Cyberbullying in Australia


Autoria(s): Campbell, Marilyn A.; Spears, Barbara; Cross, Donna; Slee, Phillip
Contribuinte(s)

Mora-Merchan, Joaquin A.

Jager, Thomas

Data(s)

2010

Resumo

While bullying at school has long been recognised as existing in Australian literature the empirical study of the phenomenon really did not begin until 1989-90. In 1994 an Australian Commonwealth Senate inquiry into school violence resulted in the publication of an influential report ‘Sticks and Stones: A report on violence in Schools’. This inquiry heralded a nationwide movement to address the issue of school violence,particularly bullying. While the report generally concluded that school violence was not an issue in Australian schools, bullying was. The inquiry raised significant questions regarding the frequency of violence in Australian culture, the impact of violence on the community, and identified the need for intervention programs to reduce violence, particularly that associated with bullying. Overall, in 2003 between one in five and one in seven students reported being bullied face-to-face once a week or more. In Australia victimization is more frequently reported by younger students and girls generally report less victimization than boys. In secondary school the amount of bullying was highest in Years 8 and 9 (Slee,2003)

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/41316/

Publicador

Verlag Empirische Padagogik

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/41316/2/41316.pdf

Campbell, Marilyn A., Spears, Barbara, Cross, Donna, & Slee, Phillip (2010) Cyberbullying in Australia. In Mora-Merchan, Joaquin A. & Jager, Thomas (Eds.) Cyberbullying : A Cross-National Comparison. Verlag Empirische Padagogik, Landau, p. 232.

Direitos

Copyright 2010 Verlag Empirische Padagogik

Fonte

Office of Education Research; School of Cultural & Professional Learning; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified #170103 Educational Psychology #cyberbullying #Australia #young people #schools
Tipo

Book Chapter