"Hey, Guys, This Will Be Fun": A Narrative Analysis of a Twitter Hazing Incident

• In Event: 70.067 - Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: 70.067-1 - Adolescent Delinquent Behavior in the Digital Age: Twitter, Hazing, and More

Abstract

An incident of bullying via Twitter in a Midwestern American high school problematizes traditional stereotypes about adolescents and social media, as witnessed by two English teachers at the school who have used narrative analysis to write about their students’ own experiences and implications for English curriculum and instruction.

Authors

• William Kist, Kent State University

• Kristen Laura Srsen Kenney, Kent State University

• Beatriz Fontanive Bishop, Kent State University