IGNOU MSEP-28 Project – COMBATING CYBER BULLYING VICTIMIZATION

Cyberbullying is harassment done to the victim to cause harm via any electronic method, including social media resulting in defamation, public disclosure of private facts, and intentional emotional distress (Watts et al., 2017). It can be related to sending and posting cruel texts or images with the help of social media and other digital communication devices to harm a victim (Washington, 2015).

Objectives

• To investigate factors effecting cyber bullying in Indian context.
• To analyse the usage pattern of the user in order to predict the extent of cyber-bullying victimization.
• To study the role of ICT to promote teenagers to be indulged in cyber-bullying;
• To examine whether age of victims and perpetrators effect the cyber-bullying incidences;

Topic Covered

• INTRODUCTION
• REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURES
• RATIONALE OF THE STUDY
• OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
• DATA COLLECTION
• REFERENCES