Guidelines to prevent cyber-bullying: a cross-national review
Mona O’Moore, DONNA S. CROSS, Maritta Anneli Valimaki, Ana Cristina Almeida, Sofia Berne, Gie Deboutte, Hildegunn Fandrem, Dorit Olenik‐Shemesh, Tali Heiman, Marjo Kurki, Márta Fülöp, Efi Sygkollitou, Gitte Stald · IT University Of Copenhagen (IT University of Copenhagen) · 2013
Cyberbullying is one of the darker and more troubling aspects to the growing accessibility of new media technologies. Children in developed countries engage with cyberspace at younger and younger ages, and the use of the internet as a means to bully and harass has been greeted with alarm by educationalists, parents, the media, and governments. This important new book is the result of a four-year international collaboration, funded by the EU, to better understand how we can cope and confront cyberbullying, and how new media technologies can be used to actually support the victims of such abuse. The articles initially define the historical and theoretical context to cyberbullying, before examining key issues involved in managing this pervasive phenomenon.