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Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites

Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites

Gilberto Marzano (Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 50
ISBN13: 9781522580768|ISBN10: 152258076X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522590477|EISBN13: 9781522580775
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8076-8.ch003
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Gilberto Marzano and Joanna Lizut. "Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites." Cyberbullying and the Critical Importance of Educational Resources for Prevention and Intervention, IGI Global, 2019, pp.69-118. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8076-8.ch003

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G. Marzano, & J. Lizut (2019). Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8076-8.ch003

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Marzano, Gilberto, and Joanna Lizut. "Cyberbullying and Social Networking Sites." In Cyberbullying and the Critical Importance of Educational Resources for Prevention and Intervention. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8076-8.ch003

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Abstract

Media pay considerable attention to episodes that involve children and adolescents and the internet. Usually, the excessive time spent on social networking sites is highlighted as the principal source of risk for cyberbullying as well as for the various types of cyber addictions that can develop. Anonymity is reported to be one of the principal factors that favor cyberbullying, whilst sexting and homophobia are indicated as being among the principal circumstances that bring victims to commit suicide. In this chapter, some relevant aspects of the use of social networking sites will be illustrated and some notions regarding how the internet works will be introduced. Other questions, such as the spread of cyber hate and online incivility will be discussed, and a case of the incautious use of Facebook by a higher public education institution will be reported. Many concepts highlighted here will be useful in the following chapters in which strategies for the prevention of cyberbullying will be considered.

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