Emerging risks of violence in the digital age: Lessons for educators from an online study of adolescent girls in the United States

Date

2002

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Journal of School Violence

Abstract

This research focuses on the evolving area of cyberviolence and draws on a pioneering study to discuss benefits and risks of online interaction among adolescent girls. This new area of inquiry introduces educators to the social and cultural communities of the Internet, a virtual venue with unique perspectives on power, identity, and gender for children and youth. This research focuses on the evolving area of cyberviolence and draws on a pioneering study to discuss benefits and risks of online interaction among adolescent girls. This new area of inquiry introduces educators to the social and cultural communities of the Internet, a virtual venue with unique perspectives on power, identity, and gender for children and youth. (Author Abstract)

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Keywords

child abuse, teens, youth, juveniles, cyberbullying, harassment, risk factors, research

Citation

Berson, Ilene ;R., Berson, Michael J. ; Ferron, John M. (2002). Emerging risks of violence in the digital age: Lessons for educators from an online study of adolescent girls in the United States. Journal of School Violence, 1(2), 51-71.

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