Factors that Influence Mobile Bully-victim Behaviour on Mobile Social Networks: The Case of Facebook
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description: 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 social networks. Excessive usage of mobile phones in schools has elevated the delinquency of bullying in school grounds and challenged how school policies are executed when it comes to mobile bullying. While mobile technology is more widely use than conventional methods to commit antisocial behaviours today, our understanding of mobile bullying is still limited in the South African context. Although studies on bullying in general have been conducted, there has been limited focus on one type called bully-victims. Bully-victims are adolescents that swing between being a bully and a victim and are difficult to identify. The present study aims to bridge the gap by examining the factors that influence the behaviour of mobile bully-victims on Facebook in South African public secondary schools. Children who are greatly exposed to violence and victimisation at an early age tend to struggle when they become adults and experience emotional trauma, perform poorly in their academics and at times commit suicide. Cyberbullying has similar negative impacts whereby the intention is to frequently harm another person using virtual platforms. Research shows that there is rapid growth in suicidal cases which is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents in South Africa. While suicide has not been associated with bully-victims in South Africa, international studies link adolescent suicidal tendencies with bully-victim behaviour. Facebook has been chosen because it is the most popular and commonly use social network by adolescents. Extensive literature on the potential causes of mobile bully-victim behaviour has been reviewed and a conceptual model (Mobile Bully-victim Model) of the in…
abstract: 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 social networks. Excessive usage of mobile phones in schools has elevated the delinquency of bullying in school grounds and challenged how school policies are executed when it comes to mobile bullying. While mobile technology is more widely use than conventional methods to commit antisocial behaviours today, our understanding of mobile bullying is still limited in the South African context. Although studies on bullying in general have been conducted, there has been limited focus on one type called bully-victims. Bully-victims are adolescents that swing between being a bully and a victim and are difficult to identify. The present study aims to bridge the gap by examining the factors that influence the behaviour of mobile bully-victims on Facebook in South African public secondary schools. Children who are greatly exposed to violence and victimisation at an early age tend to struggle when they become adults and experience emotional trauma, perform poorly in their academics and at times commit suicide. Cyberbullying has similar negative impacts whereby the intention is to frequently harm another person using virtual platforms. Research shows that there is rapid growth in suicidal cases which is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents in South Africa. While suicide has not been associated with bully-victims in South Africa, international studies link adolescent suicidal tendencies with bully-victim behaviour. Facebook has been chosen because it is the most popular and commonly use social network by adolescents. Extensive literature on the potential causes of mobile bully-victim behaviour has been reviewed and a conceptual model (Mobile Bully-victim Model) of the in…
author: Ndyave, Zizipho
keywords: Information Systems
date published: 2019
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:23:13Z
provider: University of Cape Town
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Department of Information Systems

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