Ethical Problems Facing Teachers in Online Discussion Forums

• Main Authors: Mehmet Sincar, C. Teyyar Uğurlu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gaziantep University 2012-12-01
• Series: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences
• Subjects: Ethics; ethical problems; cyber ethics; internet forum pages; Etik; etik problemler; siber etik; internet forum sayfaları
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24238/256942?publisher=gantep

The research was carried out with the participation of teachers working in Gaziantep and was a qualitative study with a maximum variation sample. The data were obtained by focus group interviews. According to the analysis of the data, the issues experienced by the participants on the forum pages are collected under four categories: character, aggression, obsession and disrespect. In character category, the participants reported that they had encountered irresponsibility, selfishness, lie, causticity; in aggression category, the participants reported they had encountered violation of private life, provocation, sexual harassment, defamation and bullying; in obsession category, the participants reported they had encountered monomania, dependency and trap; in disrespect category the participants reported that they had encountered violation of the right to speak and illegal file sharing