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1. Cyberbullying and Cybervictimization

Authors : Anna Costanza Baldry, David P. Farrington, Anna Sorrentino, Catherine Blaya

Published in: International Perspectives on Cyberbullying

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In its first stage, research on cyberbullying focused on trying to define the phenomenon and check on the possible similarities or discrepancies between offline school bullying and online bullying. The very first studies (Smith et al. 2008; Kowalski et al. 2008) adapted the Olweus definition of bullying (Olweus 1995) to the online world, simply adding the precision that bullying was performed via electronic means of communication within the cyberspace:

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Title: Cyberbullying and Cybervictimization
Authors: Anna Costanza Baldry
David P. Farrington
Anna Sorrentino
Catherine Blaya
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: International Perspectives on Cyberbullying
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73262-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73263-3

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73263-3_1

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