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Further Readings
boyd, d. (2014). It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University Press.
This book is available for free at www.danah.org/books/ItsComplicated.pdf. It contains a deep understanding of teen digital life, including chapters on identity, privacy, addiction, bullying, and inequality.
Cesare, N., & Branstad, J. (2018). Mourning and memory in the Twittersphere. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/13576275.2017.1319349
This article looks at the ways in which one form of thanatechnology takes place via Twitter.
Dilmaç, J. A. (2018). The new forms of mourning. Journal of Death and Dying, 77(3), 280–295.
This takes a broad look at bereavement and funeral practices.
Jewkes, Y. (Ed.). (2003). Dot.cons: Crime, deviance and identity on the Internet. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing.
This volume of thoughtful essays focuses on online deviance, including such topics as crime regulation, prostitution, hacking, and identity theft. It critically examines how the Internet as an anonymous platform facilitates an ever-increasing number of fringe behaviours, making it difficult to evaluate what is and what is not criminal.
Gershon, I. (2010). The breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over new media. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
The book shows how the dissolution of romantic relationships has changed in the context of Web 2.0 technologies and in particular social media, such as Facebook and MySpace.
Recommended Websites
Amanda Todd YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7afkypUsc
In her YouTube video, Amanda Todd uses flashcards to tell her story of being blackmailed and bullied online, of desperation, fear, and a sense of helplessness.
PREVNet
https://www.prevnet.ca/bullying/cyber-bullying
This comprehensive website showcases research into cyberbullying and is geared toward providing emotional support to children, youth, and young adults, who are targets of cyberbullying, as wells as caregivers, such as parents and teachers.
Kid Power
www.kidpower.org/library/article/cyber-bullying/?gclid=CKz4ooSmrMECFdRaMgodKAwArw
This is one of many websites that are geared toward providing emotional support to children and youth who are targets of cyberbullying.
What is Cyberbullying?
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cbr-scrt/cbrbllng/prnts/cbrbllng-en.aspx
This resource explains what cyberbullying is and provides key facts about bullies and victims.
Even with more awareness, cyberbullying isn’t declining in Canada: Ipsos poll
https://globalnews.ca/news/4299734/cyberbullying-cases-awareness-canada-poll/
This article explains that despite a growing official awareness, our “massively online” culture is still vulnerable to such behaviours. The article suggests that a lack of technical and cultural understandings of how Internet platforms work may be a key issue preventing progress.
New Rules of Breakups
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/nov/15/new-rules-of-breakups
This article discusses the implications of breakups in our online world, and touches on such subjects as sharing app access, talking about breakups online, and liking posts by a former partner.