Cyber Bullying: Bullying in the Digital Age

by Robin M. Kowalski, Susan P. Limber, Patricia W. Agatston

Cyber bullying has become more prevalent through the use of e-mail, instant messages, chat rooms, and other digital messaging systems. It brings with it unique challenges. Cyber Bullying provides the most current and essential information on the nature and prevalence of this epidemic, providing educators, parents, psychologists and policy-makers with critical prevention techniques and strategies for effectively addressing electronic bullying.Provides an empirically-based resource with up-to-date information about the nature and prevalence of cyber bullying through the use of email, instant messages, chat rooms, and other digital messaging systemsExamines the role of anonymity in electronic bullyingIncludes feedback from focus groups and individual interviews with students and parentsOffers a handy reference with practical strategies for educators, parents, psychologists and policy makers about prevention and intervention of cyber bullying

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published November 26, 2007

About the author

Robin Mark Kowalski

Reviews

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: the review for this narrative is based on the 2nd edition of this book. I had a much longer review to write (unfortunately the power going out during a storm took the review before it could be saved), but I think the best reaction I could sum up this read - for me - was "Ye Gods, this book was very well done."

I picked up "Cyberbullying: Bullying in the Digital Age" by chance as a library read. I wanted to use it as a source for a blog post I was going to write on literary consumer/commercial criticism with respect to book reviews, social media outlets pertaining to books, and what doesn't constitute as "cyberbullying."

Dude, I don't think I've picked up very many books that spelled out the terms of what is and isn't cyberbullying as concisely and to the point as this narrative, and it does actively refute several stereotypes (I wanted to applaud the narrative alone for saying that despite the fact that cyberharassment and cyberstalking applies to adults, that they define it as a form of "cyberbullying"). It also proposes constructive solutions for cyberbullying with a focus on several measures - legal, social - with a focus and respect towards school aged children and an intricate examination of tools and terms in which cyberbullying takes place. I feel like this narrative covered its bases in a more neutral, adaptational tone than some other anti-bullying texts because it doesn't really affix a label as much as it discusses the matter as a series of problems, rationales, and solutions.

I definitely would recommend giving it a read, and I thought the authors did a fine job compiling and combining a mix of academic, social, and empathetic material to detail and define what cyberbullying is, where it occurs, to whom it occurs, and how we can deal with the ever growing problem it's becoming in our society.

Overall score: 4.5/5 stars.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Cyberbullying: Bullying in the Digital Age” by Robin M. Kowalski.
Insight into the reasons how and why bullying shifted online. Slightly outdated now, but still valuable. ***

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the second edition of this book as research for a class presentation. Pretty eye opening to see just how far some people go to harass others. Now instead of sticking up for victims of bullying on the playground when I was a child, I find myself sticking up for the victims of bullies on social networking sites.

BE NICE!

[Mills College Library]

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[Rebecca Zanrè · Rating 5 out of 5]

we nerd books like this in Italy asap!
And thorough ones they should be.

[Sara Goldenberg · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's only about kids. Yawn.

Adults bully and get bullied too you know !