Cyberbullying Across the Globe by Raúl Navarro Santiago Yubero & Elisa Larrañaga

Author:Raúl Navarro, Santiago Yubero & Elisa Larrañaga
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

7.2 Cyberbullying: Concept and Paradigmatic Perspectives

While some authors claim that cyberbullying is just a continuation of the forms of peer-to-peer aggression , which starts in face-to-face relationships (Kowalski et al. 2008), others say that it is a different phenomenon which should be configured as a new field of research, particularly because of its peculiar characteristics, such as the anonymity of perpetrators and the ability to go beyond the time and space boundaries that frame face-to-face human relationships (Jäger et al. 2010).

The differences between traditional bullying and cyberbullying stem from the frequent exchanges in technologies and the potential of electronic communication, characterized by a type of violence much more aggressive than that emerging in face-to-face interactions (Del Río et al. 2010). Some of the characteristics are :

The all-along mobility and connectivity of new technologies that makes cyberbullying something that transcends all places and reaches numerous recipients. It is not limited to school or home.

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