A Case Study of Student, Teacher, Parent and Administrator Perceptions of Cyberbullying at a Public Elementary School in the USA
Abstract: This paper reports on the findings of a case study investigating student, parent, teacher, and administrator perceptions of cyberbullying at a public elementary school in the USA. A mixed method research design was employed using questionnaires as well as individual and focus group interviews. Two important findings emerge from the data. Firstly, the data identify the alarming frequency with which the phenomenon of cyberbullying is occurring as perceived by students. Secondly, there are potent differences between teacher and student perceptions related to cyberbullying. The data reported in this paper is a part of a larger study underway that includes parent and administrator survey data as well as focus group data from each of the participant groups. The knowledge garnered from this study serves as a model for schools and districts interesting in investigating the nature and extent of cyberbullying and a local level and contributes to the larger body of existing literature on cyberbullying.