The psychological consequences of cyberbullying: Uncertainty in the CMC context

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Abstract

While communication technologies can be beneficial for young people, they also have the ability to be used for harm. These technologies provide new avenues for children to bully, and several scholars suggest that “cyberbullying,” or bullying online, can be more psychologically damaging for victims than traditional bullying. This paper uses an uncertainty framework to explore the possibility that victims experience more anxiety due to the uncertainty inherent in the computer-mediated context of cyberbullying.

Author

• Rebekah Pure, University of California, Santa Barbara