Project details

Methodology
Project title	Online Bullying Among Youth 8-17 Years Old -Italy (Microsoft Corp.)
Country or countries	Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic (CZ), Egypt, France (FR), Germany (DE), India, Italy (IT), Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Norway (NO), Pakistan, Poland (PL), Qatar, Russia, Spain (ES), Singapore, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.K. and the U.S.
Language(s) of report	English
Funder of research	Private funding
Date of fieldwork	2012
Main research focus
Target group studied	Children
Description of studied group
Age of children studied	8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17
Methodology	Quantitative
Size of sample	NA
If survey, scope of sample	National
Topics covered
	Risks and harm; Mediation
Findings
	• 37% of children aged 8-17 who responded to the survey say they have been subjected to a range of online activities that some may consider to be online bullying or to have adverse effects: 19% mean or unfriendly treatment; 20% made fun of or teased; 18% called mean names. • Compared to the other 25 countries surveyed countries, Italy has the 19th highest reported incidence of online bullying. • Nearly seven in ten children know a lot or something about online bullying and 62% are worried about it. • Bullying someone else online (16%) or offline (30%) are below the worldwide averages (24% and 42%). • Italian parents take an average number of steps to protect their children from online bullying (3.2 versus 3.3). • The presence of formal school policies and education for teachers, parents and students is below average (23% versus 37%).
Further information
Relevant publications	Symantec Corporation (2011). Norton Online Family Report. Symantec: Mountain View, CA
Report accessibility	Brief summary available online
URL of report	http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/home_homeof...
Dataset publicly available
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