Observar la violencia 2.0: comportamiento cómplice, de la adolescencia gallega, en función del género.

Abstract

In the current situation of technological revolution, the cyberspace turns into new field of relationships, a daily place for the young people of our world. This increases the risk of violence by disappearing the space barriers that delimited the communication between equals, and gives rise to the birth of a new concept: violence 2.0.

This paper analyses the experiences of observation of violent behaviour 2.0, of the adolescent population, in virtual environments and identifies factors associated with the behaviour cyber observer in this group. The study involved 615 students of Galicia, which studied the third and fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education. These were selected through convenience sampling.

With regard to the experiences, the results indicate that young people consulted have observed many violent behaviours and differences have been found by sex in what they have observed.

The factors associated with violent behaviour observed that have been identified are three that relate to verbal behaviours aggressive shown in the face of what differs from the canon policy heteropatriarcal, sexual violence and, finally, the experiences associated with the myth of romantic love.