Cyberbullying:
1. Social aggression towards a victim using a digital device
2. Intent to cause harm to the victim
3. Involves a real or perceived imbalance of power between the victim and perpetrator (Redmond et al., 2018)
Cyberbullying involves social aggression via digital devices with the intent to harm, often characterized by a real or perceived power imbalance between the victim and perpetrator. Various forms include impersonation, exclusion, denigration, harassment, and flaming.
Digital Ethics:
Students' moral and ethical thinking needs to be developed to encourage them to:
1. Consider how actions impact on unknown others
2. Consider how action can effect the broader community (Buchanan, 2019)
The key is EDUCATION:
for STUDENTS AND PARENTS
Mental health disturbance
Suicidal ideation
Drug use
Low self-esteem
Depression
Stress
Anxiety
School avoidance
Peer relationships
suffer
Reduced academic
performance
Impacts?
Cyberbullying:
1. Social aggression towards a victim using a digital device
2. Intent to cause harm to the victim
3. Involves a real or perceived imbalance of power between the victim and perpetrator (Redmond et al., 2018)
Types?
Denigration
Harrassment
Flaming
Exclusion
Impersonation
Prevention?
Prevalence?
One meta-analysis suggests that
approximately one quarter of
adolescents report experiencing
cyberbullying (Hamm et al., 2015)
