Characterizing cyberbullying among college students: Hacking, dirty laundry, and mocking

Societies

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 549-560

  Kota, Rajitha ^a   Schoohs, Shari ^a   Benson, Meghan ^b   Moreno, Megan A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; College student; Cyberbullying; Facebook; Focus group; Internet; LGBTQ; Online safety; Social media; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933054436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/soc4040549     Document Type: Article

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