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Determination of Cyber Bullying, Cyber Victimization, Cyber Sensitivity and Virtual Loneliness of Students and their Relationships
Determination of Cyber Bullying, Cyber Victimization, Cyber Sensitivity and Virtual Loneliness of Students and their Relationships

Author(s): Ayşe Sezer, Kezban Ozansoy
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: Cyber bullying; cyber victimization; cyber sensitivity; virtual media loneliness

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to determine cyber bullying, cyber victimization, cyber sensitivity, and virtual loneliness of students and their relationships. The study was designed with descriptive and relational model within the framework of quantitative research method. The sample of the study consists of 208 university students. In order to collect data, 4 different scales were used and correlations between descriptive statistics of the scales and the scale scores were employed. Accordingly, especially when the students' scores on the sensitivity scale related to cyber bullying increase, the scores they receive from the e-bullying scale and virtual sharing dimension of the virtual media loneliness scale decrease, which is remarkable.

  • Issue Year: 8/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1359-1365
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English