part two for Maiodi

Cyber Bullying

Laura Dunkerson

South University Online

Cyber Bullying

Internet technology, one of the most important innovations in the modern world, has increasingly influenced how people interact as well as the way information is relayed and how people use this information. The world has witnessed a rapid change in the way human beings interact and communicate with each other. This paper addresses the evaluation of eight different articles I will use in my topic, cyber bullying. The essay evaluates the eight sources in terms of source’s credibility basing on author, source, references and content.

To begin with, one of the scholarly journal that I will use in this essay will include, “Cyber bullying: Challenges and strategies faced by juvenile police officers” by Thaxter Ken. This author is a nationally recognized expert in school security especially at West Bridgewater Police Department. This article was published in the year 2010 in the Journal of Social Sciences

Volume 6, issue 4 by science publications. He has worked with several cyber bullying cases making his article credible as he explains his consequences of bulling. Ken presents the consequences of cyber bullying. Another article I found useful is the “Editorial for the special issue on cyber-bullying” by Englander, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Kandel Englander is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This article entails her research on bullying and cyber bullying prevention and facts. This article was also published in the year 2010 in the Journal of Social Sciences Volume 6, issue 4 by science publications. This special edition of the Journal of Social Sciences deals with a rare but monumental social change-the profound impact of electronic communications on the development of children hence making is credible for my topic; cyber bullying. Both these two articles are published in the Journal of Social Sciences (Thaxter, 2010, Englander, 2010). Both these articles have a common subject bullying, gender, school environment and violence.

Another important cyber bullying scholarly journal article will include “Traditional and Cyber Aggressors and Victims: A Comparison of Psychosocial Characteristics” published in the year 2011 in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence (Sontag, Clemans, Graber & Lyndon, 2011). The article was written by four author; Sontag,Lisa, Clemans Katherine, Graber,Julia and Lyndon Sarah and published by New York by the Springer Science & Business Media publishers. This article discusses on differences between victims and perpetrators of cyber aggression and traditional types of aggression making it a credible article. It will be important to use this article in understanding bullying in both perspectives and making suggestions of the necessary prevention programs.

The article “Electronic bullying and victimization and life satisfaction in middle school students”, a scholarly journal published in Social Indicators research will also be imperative in cyber bullying topic (Moore, Huebner, & Hills2012). This article was written by authors, Moore Page Malmsjo, Huebner E Scott and Hills Kimberly and published in the year 2012 by the Springer Science & Business Media publishers. The three authors are professors at different universities. This is article can be considered to be credible as it discuses such subject like bullying, victims of crime and middle school students. This article will be imperative in studying the nature as well as prevalence of electronic/cyber bullying and victimization in schools.

I will also use the article “Is school bullying really on the rise?” which is also a scholarly journal published in Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal (Rigby & Smith, 2011). The authors of this article are Rigby Ken and Smith Peter. Ken Rigby works at Hawke Research Centre, school of education at University of South Australia while Peter Smith is a professor at the department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London. Dr Ken Rigby and Peter Smith draws upon their extensive research on bullying in different countries and societies. The different findings of cyber bullying in different countries makes the article credible. Together, this article will be relevant in my topic as it discusses such topics like school environment; school violence; bullying, educational psychology and student behavior.

Keith and Martin’s article on “Cyber-Bullying: Creating a Culture of Respect in a Cyber World ” will also be important as it discusses how to deal with cyber bullying and keep a culture of respect (Keith & Martin, (2005). This article was written by Keith Susan and Martin Michelle E and published in the year 2005 in the United States by the Starr Global Learning Network in the American Journal of Public Health. Susan Keith is a CPI Global Professional Instructor with over 15 years of experience teaching the Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training program while Martin Michelle E is a professional staff instructor with the Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc. and a professor in Dominican University's Graduate School of Social Work. Keith and Smith describe the cyber-bullying in today’s youth and convince people to address it as a significant form of child violence and harassment.

Additionally, I will use the article “Cyber-bullying, School Bullying, and Psychological Distress: A Regional Census of High School Students” published in the American Journal of Public Health in the year 2012. The authors of this article are; Shari Kessel Schneider, Lydia O'Donnell, Ann Stueve, and Robert W. S. Coulter are with the Health and Human Development Division, Education Development Center, Newton Waltham, MA. This article was published in the year 2012 in the United States by the American Public Health Association in the American Journal of Public Health. This is a scholarly article and will be important in explaining cyber bullying as well as school bullying and how it is related to psychological stress. It will also be important in explaining impacts of cyber bullying to students behavior and school performance among others (Schneider, O'Donnell, Stueve, & Coulter, 2012).

Finally, another type of sources that will be utilized in my cyber bullying essay will include trade journals such as both 2011 and 2009 “Cyber bullying: Protecting kids and adults from online bullies” by Sugarman and published in the choice (Sugarman, 2009, 2011). This article is credible as the author is able to provide a timely, up-to-date examination of cyber bullying. Sugarman observe that bullying has been around a long time but that rapid developments in communication technology have changed and expanded it. The author maintain a balanced, thoughtful tone as he discuss research and legal issues and offer advice for parents, schools, and students themselves.

In conclusion, I believe all this sources will be effective in discussing my topic on cyber bullying. All this sources contains the right content that I need in analyzing my topic and coming up with a solid paper on the topic. All the articles are reliable as they are all scholarly articles. All articles are from the South University Library.

REFERENCE

Englander, E. K. (2010). Editorial for the special issue on cyber-bullying. Journal of Social Sciences, 6(4), 508-509. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1026789363?accountid=13931

Keith, S., & Martin, M. E. (2005). Cyber-bullying: Creating a culture of respect in a cyber world. Reclaiming Children and Youth, 13(4), 224-228. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/214193728?accountid=13931

Moore, P. M., Huebner, E. S., & Hills, K. J. (2012). Electronic bullying and victimization and life satisfaction in middle school students. Social Indicators Research, 107(3), 429-447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-011-9856-z

Rigby, K., & Smith, P. K. (2011). Is school bullying really on the rise? Social Psychology of Education : An International Journal, 14(4), 441-455.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11218-011-9158-y

Schneider, S. K., O'Donnell, L., Stueve, A., & Coulter, R. W. (2012). Cyberbullying, school bullying, and psychological distress: A regional census of high school students. American Journal of Public Health, 102(1), 171-7. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1004790733?accountid=13931

Sontag, L. M., Clemans, K. H., Graber, J. A., & Lyndon, S. T. (2011). Traditional and cyber aggressors and victims: A comparison of psychosocial characteristics. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(4), 392-404. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/858659694?accountid=13931

Sugarman, S. (2009). Cyber bullying: Protecting kids and adults from online bullies. Choice, 47(2), 397. Retrieved from

http://search.proquest.com/docview/225702928?accountid=13931

Sugarman, S. (2011). Cyber bullying: Protecting kids and adults from online bullies. Choice, 48(10), 1851. Retrieved from

http://search.proquest.com/docview/225702928?accountid=13931

Thaxter, K. (2010). Cyber bullying: Challenges and strategies faced by juvenile police officers. Journal of Social Sciences, 6(4), 529-531. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1026793199?accountid=13931