Bullying nas escolas: uma análise do tema nas mídias digitais

Abstract

The topic Bullying, here proposed, has been widely discussed and is part of recent debates, specially in the educational area. Schools have been facing new challenges every day, and due to that, they feel the need of changing whatever is necessary in the whole school context. The topic has been approached in the schools, but there's an obcure side that ends up forgotten. Bullying that start in schools with verbal offenses may turn into intimidation, offenses, aggression or even murder. The research is quali-quantitative, being made a bibliographic review for deepen the topic and recently published media analysis in order to raise awareness and explore the most brutal side of Bullying. Data analysis showed it appears in many different situations, not following a Pattern of characteristics or environments, it independs age, gender, social class or any other thing. Bullying exists for a long time and it's undeniable that technology development has actively influenced in the increase of serious cases. So, it's necessary that everybody is attentive to the signs, we need to awaken on students a critic conscience so that they are able to analyze their own attitudes, prioritizing mutual respect, in order to make them reflect in their attitude consequences even before acting in a harmful way to another one.