Digitalt våld och de professionellas arbete- en kvantitativ studie av hur socialarbetare allvarlighetskattar olika typer av digitalt våld och deras arbete med utsatta individer
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The objective of this study was to investigate what are the most common types of digital violence that social workers come across and how they assess their seriousness.
Our research questions were:
1/ What types of digital violence exist and how common are they?
2/ How do social workers assess the severity of the types of violence?
3/ Does the ranking and seriousness assessment differ between those primarily working with children and youth and those primarily working with adults?
4/ What interventions are available to prevent and meet digital violence?
The study was a quantitative analysis based on 52 web surveys, which were sent out to social workers who were members of a Facebook group. The theories and concepts used were... (More) - The objective of this study was to investigate what are the most common types of digital violence that social workers come across and how they assess their seriousness.
Our research questions were:
1/ What types of digital violence exist and how common are they?
2/ How do social workers assess the severity of the types of violence?
3/ Does the ranking and seriousness assessment differ between those primarily working with children and youth and those primarily working with adults?
4/ What interventions are available to prevent and meet digital violence?
The study was a quantitative analysis based on 52 web surveys, which were sent out to social workers who were members of a Facebook group. The theories and concepts used were related to jurisdiction, specialization, and professions. The result showed that unauthorized access to accounts is the most common type of digital violence, abuse, and threats that the social workers had encountered. Further social workers had, on average, ranked harassment, threats, bullying, and stalking via GPS highest as degree of seriousness. Illegal access to social media accounts and sharing images or videos were not considered as serious. Among social workers working with adults, the most serious rating was threats and stalking via GPS, while among social workers working with children and youth, the most serious rating was stalking via GPS and forced sharing of private passwords. Finally, social services offered support were calls, relocation, and family treatment. (Less)
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- author
- Smakiah, Rima LU and Stanisic, Julia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- digital violence, social workers, digital media, the work of social services, the work of professionals, digitalization, increase in digital violence, digital tools
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9135759
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-01 09:01:20
- date last changed
- 2023-09-01 09:01:20
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abstract = {{The objective of this study was to investigate what are the most common types of digital violence that social workers come across and how they assess their seriousness.
Our research questions were:
1/ What types of digital violence exist and how common are they?
2/ How do social workers assess the severity of the types of violence?
3/ Does the ranking and seriousness assessment differ between those primarily working with children and youth and those primarily working with adults?
4/ What interventions are available to prevent and meet digital violence?
The study was a quantitative analysis based on 52 web surveys, which were sent out to social workers who were members of a Facebook group. The theories and concepts used were related to jurisdiction, specialization, and professions. The result showed that unauthorized access to accounts is the most common type of digital violence, abuse, and threats that the social workers had encountered. Further social workers had, on average, ranked harassment, threats, bullying, and stalking via GPS highest as degree of seriousness. Illegal access to social media accounts and sharing images or videos were not considered as serious. Among social workers working with adults, the most serious rating was threats and stalking via GPS, while among social workers working with children and youth, the most serious rating was stalking via GPS and forced sharing of private passwords. Finally, social services offered support were calls, relocation, and family treatment.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Digitalt våld och de professionellas arbete- en kvantitativ studie av hur socialarbetare allvarlighetskattar olika typer av digitalt våld och deras arbete med utsatta individer}},
year = {{2023}},
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