Violence and humiliation in the digital era: Research in schools

This article aims to investigate online aggression and humiliation using the concept of “cyberviolence”. These aspects will be analysed through a study surveying 900 students (9-17 years) from a department in the South-West of France. The characteristics and the contents of cyberviolence are examined, focusing on behaviour that the sample considers humiliating and degrading, as well as on their links with more “traditional” types of violence. This article underlines the importance of studying the interactions between online and offline experiences in order to understand violence in the digital era.