Cyber-bullying Research

Facts from a recent study below point out again how parents need to realize how important it is to talk and stay connected with their children so if and when your child is faced with cyber-bullying they know they did not do anything wrong. Here are the findings about cyber-bullying.

This study is from the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP), in which 1726 young people, across four South African cities, shared their experiences of aggression from online networks. The CJCP research shows that one in three children are victims of cyber-bullying at school, while more than two in five (42.9%) had experienced some form of cyber aggression outside of school. The CJCP says, despite growing concerns around this form of malevolence, “very little empirical research has been done in SA on the extent and nature of these forms of cyber aggression.” What has been found to date is almost one in two young people have experience some type of cyber-bullying. The CJCP says “the Internet and mobile technologies are exacerbating the problem because of the increase anonymity and some level of disassociation with acts of aggression, making aggression and bullying much easier through these media.”