A study of cyberbullying policies in the smart age

This study is an empirical study of cyberbullying, which has recently surfaced as a social problem. This study analyzes the influence of Internet usage behavior (usage duration and purpose) and the recognition of social restrictions pertaining to cyber violence on cyber violence (experiences of inflicting/suffering from cyber violence) along with variables such as social demographic variables (gender and grade), individual characteristics (psychological state, family relations, and school life) and experiences of bullying (inflicting/suffering from bullying). The analysis resulted in the observation that along with changes in Internet usage behavior such as increasing usage duration and cyber communication, cyber violence is "increasingly occurring in a greater range of times and places. However, it was also observed that the presence of the recognition of legal punishments pertaining to cyberbullying decreases both the inflicting of and suffering from cyber violence. An Internet policy that carefully considers the quickly changing cyber environment is needed more than ever.