Bullying Defined
This is an aggressive intentional act carried out by using electronic forms of contact.
Cyberbullying
Bullying affects these people.
Victims, bullies, and bystanders.
No one person has this. They are given this by the people around them - which can lead to bullying.
Power
Conflict resolution
Bullying involves a purposeful intent to cause this.
Harm
Generally, this group of people tends to bully in a more aggressive way.
Boys
As a result of bullying, this part of ourselves can be transformed.
Our identities.
Negotiation relies on this, rather than threats.
Persuasion
Bullying is a mode of this.
Interpersonal conflict
This group of people generally bullies others through relational aggression.
Girls
This type of research is more open to perspectives traditional research might miss.
Autoethnography
In American culture, most negotiation takes this approach.
Win/Lose perspective
In relation to power, bullying includes this.
A power imbalance
An underlying result of bullying involves issues with these goals.
Identity and relational goals.
Through autoethnography, bullying is described in these four dimensions.
Communicative, emotional, relational, transformative
Competitive Negotiation generally is at a disadvantage because it has a strong bias for this.
Confrontation
This is not bullying.
Playful bullying, flirting, etc.
Due to their behavior, bullies are less likely to develop these skills.
Prosocial relational skills
In addition to the elements found in the Transactional Model of Communication, bullying involves these other communication principles.
Culture, perception, communication climate
Competitive negotiation has no concern for this.
The future of the relationship.