What is Cyber Bullying?
Cyber bullying, also known as electronic bullying or online social cruelty, is defined as bullying:
- through email
- through instant messaging
- in a chat room
- on a website or gaming site
- through digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone
Although sharing certain features in common with traditional bullying, cyber bullying represents a unique phenomenon that has only recently begun to receive attention in both the popular press and in academic circles. Cyber bullying not only looks and feels a bit different than traditional bullying, but presents some unique challenges in dealing with it. (Kowalski, Limber and Agatston, 2007)
