@article{ref1,
title=""I hate everything about you": A qualitative examination of cyberbullying and on-line aggression in a college sample",
journal="Deviant behavior",
year="2014",
author="Rafferty, Rebecca and Vander Ven, Thomas",
volume="35",
number="5",
pages="364-377",
abstract="Due to highly innovative technologies such as the smart phone, cyberbullying and on-line aggression have increasingly affected individuals across the world. In this study, a broad symbolic interactionist approach is used to study both cyberbullying and on-line aggression. Cyberbullying is defined as repeated unwanted, hurtful, harassing, and/or threatening interaction through electronic communication media. On-line aggression is defined as hurtful, harassing, and/or threatening behavior that is not repeated. Undergraduate students at a Midwestern university (N = 221) were surveyed to determine the extent and nature of their cyberbullying and on-line aggression experiences. By using open ended questions to inquire about respondents' personal experiences with cyberbullying and on-line aggression, we identified three motivations for these acts, which included cyber sanctioning, power struggles, and entertainment.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0163-9625",
doi="10.1080/01639625.2013.849171",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2013.849171"
}