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Cyberbullying, conflict management or just messing? Teenage girls’ understandings and experiences of gender, friendship, and conflict on Facebook in an Irish second-level school

Ging, Debbie, O’Higgins Norman, James·2016·Feminist Media Studies
DOI 10.1080/14680777.2015.1137959
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In recent years, there have been growing concerns worldwide about young people’s safety online, much of which focuses on social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Moral panics about sexting and cyberbullying have constructed public discourses about social media as dangerous to adolescents’ safety and relationships. In the academic literature, there are conflicting perspectives on the nature of online relationships, behaviour, and risks, and on the causes and nature of cyberbullying. Less attention is paid—in both public and academic debates—to the role played by gender in online aggression, in spite of the fact that existing scholarship demonstrates that it is an important factor in the dynamics of young people’s online friendships and conflicts. This article presents the findings of an empirical, qualitative and quantitative study of teenage girls’ experiences and understandings of online friendship, conflict, and bullying in an Irish, single-sex secondary school. Questionnaires (n=116), individual in-depth interviews with students (n=26), and a focus group with teachers were used. Our study indicates that significant communicative phenomena within girls’ everyday lives remain unreported and frequently misunderstood.

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  • The difference between the percentage of male and female aggressors does seem smaller when it comes to the virtual world, and Ging and O'Higgins (2016) have suggested that it may be due to the taboo imposed on girls to show aggressiveness in face-to-face relationships.

    “Even though the difference between the percentage of male and female aggressors does seem smaller when it comes to the virtual world, Ging and O ' Higgins (2016) have suggested that it may be due to the taboo imposed on girls to show aggressiveness in face-to-face relationships.”

    From “It’s just a joke”: gender, sexuality and trivialisation in adolescent online violence such as cyberhate, cyberbullying, and online grooming (2025) · cites this paper as Ging and O'Higgins (2016)

  • Online, girls may face more negative emotions than boys due to gender-based harassment and bullying, and because social networks can deepen isolation during conflicts with friends.

    “Girls online appear to be more likely than boys to experience negative emotions, given gender-based harassment and bullying [35], as well as greater salience of social networks that online engagement can facilitate, creating further isolation during periods of conflict with friends [36].”

    From Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among United States Adolescents (2021) · cites this paper as [36]

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Authors
Ging, D., & O’Higgins Norman, J.
Affiliations
Dublin City University (IE)
Corresponding author
Ging, Debbie
ORCID
Ging, Debbie
Venue
Feminist Media Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2016-02-17
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
805-821
ISSN
  • 1468-0777 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-5902
DOI
10.1080/14680777.2015.1137959
OpenAlex
W2339540782
Cited by
53
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4
FWCI
10.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Feminist Media Studies (publishedVersion)
Funders
Dublin City University (FHSS Capacity Building Fund)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Keywords
cyberbullying, online friendship, gender, conflict management, adolescent girls, Facebook, social media, online aggression, moral panic, sexting, Ireland

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