College student cyberbullying on social networking sites: Conceptualization,prevalence, and perceived bystander responsibility |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Antwerp, Sint-Jacobstraat 2, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium;2. University of Leuven, Campus Brussel, Warmoesberg 26, 1000 Brussel, Belgium;1. Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Special Education, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699, United States;2. University of North Texas, Department of Educational Psychology — Special Education, 1155 Union Circle #311335, Denton, TX 76203-5017, United States |
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Abstract: | The majority of research on cyberbullying has been conducted with middle school and high school students and has not focused on specific technology platforms. The current study investigated college student experiences with cyberbullying on Social Networking Sites (SNS). College students (N = 196) from a northwestern university shared their conceptualizations of what cyberbullying looked like on SNS. Some college students (19%) reported that they had been bullied on SNS and 46% indicating that they had witnessed cyberbullying on SNS. The majority (61%) of college students who witnessed cyberbullying on SNS did nothing to intervene. College students were also asked about their perceived responsibility when they witnessed cyberbullying on SNS. Two diverging themes emerged that indicated some college students believed their responsibility to intervene was circumstantial, while others believed there is a constant clear level of responsibility for college student cyberbullying bystanders on SNS. |
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Keywords: | Cyberbullying College Qualitative Bystander behavior Social networking sites |
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