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+Contribution for the definition of online violence in the context of a study with school children

Teresa Sofia Castro | University of Minho | [email protected]

António J. Osório | University of Minho | Portugal

EU KIDS ONLINE

LONDON – LSE23.sept.2011

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+“Encountering risk does not necessarily result in an experience of harm”Cross-national comparison of risks and safety on the internetInitial analysis from the EU Kids Online survey of European children

A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

+“Most teenagers use the internet at home in the privacy of their own bedroom”Risks and safety on the internet: The perspective of European childrenFull findings and policy implications from the EU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries

No one can hide

ICT skills

Identity management: anonymity vs. multiplicity

Deindividuation

Unpredictable proportions

Absence of barriers: geography, time, language

Diversity of media

Inhumane

No face-to-face interaction

+“Among those children who ride a bicycle, a small percentage will have an accident”Risks and safety on the internet: The perspective of European childrenFull findings and policy implications from the EU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries

Thus, these are some beginning questions of our starting research:

What can we consider as online violence?

What proportions can violence gain in the virtual world?

What effects may have the disclosure of a compromising photo?

How do children protect themselves from online harm?

How to prepare parents, school and community for these challenges?

the border between opportunity and threat fades

new kind of violence

hybrid and liquid universe of network

+“Welcome to social cruelty, 21st century style”in Willard, N. (2006) Flame Retardant: Cyberbullies torment their victims 24/7. Here’s how to stop the abuse, p.55.

• “lack of consistent terminology” (David-Ferdon & Hertz, 2009, para.24) • “the variety of terms used” (David-Ferdon & Hertz, 2007, S2)

1) Extensive and detailed review on the state of the art around the concept of online violence

First things first…

Internet aggression (Werner, Bumpus & Rock, 2010)Electronic violence (David-Ferdon & Hertz, 2009)Bullying online (Juvonen & Gross, 2008)Online Harassment (Wolak, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2007, Juvonen & Gross, 2008)Internet bullying (Williams & Guerra, 2007)Online bullying (Wolak, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2007)Electronic Bullying (Kowalski & Limber, 2007)Online aggression (Kowalski & Limber, 2007) Electronic aggression(David-Ferdon & Hertz, 2007) Internet harassment (Ybarra, West & Leaf, 2007; Ybarra, Espelage & Mitchell, 2007; Ybarra, Mitchell, Wolak, Finkelhor, 2006)Internet bullying and harassment (Worthen, 2007)

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Violence

“The distinction between aggression and violence, however, is a subtle one”in Kirsh, Steven J. (2006) Children, Adolescents and Media Violence: A critical look at the research, p.10.

2) Violence and Aggression (Kirsh, 2006)

Aggression

Violence

kicking someone in the leg once

repeatedly kicking the leg to the point of it breaking

+“While the Internet has certainly proved to be a valuable tool, there is, indeed a dark side.”in Willard, N. (2006) Flame Retardant: Cyberbullies torment their victims 24/7. Here’s how to stop the abuse, p.55.

3) types and instruments

• the types of inflicted online violence

• current instruments used for its practice

+Contribution for the definition of online violence in the context of a study with school children

Teresa Sofia Castro | University of Minho | PortugalAntónio J. Osório | University of Minho | Portugal

EU KIDS ONLINE

LONDON – LSE23.sept.2011

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