SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Cyberbullying, Iceberg

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Constructed as a serious problem in the early 2000s: teen suicides as a result of cyberbullying drew media attention. Esea(cid:396)(cid:272)he(cid:396)s (cid:858)dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:859) the issue a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d 2006: reaffirm seriousness of problem, remains a problem in public discourse today. The role of anonymity facilitated through pseudonyms and anonymous accounts to generate a sense of impunity and undermine accountability of cyberbullying: traditional bullying involves co-presence where identities are known. Audience cyberbullying usually involves a larger audience: t(cid:396)aditio(cid:374)al (cid:271)ullyi(cid:374)g usually i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s i(cid:373)(cid:373)ediate pee(cid:396) (cid:374)et(cid:449)o(cid:396)k o(cid:374)ly, cyberbullying audience can grow exponentially. Permanence text images and videos can last forever online: source of social and psychological harm endures, cyberbullying is harder to escape, you can temporarily escape a traditional bully, cyberbullying seems ubiquitous (always present) Cyberbullying associated with anger, aggression, anxiety, and fear (offenders) These are correlations, not causations (cannot say cyberbullying necessarily causes these things)