SOC 500 Chapter Notes - Chapter Articles: Cyberbullying, Moral Disengagement, Truancy
3 Apr 2017
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Bullying in the digital age: a critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying. Research among youth (kowalski, schroeder, giumetti & lattanner, 2014) Cyberbullying is aggression hat is intentionally and repeatedly carried out in an electronic context against a person who can"t easily defend him or herself; some studies show that it affects 75% of school-age children. Linked with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, difficulty sleeping, truancy, suicide. Nearly all youth between 12-17 use the internet, spending on average 17 hours per week on the internet, communicating with friends for the most time. Reproducibility, lack of emotional reactivity, perceived uncontrollability, relative permanence, and 24/7 accessibility make the internet more damaging. Cyberbullying can take many different forms such as flaming (online fight), harassment, outing and trickery, exclusion, impersonation, cyber-stalking, and sexting. Prevalence estimates range between 10-40%; less aggressive in australia and europe than the u. s.
