Perception and prevention of cyberbullying among 7th and 8th grade students

Virtualna je stvarnost sastavni dio našega ţivota u svim njegovim fazama, od najranije dobi do poznih godina, a društvene su mreţe postale vaţan čimbenik u procesima socijalizacije. Osim pozitivnih i naprednih pojava koje nam svima olakšavaju komunikaciju na osobnoj, ali i poslovnoj razini, internet i društvene mreţe postali su platforme za pojavu mnogih negativnih i opasnih pojava, osobito za djecu i mlade koji nemaju razvijen kritički i obrambeni stav prema stranom i nepoznatom. Jedna je od tih pojava i elektroničko zlostavljanje ili cyberbullying. Cilj je ovoga rada istraţiti kako stariji osnovnoškolci, učenici 7. i 8. razreda, percipiraju elektroničko nasilje, jesu li svjesni da je to oblik stvarnog nasilja i suosjećaju li sa ţrtvama ili su i sami promicatelji novoga oblika zlostavljanja te na koji je način u takvom okruţenju potrebno prevenirati da bi se budući slučajevi elektroničkog nasilja u osnovnim školama spriječili.Virtual reality is an integral part of our life in all its phases, from the earliest age to the older phases of our life, and social networks have become an important factor in the process of socialization. In addition to positive phenomenon that makes it easier for all of us to communicate on a personal as well as on a business level, the internet and social networks have become the platform for many negative and dangerous phenomenons, particularly for children and young people who stil did not develop a critical and defensive attitude towards foreign and unknown. One of these phenomena is cyberbullying. The goal of the following thesis is to examine how older elementary school students, students from 7th and 8th grade, perceived electronic violence; are they aware that this is a form of real violence and do they sympathize with the victims or are they themselves promoters of the new forms of abuse. Also, we are going to analyse what are the measures that need to be done in order to prevent future cases of electronic violence in primary schools