Bully or Bullied: One third of schoolchildren carry out cyber violence while another third are victimized online
According to the Korea Communications Commission (KCC)’s 2013 Cyber Violence Report released on Dec. 26th, 3 in 10 schoolchildren (Primary, Middle and High school students) have carried out a form of cyber violence while more than 30% have suffered the attacks.
Among the 29.2% that have inflicted online abuse, offences included: verbal abuse (25.2%), cyber bullying (5.6%), defamation (4.8%). For middle students (38%) and high school students (37%) who participated in online abuse, 52.3% and 64.6% they did not know at all based on “anger or hatred of the counterpart.” Meanwhile primary school children said they carried out cyber violence on their classmates at school with 45.7% of them “doing it for fun.”
Meanwhile 30.3% of the respondents claimed to have suffered cyber violence. 64% stated that the reason for not reporting the attacks to the authorities was because they “felt it would be useless.”
From such alarming statistics, it is clear that cyber violence has already become a grave concern in the Korean society where there is insufficient awareness or education about the issue. Especially for the younger generation that is becoming increasingly individualized and competitive in studies, there is a need to promote more social values and morale in order to create a healthier society.
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