Cyber Bullying

Duncan McColl

Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited

Law, Danielle M., Jennifer D. Shapka, Shelley Hymel, Brent F. Olson, and Terry Waterhouse. "The Changing Face of Bullying: An Empirical Comparison between Traditional and Internet Bullying and Victimization." Computers in Human Behavior (2011): n. pag. Print.

This article began with a study of the extent of bullying experiences, whether you have been a bully, a victim of bullying or a witness of bullying.  The study used a set of  individuals ranging from grades 8 to 12 in high school. The object was to discover what percentage of the group had experienced bullying before. A second study was used to discover the actual effect bullying had on an individual who had been exposed to its vicious ways.

Li, Qing. "New Bottle but Old Wine: A Research of Cyberbullying in Schools." Computers in Human Behavior 23.4 (2007): 1777-791. Print.

            Li’s article approaches the issue of cyber bullying with more intent on gathering substantial evidence to put a percentage to the effect of bullying and cyberbullying on a group of seventh grade students.  Unlike the previous article Li was able to compile enough data to put bullying in perspective.  I chose this article for the actual percentages that Li gives to the issue and also to have a broader research base rather than focusing on just high school students. 

Skrzypiec, Grace, Phillip Slee, Rosalind M. Harvey, and Beatriz Pereira. "School Bullying by One or More Ways: Does It Matter and How Do Students Cope?" School Psychology International (2011): 289-311. Print.

            Rather than searching for the number of people affected by bullying this study takes individuals that have been bullied to discover how they cope with different forms of bullying.  Whether the students of the South Australian school were cyber bullied or traditional bullied the research study was successful in discovering the numerous ways individuals cope with often demeaning scenes from their lives.  The findings look into whether the type of bullying affected how an individual coped with being bullied.  The gender of the individual was also taken into consideration.

Smith, Peter K., Jess Mahdavi, Manuel Carvalho, and Neil Tippett. "AN INVESTIGATION INTO CYBERBULLYING, ITS FORMS, AWARENESS AND IMPACT, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND GENDER IN CYBERBULLYING." Research Brief (2006): n. pag. Print.

            The purpose of this questionnaire study from several London institutions was to gauge the impact bullying has on the students. With close to 100 separate pieces of data the research team was able to compile several statistical findings about bullying and its impact.  Whether bullied by a cellphone, a computer, or in person the results showed that 22% of the participants had been cyberbullied before.  The study discovered that phone calls, text messages, and emails were the main forms in which people bullied others or were bullied through.  The study also touched on whether students were aware of cyberbullying and if they would do something to stop it.

Smith, Peter K., Jess Mahdavi, Manuel Carvalho, Sonja Fisher, Shanette Russell, and Neil Tippett. "Cyberbullying: Its Nature and Impact in Secondary School Pupils." The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2008): 376-85. Print.

            This article goes in depth to unveil the nature behind cyber bullying as well as studying the impact it has on younger individuals.  Using this article further gave me a broad spectrum to discuss the impact and effect cyberbullying and bullying has on our species youth in general. This study also had one of the largest sample sizes to pick from for the results which gave me the impression that the findings here will be my baseline readings to compare against the other 4 studies. 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/09/social.media.bullying/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/29/cyber-bully-victims-isolated-dehumanized-2/?iref=allsearch