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25. Juli 2012
Cyberbullying: one in two victims suffer from the distribution of embarrassing photos and videos
Researchers at Bielefeld University questioned schoolchildren on cyberbullying attacks through the Internet and by mobile phone
Embarrassing
personal photos and videos circulating in the Internet: researchers at
Bielefeld University have discovered that young people who fall victim
to cyberbullying or cyber harassment suffer most when fellow pupils make
them objects of ridicule by distributing photographic material.
According to an online survey published on Thursday, 19 July, about half of the
victims feel very distressed or severely distressed by this type of
behaviour. 1,881 schoolchildren living in Germany took part in the
survey conducted by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on
Conflict and Violence (IKG) and commented on their experiences with
cyberbullying as a victim, offender or witness.
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