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Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment

Year 2012, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 118 - 131, 01.03.2012

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This study aimed to describe the characteristics of undergraduate students in a hybrid learning environment with regard to their communicator styles and cyberbullying behaviors. Moreover, relationships between cyberbullying victimization and learners’ perceived communicator styles were investigated. Cyberbullying victimization was measured through a recently developed 28-item scale with a single-factor structure, whereas the communicator styles were measured through Norton’s (1983) scale which was recently validated in Turkey. Participants were a total of 59 undergraduate Turkish students enrolled in an effective communication course in 2010 spring and fall semesters. Face-to-face instruction was supported through web 2.0 tools where learners’ hid their real identities through nicknames. Participants used personal blogs in addition to the official online platform of the course. Their posts on these platforms were used as the source of the qualitative data. Descriptive analyses were followed by the investigation of qualitative and quantitative interrelationships between the cyberbullying variable and the components of the communicator style measure. Correlations among victimization and communicator style variables were not significant. However, qualitative analysis revealed that cyberbullying instances varied with regard to discussion topics, nature of the discussions and communicator styles. Example patterns from the log files were presented accompanied with suggestions for further implementations

Year 2012, Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 118 - 131, 01.03.2012

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Primary Language English
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Özcan Özgür Dursun This is me

Yavuz Akbulut This is me

Publication Date March 1, 2012
Submission Date February 6, 2015
Published in Issue Year 2012 Volume: 3 Issue: 3

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APA Dursun, Ö. Ö., & Akbulut, Y. (2012). Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 3(3), 118-131. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.08171
AMA Dursun ÖÖ, Akbulut Y. Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment. TOJQI. July 2012;3(3):118-131. doi:10.17569/tojqi.08171
Chicago Dursun, Özcan Özgür, and Yavuz Akbulut. “Communicator Style As a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 3, no. 3 (July 2012): 118-31. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.08171.
EndNote Dursun ÖÖ, Akbulut Y (July 1, 2012) Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 3 3 118–131.
IEEE Ö. Ö. Dursun and Y. Akbulut, “Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment”, TOJQI, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 118–131, 2012, doi: 10.17569/tojqi.08171.
ISNAD Dursun, Özcan Özgür - Akbulut, Yavuz. “Communicator Style As a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 3/3 (July 2012), 118-131. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.08171.
JAMA Dursun ÖÖ, Akbulut Y. Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment. TOJQI. 2012;3:118–131.
MLA Dursun, Özcan Özgür and Yavuz Akbulut. “Communicator Style As a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 3, no. 3, 2012, pp. 118-31, doi:10.17569/tojqi.08171.
Vancouver Dursun ÖÖ, Akbulut Y. Communicator Style as a Predictor of Cyberbullying in a Hybrid Learning Environment. TOJQI. 2012;3(3):118-31.