Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India
Cyberbullying affects the mental health of victims. Media especially print media plays a significant role in reporting of cyber-related crimes to the general public. A total of 549 leading English daily newspapers for a period of 6-months were reviewed. The data were content analyzed using frequentl...
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| author | Mysore Narasimha Vranda Padmavathy Doraiswamy James Ranjith Prabhu Adhasa Ajayan S Priyankadevi |
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| description | Cyberbullying affects the mental health of victims. Media especially print media plays a significant role in reporting of cyber-related crimes to the general public. A total of 549 leading English daily newspapers for a period of 6-months were reviewed. The data were content analyzed using frequently repeated themes/contents. Totally, 51 instances of individual cyberbullying stories were reported from 549 newspapers. Among the reported incidents of cyberbullying in the print media, online harassment and impersonation were the most common type of cyberbullying experienced by the people. The study highlights the need for framing local guidelines for reporting of cyberbullying incidents and preventive mechanisms in the print media. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9b4ea52188634edfb8c1d7fed9ab0b682024-03-25T15:40:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndustrial Psychiatry Journal0972-67480976-27952023-01-0132245645910.4103/ipj.ipj_47_22Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, IndiaMysore Narasimha VrandaPadmavathy DoraiswamyJames Ranjith PrabhuAdhasa AjayanS PriyankadeviCyberbullying affects the mental health of victims. Media especially print media plays a significant role in reporting of cyber-related crimes to the general public. A total of 549 leading English daily newspapers for a period of 6-months were reviewed. The data were content analyzed using frequently repeated themes/contents. Totally, 51 instances of individual cyberbullying stories were reported from 549 newspapers. Among the reported incidents of cyberbullying in the print media, online harassment and impersonation were the most common type of cyberbullying experienced by the people. The study highlights the need for framing local guidelines for reporting of cyberbullying incidents and preventive mechanisms in the print media.http://www.industrialpsychiatry.org/article.asp?issn=0972-6748;year=2023;volume=32;issue=2;spage=456;epage=459;aulast=Vrandacyberbullyingguidelinesmental healthreportingvictims |
| spellingShingle | Mysore Narasimha Vranda Padmavathy Doraiswamy James Ranjith Prabhu Adhasa Ajayan S Priyankadevi Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India Industrial Psychiatry Journal cyberbullying guidelines mental health reporting victims |
| title | Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India |
| title_full | Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India |
| title_fullStr | Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India |
| title_short | Content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in Newspapers- A study from Bengaluru, India |
| title_sort | content analysis of cyberbullying coverage in newspapers a study from bengaluru india |
| topic | cyberbullying guidelines mental health reporting victims |
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