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Motvations Behind Cyber Bullying and Online Aggression: Cyber Sanctions, Dominance, and Trolling Online

Rafferty, Rebecca S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306953934

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
Bullying is widely considered to be a serious social problem, with severe consequences for its victims. Recently, a new trend has emerged in bullying; it has moved to the online world. This phenomenon is known as cyber bullying. Unfortunately, because this trend is so recent, very little is known about cyber bullying. In this study, I used a broad symbolic interactionist approach to study both cyber bullying and online aggression. Undergraduate students at a Midwestern university were surveyed to determine the extent and nature of their cyber bullying and online aggression experiences. The results of the study found that 16.8% (n=37) of the respondents reported being victims of cyber bullying or online aggression in the past year. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze qualitative data from the survey, and three primary motivations were discovered. These included: informal social control, dominance, and entertainment. The author uses control theory as a theoretical explanation for cyber bullying and online aggression.
Thomas Vander Ven, PhD (Committee Chair)
Stephen Scanlan, PhD (Committee Member)
Ursula Castellano, PhD (Committee Member)
60 p.
Sociology
Cyber Bullying; Online aggression; Motivations, Control Theory

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  • Rafferty, R. S. (2011). Motvations Behind Cyber Bullying and Online Aggression: Cyber Sanctions, Dominance, and Trolling Online [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306953934

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rafferty, Rebecca. Motvations Behind Cyber Bullying and Online Aggression: Cyber Sanctions, Dominance, and Trolling Online. 2011. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306953934.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rafferty, Rebecca. "Motvations Behind Cyber Bullying and Online Aggression: Cyber Sanctions, Dominance, and Trolling Online." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1306953934

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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