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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - The Baden-Württemberg youth protection campaign has warned against wrong conclusions from excessive numbers on the subject of cyberbullying. "Alarming figures encourage the tendency to view social media as the cause of cyberbullying instead of how we deal with each other," explained Lothar Wegner and Henrik Blaich from the violence prevention department. «We advocate an objectively well-founded limitation of the term. Because not every attack is «bullying», not every online conflict is «cyberbullying». " And even without the statistics being pushed up, the situation is alarming enough.
Wegner and Blaich refer, among other things, to a definition according to which bullying is "the repeated and systematic degradation, hurting and humiliation of others over a long period of time", "which serves to satisfy one's own needs, especially for power and prestige".
There is a positive response in the group, it cannot be ended by the victim alone and it changes the framework of values.
The two experts emphasized that bullying and cyberbullying are interwoven in the world of children and young people.
"Those affected are attacked online and offline."
This takes place in different contexts such as at school, in residential groups, in clubs or at the training place.
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As with all forms of violence, the magnitude of bullying and cyberbullying cannot be precisely determined, write Wegner and Blaich. Studies would come to different conclusions because of different definitions of the term. “But regardless of the exact size, our message is: there is still an urgent need for action! Because (cyber) bullying is not only a direct threat to the people concerned and the cohesion of a group, but also to the consensus of values and the social rules of an institution. " If it is not recognized and ended, trust in the institution is at stake.
The youth advocates of the state office based in Stuttgart demand that concepts for prevention and intervention be established in schools and youth welfare institutions.
"The aim is a comprehensive facility-related conflict and violence management."
Employees would have to be regularly trained for this.
These are questions of money and personnel.
"This is the only way to achieve sustainability and, in our opinion, this is the only way to effectively tackle (cyber) bullying," said Wegner and Blaich.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210424-99-333593 / 2
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