Between Likes and Shares
December 18, 2020 - Dr Saleem Alhabash, Dr. Nora Rifon, Dr. Anna McAlister, Dr. Elizabeth Quilliam, Dr. Jef Richards, Amy Hagerstrom
Social networking sites (SNSs) like Facebook and Twitter have become a worldwide sensation. Facebook
and Twitter have one billion and over 500 million users, respectively.1–3 Commercial companies and nonprofits are leveraging SNSs to better reach their customers. In 2011, 6 in 10 companies had active corporate Twitter and Facebook accounts.4 Similar usage is observed among nonprofits, which are using SNSs to advocate for their causes and raise funds, among other activities.5 With their growing popularity, SNSs, as well as other technologies (e.g., instant messaging, text messaging, and Websites), have increasingly been used as
forums for bullying. The current study explores the use of SNSs as corrective tools in the cyberbullying arena.