Abstract
The influence of social network in present days becoming rampant in our society, our teenagers, especially school and college students massively use the internet, by using the social networking sites via email, facebook, whatsapp, twitter, Skype etc...
Highlights
Cyber bullying is one of the darkest and troubling aspects of the growing technology
It is found in the table that the mean scorers of Cyber Victimization and Cyber Offending (M= 9.10, and 5.30) of Science students is more than the mean scores of Arts students (M=8.57, and 4.33) respectively
The obtained t- value (3.34/158) of boys and girls in respect to cyber victimization is found more than tabulation value at 0.01 level, we can say there is significant mean differences in cyber victimization scores of boys and girl students
Summary
Cyber bullying is one of the darkest and troubling aspects of the growing technology. Students in developed as well as developing countries are engage with cyberspace at very young age, and use internet as a means to bully and harass to other. The term “Cyber Bullying” was coined by Bill Belsey, Canadian educator; it refers to bullying and harassment of others through internet and social networks like facebook, whatsapp, twitter, hike, imo, even by mobile phones. Cyber bullying has been defined as “an aggressive act of behavior that is carried out by using electronic means by a group or an individual repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot defend him or her Smith [2]. According to cyber bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others”. Over 30% of the students are victims or perpetrators of cyber bullying; it is found that one in four of the student (25.7%) is involved in cyber bullying as bully and a victim within the period of three month (Mishna, Saini & Solomon [3])
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