Table of Contents

Foreword vi
John Halligan

Preface ix

1 Introduction 1

2 Children’s Experiences with Traditional Forms of Bullying 18

3 What Is Cyberbullying? 56

4 Current Research on Cyberbullying 89

5 What Parents Can Do 118

6 What Educators Can Do 155

7 Laws and Policies 187

8 Conclusion 223

References 233

Author Index 262

Subject Index 271

About the Author

Robin M. Kowalski, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology atClemson University. She is the author or coauthor of several booksincluding Complaining, Teasing, and Other Annoying Behaviors(2003), Social Anxiety (1997), Aversive InterpersonalBehaviors (1997), Behaving Badly (2001), and TheSocial Psychology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems(2000). Susan P. Limber, Ph.D., is the Dan Olweus Professor atthe Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life and Professor ofPsychology at Clemson University. She has published numerousarticles on the topic of bullying. In 2004 she received theAmerican Psychological Association's Early Career Award forPsychology in the Public Interest. Patricia W. Agatston, Ph.D., is a Licensed ProfessionalCounselor and Prevention Specialist with the Cobb County SchoolDistrict's Prevention/Intervention Center in Marietta, Georgia. Shewas a participant in the CDC's Expert Panel on Electronic Media andYouth Violence, and has presented nationally and internationally oncyberbullying.

Reviews

This book's extensive review of current academic researchon the social dynamics underlying cyberbullying is particularlybeneficial in revealing such complexities as the gender and ethnicpatterns of online bullying, the types of students most likely tobe involved in this activity, and the ways that fellow students candiscourage, or encourage, bullying. (Choice, 1November 2012)