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Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?

Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?

Wanda Cassidy, Karen Brown, Margaret Jackson
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781609602093|ISBN10: 1609602099|EISBN13: 9781609602116
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch015
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Cassidy, Wanda, et al. "Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?." Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices, edited by Elza Dunkels, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 256-277. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch015

APA

Cassidy, W., Brown, K., & Jackson, M. (2011). Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?. In E. Dunkels, G. Franberg, & C. Hallgren (Eds.), Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices (pp. 256-277). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch015

Chicago

Cassidy, Wanda, Karen Brown, and Margaret Jackson. "Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?." In Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices, edited by Elza Dunkels, Gun-Marie Franberg, and Camilla Hallgren, 256-277. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch015

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to explore cyber-bullying from three different, but interrelated, perspectives: students, educators and parents. The authors also explore the opposite spectrum of online behaviour - that of “cyber-kindness” - and whether positive, supportive or caring online exchanges are occurring among youth, and how educators, parents and policy-makers can work collaboratively to foster a kinder online world rather than simply acting to curtail cyber-bullying. These proactive efforts tackle the deeper causes of why cyber-bullying occurs, provide students with tools for positive communication, open the door for discussion about longer term solutions, and get at the heart of the larger purposes of education – to foster a respectful and responsible citizenry and to further a more caring and compassionate society. In the course of this discussion, they highlight the findings from two studies they conducted in British Columbia, Canada, one on cyber-bullying and a later study, which addressed both cyber-bullying and cyber-kindness.

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