ABSTRACT

“Cyberbullying” refers to bullying and harassment of others by means of new electronic technologies, primarily mobile phones and the internet. There has been much research and action on traditional forms of bullying in schools, with some success, but cyberbullying has arisen and increased in the last decade. This chapter starts with a review of cyberbullying, and how research on the topic has developed this century. It continues with explaining what a COST Action is, and how an international network of 28 countries took forward aspects of research into cyberbullying. The progress and outputs of the network were organized on a website, which is described.