Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness

Claire Sutherland; Lynne Coventry; Elizabeth Sillence

doi:10.1145/2686612.2686683

Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness

Claire Sutherland, Lynne Coventry, Elizabeth Sillence

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Abstract

Cyberbullying is a growing social problem especially amongst school aged children facilitated by the prevalent use of communication technology. This paper examines (a) the extent to which cyberbullying incidents are distinguishable by perceived severity and (b) the role of perpetrator anonymity on such perceptions of severity. Sixty six female school students (age 10-12 years) were shown animated scenarios depicting mobile phone based cyberbullying scenarios. Measures of severity and likelihood to report the incident were taken. The findings show that children were able to distinguish between different levels of severity of cyberbullying and were influenced by the anonymity of the perpetrator, with anonymous perpetrator scenarios being rated as more severe than known perpetrators. Bystanders rated scenarios with the same severity as victims but were less likely to report.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Designing futures. The future of design
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014)
Editors	Toni Robertson, Kenton O'Hara, Lian Loke, Greg Wadley, Tuck Leong
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Chapter	66
Pages	448-451
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450306539
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686683
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014: Designing futures. The future of design - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Duration: 2 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014 Conference number: 26th

Conference

Conference	26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014
Abbreviated title	OzCHI 2014
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	2/12/14 → 5/12/14

Keywords

Reporting
Resilience
Scenarios
Bystander
Cyberbullying
Perceived severity

UN SDGs

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Sutherland, C., Coventry, L., & Sillence, E. (2014). Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness. In T. Robertson, K. O'Hara, L. Loke, G. Wadley, & T. Leong (Eds.), Designing futures. The future of design: proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014) (pp. 448-451). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686683

Sutherland, Claire ; Coventry, Lynne ; Sillence, Elizabeth. / Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness. Designing futures. The future of design: proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). editor / Toni Robertson ; Kenton O'Hara ; Lian Loke ; Greg Wadley ; Tuck Leong. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2014. pp. 448-451

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Sutherland, C, Coventry, L & Sillence, E 2014, Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness. in T Robertson, K O'Hara, L Loke, G Wadley & T Leong (eds), Designing futures. The future of design: proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 448-451, 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2014, Sydney, Australia, 2/12/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2686612.2686683

Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness. / Sutherland, Claire; Coventry, Lynne; Sillence, Elizabeth.
Designing futures. The future of design: proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). ed. / Toni Robertson; Kenton O'Hara; Lian Loke; Greg Wadley; Tuck Leong. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2014. p. 448-451.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Sutherland C, Coventry L, Sillence E. Using animated scenarios to explore severity of cyberbullying and reporting readiness. In Robertson T, O'Hara K, Loke L, Wadley G, Leong T, editors, Designing futures. The future of design: proceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI 2014). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2014. p. 448-451 Epub 2014 Dec 2. doi: 10.1145/2686612.2686683

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