karşılaştırma: İtalya ve Türkiye Örnekleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı İtalyan ve Türk üniversite öğrencilerinin siber zorbalığı nasıl algıladıklarını incelemektir. Veriler kolay ulaşılabilirlik örnekleme yöntemi ile kendilerine ulaşılan 256 İtalyan (161 kadın, 95 erkek) ve 122 Türk (76 kadın, 44 erkek, 2 katılımcı cinsiyetini belirtmemiştir) üniversite öğrencisinden elde edilmiştir. Her iki örneklem için de katılımcıların yaşları 18 ve 33 arasında değişmektedir. İtalyan katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 20.9 (SS = 1.92), Türk katılımcıların yaş ortalaması ise 22.77’dir (SS = 2.47). Veri toplamak için kullanılan ölçme aracı siber zorbalıkla ilgili iki kısa hikayeden (bir web sayfası ve bir cep telefonu örneği) ve takip eden sorulardan oluşmaktadır. Sonuçlar siber zorbalık olaylarının her iki örneklem için de yaygın olduğunu göstermektedir. Her ne kadar benzerlikler olsa da Türk ve İtalyan üniversite öğrencilerinin siber zorbalığın ne olduğuna ve siber zorba ile siber mağdurun kim olduğuna dair algılarında farklılıklar vardır. Araştırmacı ve uygulayıcıların siber zorbalığa karşı önleme programları hazırlarken farklı ülkelerde yaşayan üniversite öğrencilerinin değişen ihtiyaçlarının farkında olmaları ve bunları göz önünde bulundurmaları gerekmektedir. 

Keywords

• Siber zorbalık,üniversite öğrencileri,ülke karşılaştırması,İtalya,Türkiye

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