Cyberbullying among youth: an under-researched phenomenon in Slovenia Cover Image

Nasilje med mladimi v kibernetskem prostoru: Neraziskanost pojava v Sloveniji
Cyberbullying among youth: an under-researched phenomenon in Slovenia

Author(s): Tjaša Žakelj
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: cyberbullying; youth; the Internet; cyberbullying types

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses cyberbullying among youth as an under-researched phenomenon in Slovenia. It is enabled by the use of information-communication technologies that is growing among youth and which, in addition to numerous advantages, also brings a new alternative for the perpetration of peer violence. The article deals with noted cyberbullying issues in some European and North American cases of research into the phenomenon, the complexity of the issue and the still developing typology of cyberbullying types, the terminological deficiencies of Slovenian words dealing with types of cyberbullying, the first Slovenian treatment of the phenomenon and arguments for the systematic tackling of the problem for which we currently have no strategies in place to combat it.

  • Issue Year: 29/2013
  • Issue No: 74
  • Page Range: 107-123
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovenian