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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Mobile Bullying"”.
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Mobile bullying in South Africa – exploring its nature, influencing factors and implications
Mobile bullying is a form of electronic bullying that is relatively new. It involves the use of mobile technology applications such as email, chat rooms, instant messaging and small text messages. This form of bullying often goes unnoticed. Victims, institutions and parents are unaware of how to …
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The role of mobile service providers in combating mobile bullying among adolescent in South Africa
Modern-day mobile communications technology has advanced in rapid phases, triggered by the presence of mobile technology applications. This advancement has accelerated the notion of enriched data, information and services that individuals have access to. The value presented to users of mobile …
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Mobile bullying : investigating the non-technical factors that influence forensic readiness in township schools in South Africa
The increasing use of mobile devices by high school learners has resulted in increased networking activities for learners who take advantage of opportunities presented by mobile technologies. Mobile technology continues to play a key role in facilitating online interactions amongst South African …
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Investigating the nature and prevalence of mobile bullying in the rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Limited studies have examined mobile bullying in South African schools in general and in rural schools in particular. The focus on rural schools is important to our understanding of the nature and forms of bullying. Studies conducted in other parts of the world suggest that bullying differs among …
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Examining the evolution of bully-victim behaviour in South African high school students
… African context and studies regarding cyber bullying are not keeping up with this widespread of ICTs. There is a large scale of research that focuses on bullying and victimisation, but not much on bully-victims in general which makes it difficult to identify this group of individuals for …
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Factors that Influence Mobile Bully-victim Behaviour on Mobile Social Networks: The Case of Facebook
Mobile bullying on social networks is a growing problem in South African public high schools. It is described as a fairly new form of cyber bullying which is conducted using a mobile phone through communication channels such as text messages, emails, Instant messaging and other chat rooms such as …
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Identifying the characteristics of socially integrated mobile bully-victims using a mobile application
The prevalence of mobile bully-victim behaviour is increasing on popular mobile social networks. Mobile bullying is a sub-type of cyberbullying committed using mobile technology. Mobile bully-victims are individuals who exhibit both bullying and victimisation behaviour. While there are different …
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An exploratory study of parents’ experiences of their teenagers’ text messaging
Today the mobile phone plays a vital role in social life across the globe. For many teenagers and young adults in particular, this device forms an integral part of their daily communication, with text messaging being one of their preferred modes of social interaction. Researchers across the globe …
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Identifying female mobile bully-victim characteristics in selected high schools in South Africa: towards an anti-bullying mobile application
… the majority of learners' years in high school, bullying is one common experience that pervades those years of transitioning to adulthood. The bullying phenomenon has been studied over a few decades and we have basically come to understand that bullying is any situation where a perpetrator, over …
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Towards a mobile application to aid law enforcement in diagnosing and preventing mobile bully-victim behaviour in Eastern Free State High Schools of South Africa
Mobile bully-victim behaviour is one cyber aggression that is escalating worldwide. Bully-victims are people who bully others but are also victimised by peers. The behaviour of bully-victims therefore swings between that of pure bullies and pure victims, making it difficult to identify and prevent. …