Cyberbullying: When Bullies Follow You Home.

Researchers have studied adolescent bullying behavior since the 1970s, however, today's technological advances have opened the door to a new form of abuse. Teens can no longer escape the wrath of their bullies once they have left the school grounds, because bullies are following them home. Cyberbullying is a new phenomenon in which bullies use computer-mediated communication (CMC) to torment their victims. This research project focused on uncovering some of the mysteries surrounding this new means of bullying. A grounded theory analysis of stories written by victims revealed cyberbullies often use synchronous chat tools, e-mail, web sites, and cell phone text messages to reach their victims. Data analysis also revealed victims use of contextualization, descriptions of their bullying episodes, and discussions of their responses and outcomes to characterize their experiences. Interestingly, the researcher found victims of cyberbullying generally were also victims off face-to-face bullying as well.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Phillips Newton, Ann E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Byers, Lori
• Richardson, Brian
• Shukla, Pratibha

• Bullying.
• Telematics.
• victims
• bullying
• computer-mediated communication
• adolescents
• cyberbullying

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Phillips Newton, Ann E.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 56664322
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4581/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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