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Students Hurting Students: Cyberbullying as a Mobile Phone Behavior

Students Hurting Students: Cyberbullying as a Mobile Phone Behavior

Kathleen Conn
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781466682399|ISBN10: 1466682396|EISBN13: 9781466682405
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch080
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Conn, Kathleen. "Students Hurting Students: Cyberbullying as a Mobile Phone Behavior." Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 981-991. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch080

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Conn, K. (2015). Students Hurting Students: Cyberbullying as a Mobile Phone Behavior. In Z. Yan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior (pp. 981-991). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch080

Chicago

Conn, Kathleen. "Students Hurting Students: Cyberbullying as a Mobile Phone Behavior." In Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior, edited by Zheng Yan, 981-991. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch080

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Abstract

While technology can be educationally motivating for students of all ages, technology can also be a cruel tool in the hands of youngsters and teens who do not yet understand the implications and ramifications of remote and potentially anonymous communication. Texting and talking on a mobile cell phone encourages more uninhibited discourse than would likely occur in face-to-face conversation because the texter or talker sees no visual cues that signal the response of the recipient of the communication. Technology-enabled verbal bullying behavior, or cyberbullying, can become especially vicious, even threatening. This chapter will examine the elements of cyberbullying as a misuse of technology and especially as a misuse of mobile phones, its prevalence, and some of the reasons students cyberbully. The article will also examine the potential legal issues involved in bullying and cyberbullying. Finally, the article will offer proposed solutions to the problem, including the responses and responsibilities of school personnel, families, and the students themselves.

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