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Since we live in a digital era where people communicate through mobile phones, tablets and computers more than face-to-face, numerous studies show that cyberbullying is becoming more frequent and that it is most prevalent in adolescents. According to an interlocutor of Radio Kontakt Plus, education is key to solving this problem.
We asked a psychologist, Milena Dabetić from Kosovska Mitrovica and the representatives of SHARE Foundation from Belgrade - Kristina Ćendić, Anka Kovačević and Andrej Petrovski, what is cyberbullying, who are the victims and who are the abusers, as well as how to deal with this problem, among many other questions related to this topic.
Despite its rise, digital violence is a relatively new concept. This form of violence is not easy to define and place in a particular context. However, here is one of the acceptable formulations: Cyber violence (cyberbullying) is the use of digital technologies with the aim to harass, humiliate, hurt and harm another person. Cyberbullying also includes insults, harassment, stalking and the spread of violent and abusive comments, representatives of the SHARE Foundation explain.
"It is every form of violence that occurs through the use of digital technologies. This type of violence is characterized by a high degree of anonymity of a violent person or group. Also, cyberbullying is characterized by the fact that the victim is always available (people using the Internet can be exposed to cyberbullying at any time and place)."
