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Young people, who are active users of digital technology products in almost every aspect of their daily lives, meet many of their needs such as accessing information, learning, producing content and socialising through digital technology products and internet-based applications. Along with these opportunities offered by digital technology products to the daily life practices of young people, the malicious use of these technology products leads to the emergence of digital violence, which is a different type of violence. As a matter of fact, violence today, with the innovations brought by technology, carries its existence to the digital field and is shaped and transformed in this field. Accordingly, the study deals with how digital violence, which is characterised as a new type of violence, is experienced by young people. This study, which aims to determine the effects of digital violence on young people, was implemented by using a semi-structured interview form and in-depth interviews with a total of 20 young participants, 10 male and 10 female, in Alanya district of Antalya. In the study, the interview data obtained within the framework of the themes of young people's use of digital technology, discursive definitions of digital violence, types of digital violence they are exposed to and methods of coping with digital violence are analyzed and the subject is discussed from a sociological perspective. As a result of the research, it is seen that young people are exposed to digital violence, can be the perpetrators of digital violence or witness digital violence. Through the digital technology products and internet-based applications they use, young people are disturbed, threatened and blackmailed through messages, especially by their close circle, or they are exposed to digital violence, especially in virtual environments such as social media, by people who their do not know, through fake or anonymous accounts impersonating someone they know.

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