cyberbully


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cy·ber·bul·ly

 (sī′bər-bo͝ol′ē)
v. cy·ber·bul·lied, cy·ber·bul·ly·ing, cy·ber·bul·lies
v.tr.
To intimidate or humiliate (someone) persistently by means of the internet, text messaging, or another form of electronic communication.
v.intr.
To engage in such intimidation or humiliation.
n. pl. cy·ber·bul·lies
A person who engages in cyberbullying.
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cyberbully

(ˈsaɪbəˌbʊlɪ)
n, pl -lies
(Communications & Information) someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute or intimidate people
ˈcyberˌbullying n
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Other scholars have also suggested that there is a positive correlation between being a cyberbully and being a cybervictim (Eroglu, Aktepe, Akbaba, Isik, & Ozkorumak, 2015; Sticca, Ruggieri, Alsaker & Perren, 2013), and that most males who have been victims of cyberbullying tend to act aggressively toward others on the Internet (Basturk Akca et al., 2015; Dredge, Gleeson, & de la Piedad Garcia, 2014).
There were over 11,000 counselling sessions with young people who talked to Childline about online issues last year nspcc.org.uk the as "as 17% 3 in 5 1 in 5 of children and young people will cyberbully others (source: ABA Focus on: Cyberbullying report) parents 'concerned' about the risks of cyberbullying (source: Internet Matters Opinion Leader survey, September 2016) teenagers claim to have experienced cyberbullying (source: IM website) Parents are now as worried about cyberbullying as they are sexting and grooming (source: Internet Matters Opinion Leader survey, September 2016) Bullying has changed.
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Films such as Cyberbully (2011), Men, Women and Children (2014), and Unfriended (2014), as well as academic articles (see Aboujaoude et al.) address the importance of viewing cyberbullying as a social phenomenon, that is, as something experienced within a broad digital culture rather than by a few "deviant" individuals.
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All students in this group reported they had used social networks to cyberbully others (n = 19, 100.0%).