The Dark Side Of The Ivory Tower

Cyberbullying Of University Faculty And Teaching Personnel

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8158239
AutoresWanda Cassidy (0000-0003-1101-5745, Simon Fraser University), Chantal Faucher (0000-0002-8631-8989, Simon Fraser University), Margaret Jackson (0000-0002-5386-4406, Simon Fraser University)
Año2015
Volumen60
Número2
Páginas279-299
Fecha de publicación2015-04-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAlberta Journal of Educational Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-4805 • E-ISSN: 1923-1857
EditorialUniversity of Alberta Press (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.55016/ojs/ajer.v60i2.55807
OpenAlexW334911438
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas3

This paper discusses findings from an exploratory study on the nature, extent, and impact of cyberbullying experienced by 121 faculty members at one Canadian university. We situate cyberbullying in university on a continuum between cyberbullying in K-12 education and cyberbullying in the workplace and also take into account the power dynamics that characterize the post-secondary context. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of online survey data revealed that 17% of respondents had experienced cyberbullying either by students (12%) or by colleagues (9%) in the last 12 months. Gender differences were apparent plus racial minority status also appeared to render faculty members more vulnerable to cyberbullying. These findings suggest a rights-based lens could be used to analyze and respond to the vulnerabilities of women and other marginalized faculty in cyberbullying situations. This study contributes to the dearth of research on cyberbullying at the post-secondary level and raises the need to consider factors of difference, such as gender and race, in policy development and practice

Astronomy · Great Rift · Higher education · Ivory tower · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Physics · Political science · Tower · University faculty · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Engineering · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Medicine · Psychology