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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
ISBN13: 9781466628038|ISBN10: 1466628030|EISBN13: 9781466628045
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2803-8.ch006
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Cassidy, Wanda, et al. "Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?." Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling, edited by Jonathan Bishop, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 62-83. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2803-8.ch006

APA

Cassidy, W., Brown, K., & Jackson, M. (2013). Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?. In J. Bishop (Ed.), Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling (pp. 62-83). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2803-8.ch006

Chicago

Cassidy, Wanda, Karen Brown, and Margaret Jackson. "Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness: What do Students, Educators and Parents Say?." In Examining the Concepts, Issues, and Implications of Internet Trolling, edited by Jonathan Bishop, 62-83. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2803-8.ch006

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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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