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In a media ecology defined through “interactive” behaviour – “web 2.0,” the blogging platforms now favoured by news and cultural criticism sites – a new figure has emerged from the digital abyss: the serial commenter.
Kids today face a variety of digital stressors –from negotiating how much communication to have with close friends to digital abuse.
The social media giant says it takes online abuse seriously. But there are calls for it to do more amid reports it's not doing enough to deal with threats or abuse.
Some of the harassment women face while playing video games could be due to bully tactics employed by lower status men.
A former pupil is suing her school for the psychiatric harm she allegedly suffered from bullying.
When what Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt intended as an after dinner speech was made public he suffered the consequences, as have several others before him.
Should cyberbullies be isolated and shamed? Or should they be helped ? Victims of cyberbullying could take to being cyberbullies themselves.
The reaction to the federal government’s plans to clamp down on cyberbullying has ranged from hostility from some libertarians to scepticism about yet another government attempt to make the internet safer…
When trolls strike in website comment sections and across social media, we tend to look to curtail the perpetrators and help their targets. But what of the moderators – the often nameless and invisible…
Online and social media’s capacity to enable anyone to communicate their ideas and views is much celebrated. So why do so many people feel nervous about getting involved with online debate? Too often…
Bullying in schools has been recognised as a serious and pervasive problem now for at least two decades. There is now also evidence, including from the UK and other European countries, North America and…
Online bullying has rapidly increased in Australia, with one in five young Australians experiencing cyberbulling each year…
We are currently experiencing an epidemic of cyberbullying in schools that has taken the educational community by surprise. One new UK study of children’s digital habits found that online bullying has…
Estimates show that millions of people have been victims of cyberbullying. Sadly, this includes the famous cases where emotional distress caused Tyler Clementi, Izzy Dix, Lisa Marie Zahra, and dozens of…
Cyberbullying experts, schools and parents are concerned about another social networking site targeting teens. Ask.fm enables users to post questions; you sign up and people ask you or you ask other people…
A new survey by the teachers union NASUWT has provided further evidence to confirm that teachers too, as well as pupils, can be targets of online bullying. In the research, just more than a fifth of the…
The rise of social media tools and accessories has allowed us to be “always on” and “always connected”. The impact of this technological change is primarily social, and so far our communities have not…
The recent death of television personality Charlotte Dawson and the possible role that online abuse played in her struggles with depression shows how damaging this behaviour can be. The former model had…
Amanda Todd was a 15-year-old Canadian girl who took her own life in October 2012. Prior to her death, she had been the victim of extensive and prolonged cyber-bullying on Facebook, YouTube and other social…
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Corpus Linguistics, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, University of Melbourne
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Digital Communication, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Associate professor, Orygen, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor Communications and Media, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer Online Communication and Media, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
