<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of this paper is to try to identify the specificity and frequency of cyber-agression as a form of problem behaviour characteristic for the contemporary youth known as Generation Y. Analysis of the results of research conducted among schoolchildren aged 15–16 indicates that cyber-agression is a common phenomenon in the group. It raises the need for reconstruction and re-evaluation of practices and standards developed to date and implemented to address the problematic behaviour of young people through the global network. In the paper, proposals for solutions in this area are presented, which can be used to create future prevention programs aimed at constructive online behaviour and foster rational choice-making regarding the use of the Internet and modern media.</p></abstract>

The objective of this paper is to try to identify the specificity and frequency of cyber-agression as a form of problem behaviour characteristic for the contemporary youth known as Generation Y. Analysis of the results of research conducted among schoolchildren aged 15–16 indicates that cyber-agression is a common phenomenon in the group. It raises the need for reconstruction and re-evaluation of practices and standards developed to date and implemented to address the problematic behaviour of young people through the global network. In the paper, proposals for solutions in this area are presented, which can be used to create future prevention programs aimed at constructive online behaviour and foster rational choice-making regarding the use of the Internet and modern media.

Cyber-Aggression as an Example of Dysfunctional Behaviour of the Young Generation in the Globalized World

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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The objective of this paper is to try to identify the specificity and frequency of cyber-agression as a form of problem behaviour characteristic for the...

Cyber-Aggression as an Example of Dysfunctional Behaviour of the Young Generation in the Globalized World

Online veröffentlicht: 24. Apr. 2018

Seitenbereich: 181 - 192

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2017-0050

Schlüsselwörter
cyber-aggression, problem behaviour, globalization, youth

© 2017 Tomasz Prymak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Cyber-Aggression as an Example of Dysfunctional Behaviour of the Young Generation in the Globalized World

Online veröffentlicht: 24. Apr. 2018

Seitenbereich: 181 - 192

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2017-0050

Schlüsselwörtercyber-aggression, problem behaviour, globalization, youth

© 2017 Tomasz Prymak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
cyber-aggression, problem behaviour, globalization, youth