Cyberbullying and Internet Safety

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Author(s): Deirdre M. Kelly (University of British Columbia, Canada)and Chrissie Arnold (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 31
Source title: Handbook of Research on the Societal Impact of Digital Media
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Barbara Guzzetti (Arizona State University, USA)and Mellinee Lesley (Texas Tech University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8310-5.ch021

Keywords: Digital Media / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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The chapter considers cyberbullying in relation to Internet safety, concentrating on recent, high quality empirical studies. The review discusses conventional debates over how to define cyberbullying, arguing to limit the term to repeated, electronically-mediated incidents involving intention to harm and a power imbalance between bully and victim. It also takes note of the critical perspective that cyberbullying—through its generic and individualistic framing—deflects attention from the racism, sexism, ableism, and heterosexism that can motivate or exacerbate the problem of such bullying. The review concludes that: (a) cyberbullying, rigorously defined, is a phenomenon that is less pervasive and dire than widely believed; and (b) cyber-aggression and online harassment are more prevalent, yet understudied. Fueled by various societal inequalities, these latter forms of online abuse require urgent public attention. The chapter's recommendations are informed by a view of young people as apprentice citizens, who learn democratic participation by practicing it.

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