Open AccessTeachers' Perception of the Phenomenon of Cyberbullying During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Elena-Ancuța Zăvoianu,
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Ion-Ovidiu Pânișoară,
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Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
lumen proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2601-2529
pISSN - 2601-2510
DOI - 10.18662/wlc2021/74
Subject(s) - phenomenon , pandemic , context (archaeology) , aggression , perception , covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , psychology , social phenomenon , qualitative research , internet privacy , social psychology , computer science , sociology , medicine , social science , epistemology , paleontology , disease , pathology , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , philosophy
Cyberbullying is a negative social phenomenon that takes place online. It consists of harassing technology users through various means and various platforms. Frequent exposure to this phenomenon can cause emotional, mental and social problems for victims, witnesses and aggressors. In the current pandemic context, when education has shifted to the online environment, and students spend a significant amount of time using different devices and online platforms, the number of cyberbullying cases is constantly increasing. There is currently little research describing how this phenomenon influenced online aggression. In preventing and eliminating this phenomenon, teachers play an important role, due to the time they spend with students and the impact they can have on them. In order to identify teachers' perceptions of this phenomenon during the pandemic and how they manage it in the classroom, we conducted a qualitative research on 10 teachers from primary and secondary schools. The results of the research were interesting and offered a new perspective on this phenomenon during Covid-19 crisis.