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The Nature Of Mobile Bullying & Victimisation In The Western Cape High Schools Of South Africa, Michael Eddie Kyobe Prof., Grant Wayne Oosterwyk, Oluyomi Kabiawu
The Nature Of Mobile Bullying & Victimisation In The Western Cape High Schools Of South Africa, Michael Eddie Kyobe Prof., Grant Wayne Oosterwyk, Oluyomi Kabiawu
The African Journal of Information Systems
Cyberbullying is often operationalized as an aggression conducted by various electronic devices. However, these technologies differ in their characteristics and the distinctive aspects of their effects are not clearly known. The present study examined the nature and influence of cyberbullying committed using mobile phones in high schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
We surveyed 3621 students and the findings suggest that mobile phones could have greater cyber-bullying effect than other electronic devices. School culture had the greatest influence on mobile bullying, followed by anonymity. However, the influence of anonymity does not only depend on non-identification of the …