A content analysis of South Korean newspaper coverage of adolescent cyberbullying

Bibliographic Data

ID14896381
AuthorsJongserl Chun (0000-0001-8288-7140, Department of Social Welfare Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea, corresponding author), Jinyung Kim (0000-0003-1992-0424, Department of Social Welfare Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea), Serim Lee (0000-0003-3051-6625, Department of Social Welfare Ewha Womans University Seoul Republic of Korea)
Year2023
Volume37
Issue6
Pages2011-2029
Publication date2023-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/chso.12695
OpenAlexW4319347298
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited54

This study aims to understand the changing frameworks, perspectives and contents of cyberbullying over the years of enactment and amendments made to the School Violence Act. A total of 172 news articles published from 2004 to 2021 were first analysed by content and with a chronological segmentation strategy. In the early years, newspapers reported mostly verbal/written and sexual/visual cyberbullying, while exclusion/extortion emerged only recently. The causes of cyberbullying changed from more individual‐oriented ones to societal factors. Physical and psychological harms were consistently reported, but few indicated relational harms. Nowadays, laws/policies are gaining more emphasis as a solution to cyberbullying than services and/or interventions

Advertising · Business · Content (measure theory · Content analysis · Criminology · Extortion · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Psychology · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth · Social Psychology

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