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Perspectives of Consent Silence in Cyberbullying

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  • Dana Timar Rad

    (Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad)

  • Tiberiu Dughi

    (PhD, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, Arad, Romania)

  • Alina Roman

    (PhD, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, Arad, Romania)

  • Sonia Ignat

    (PhD, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, Arad, Romania)

Abstract

Weather the silence of bystanders is consent or not in cyberbullying type incidents has risen a scientifically debate in the field of victim-aggressor-witness dynamics research. Silence implies consent represents a concept of social interaction, which generally states that people tend to assume lack of a response or opinion to an action as a tacit approval of that action. Our research team has developed the project Keeping youth safe from Cyberbullying, aiming to deeper understand the dynamics of different cyberbullying aspects in online environments among youth. Our focus was in analyzing the relationship between consent silence, seen as a core concept in bystanders’ mindset and other psychological or behavioral traits like awareness, anonymity, fear, shame, school popularity and self-worth that fuel the tank of silence, in 140 Romanian high school students. Results show that consent silence represents the most significant predictor of future bystander, aggressor or victim type of response behavior when youth are directly or indirectly involved in cyberbullying incidents. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

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  • Dana Timar Rad & Tiberiu Dughi & Alina Roman & Sonia Ignat, 2019. "Perspectives of Consent Silence in Cyberbullying," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 10(2), pages 57-73, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:lum:rev3rl:v:10:y:2019:i:2:p:57-73
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/po/71
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    3. Dana Rad & Evelina Balas & Sonia Ignat & Gavril Rad & Daniel Dixon, 2020. "A Predictive Model of Youth Bystanders’ Helping Attitudes," Revista romaneasca pentru educatie multidimensionala - Journal for Multidimensional Education, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 12(1Sup2), pages 136-150, June.
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    Keywords

    cyberbullying; consent silence; bystanders; aggressor; victim;
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    JEL classification:

    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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