Cyberbullying Versus Face-to-Face Bullying

A Theoretical and Conceptual Review

Bibliographic Data

ID23375367
AuthorsJulian Dooley (Edith Cowan University), Julian J Dooley (Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Mt. Lawley, WA, Australia), Jacek Pyżalski (0000-0001-5817-276X, The Pedagogy Academy, Lodz, Poland), David Cro (0000-0001-6217-5058, Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Mt. Lawley, WA, Australia), Donna Cross (Child Health Promotion Research Centre, Edith Cowan University, Mt. Lawley, WA, Australia)
Year2009
Volume217
Issue4
Pages182-188
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueZeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-3409 • E-ISSN: 1438-9789
PublisherHogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1027/0044-3409.217.4.182
OpenAlexW1862769446
LanguageEN
Citations received177
References cited39

Cyberbullying has been described as a type of electronic bullying and has recently been subjected to intense media scrutiny largely due to a number of high profile and tragic cases of teen suicide. Despite the media attention relatively little is known about the nature of cyberbullying. This is, at least in part, due to a lack of theoretical and conceptual clarity and an examination of the similarities and differences between cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying. This paper reviews the limited theoretical and empirical literature addressing both cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying, using some specific examples from a qualitative study for illustration. We compare and contrast individual factors common to cyber and face-to-face bullying. We then examine social information processing factors associated with face-to-face bullying and present a discussion of the similarities and differences that may characterize cyberbullying.

CLARITY · Face (sociological concept) · Face-to-face · Internet privacy · Political science · Scrutiny · Social media · Sociology · World Wide Web · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Computer Science · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology