CYBERBULLYING EXPERIENCES AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

The current study examined prevalence of seven forms of cyberbullying attacks among college students through different types of medium. Support was found for hypothesis 1; with exclusion/ignoring being the most frequently reported attack (90%), followed closely by flaming (82.7%) and denigration (81.3%). Support also was found for hypothesis 2; with social media sites being the most frequently reported type of medium used for cyberbullying, with 94.7% of participants reporting cyberbullying attack via social media sites. Additionally, text messaging was a frequently reported cyberbullying medium, with 81.3% reporting incidents of cyberbullying attack via text message. Hypothesis 3 was supported, with women reporting more cyberbullying attacks than men overall. By type of attack, women reported significantly more cyberstalking attacks than did men, and while not statistically significant, men reported more incidences of flaming.