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How Filipino Youth Identify and Act on Bullying and Harassment on Social Media

Manila: De La Salle University, Social Development Research Center (2021), 47 pp.
"[...] Filipino youth characterize bullying and harassment on social media as an intersection of three key dimensions: targets, acts and, spaces. We thus need to account for this by rethinking our understanding of how young people identify and experience them. Bullying and harassment on social media happen both in social and technological contexts and, as such, include a wide range of targets [individuals, groups and ideas], acts [direct or veiled], and spaces [bounded and open]. Since the youth interpret the many configurations of these dimensions in personal ways, we should broaden how bullying and harassment have been traditionally defined [...]" (Executive summary)
1 Introduction: The Project and Our Approach, 3
2 How Filipino Youth Identify Bullying and Harassment on Social Media, 7
3 Impact of Social Media Bullying and Harassment on Filipino Youth, 24
4 How Filipino Youth Assess the Severity of Bullying and Harassment on Social Media, 31
5 Recommendations for Action, 36