Social contagion of cyberbullying via online perpetrator and victim networks

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Highlights:

• We analyzed the online social networks of 129,164 users with elaborated avatars.

• Cyberbullying perpetrator rates among their online peer networks increased their risk of the perpetrator.

• Cyberbullying victim rates among their online peer networks increased their risk of the victim.

• Their intimacy with cyberbullying perpetrators was positively linked with their risks of cyberbullying perpetrator.

• Their intimacy with cyberbullying perpetrators was negatively linked with their risks of cyberbullying victims.

摘要

•We analyzed the online social networks of 129,164 users with elaborated avatars.•Cyberbullying perpetrator rates among their online peer networks increased their risk of the perpetrator.•Cyberbullying victim rates among their online peer networks increased their risk of the victim.•Their intimacy with cyberbullying perpetrators was positively linked with their risks of cyberbullying perpetrator.•Their intimacy with cyberbullying perpetrators was negatively linked with their risks of cyberbullying victims.

论文关键词:Cyberbullying,Social contagion,Complex contagion,Moral disengagement,Social network analysis

论文评审过程:Received 23 October 2020, Revised 21 January 2021, Accepted 23 January 2021, Available online 27 January 2021, Version of Record 5 February 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106719