Cyber-Bullying and Schools in an Electronic Era

Sharon Y. Tettegah; Diana Betout; Kona Renee Taylor

doi:10.1016/S1479-3660(05)08002-9

Cyber-Bullying and Schools in an Electronic Era

Sharon Y. Tettegah
, Diana Betout
, Kona Renee Taylor

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Recent reports in the news media indicates a vast majority of children are connected to the Internet and the World Wide Web. As more children connect online, they bring their behaviors that were once principally face-to-face, to the Internet. This chapter is concerned with online aggression, specifically school age bullying. Children's capacity to bully their peers is growing because of increased use of electronic and wireless information communication technologies. Anonymity provides a venue to engage in risky cyber-bullying for today's children. Schools district need to be aware of the dangers and psychological effects of cyber-bullying.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Technology and Education
Subtitle of host publication	Issues in Administration, Policy, and Applications in K12 Schools
Editors	Sharon Y Tettegah, Richard C Hunter
Pages	17-28
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3660(05)08002-9
State	Published - Apr 27 2006
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Advances in Educational Administration
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	1479-3660

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Cyber-Bullying and Schools in an Electronic Era. / Tettegah, Sharon Y.; Betout, Diana; Taylor, Kona Renee.
Technology and Education: Issues in Administration, Policy, and Applications in K12 Schools. ed. / Sharon Y Tettegah; Richard C Hunter. 2006. p. 17-28 (Advances in Educational Administration; Vol. 8).

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