Preventing Cyberbullying: Creating a Safe Environment in Universities Based on Digital Etiquette

2025

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DOI 10.47526/2025-4/2664-0686.303
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Abstract

The article addresses the issue of cyberbullying among university students and their level of digital etiquette. Cyberbullying is one of the significant challenges of contemporary digital society, negatively affecting students' psychological well-being and academic performance. The possibilities of preventing cyberbullying through the development of digital etiquette are explored, emphasizing the importance of students mastering norms of online behavior, avoiding aggression, and refraining from negative comments. Teaching digital etiquette fosters respectful attitudes toward others, protects personal data, and promotes the establishment of a safe online environment. The authors analyze various types of cyberbullying, as well as its psychological and social consequences, highlighting the importance of creating a safe digital environment in educational institutions. The principles of digital etiquette and their connection with cyberbullying prevention strategies are examined. The study, using a survey-based method, investigated students‘ perceptions of cyberbullying and digital etiquette, as well as the frequency of their encounters with cyberbullying in the digital space. The research results revealed that while students have formed certain perceptions and attitudes toward cyberbullying and digital etiquette, there is a need to develop digital skills further and enhance digital literacy. The authors propose introducing an elective course, ―Digital etiquette and Cyberbullying,‖ into the curriculum to better prepare future educators and psychologists for their professional activities.