Cyberbullying Theory: An Empirical Test of Social Assumptions.

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This study deals withcyber bullying thatrefers to the online practices of one or more individuals using social media, with the intention of insulting, hurt feelings, or defaming the reputation of one or more persons. Often, the target person (victim of cyber bullying) is incapable of confront or respond to aggression. Cyber bullying has two main types;verbal or visualtype. The study focused on the cyber bullying theory to test itssocial assumptions. The study was based on the social survey methodology. A class sample was withdrawn from the undergraduate students of the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Mass communication at South Valley University. The data were collected by questionnaire that contained a Measurement of Fear of Social Isolation. The SPSS v24 program was used to analyze data. The study concluded that there is correlation between cyber bullying and gender, social isolation, entertainment and revenge, verbalthreats, and threats of the study for undergraduatestudent.

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