Combating Cyberbullying in Nigeria: A Case for the Media and Information Literacy City.
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2021
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Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios - UNIMINUTO
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Abstract
The value neutrality of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) affords users the luxury
of determining the gratification to be derived from technological devices usage, whether positive
or adverse. The outbreak of menaces such as cyberbullying, which is an adverse externality of technology’s value neutrality, has necessitated the development of country-specific laws, established
to address cyberbullying. While acknowledging the roles of these antibullying policies and other
multidisciplinary control measures, either recommended or already in use, this study investigated
the prevalence of cyberbullying in Nigeria and its control measures, through a review of studies that
had been conducted in Nigeria. From the review, it was noted that most of the available studies
were conducted in educational silos and focused on legal and psychological control models without
recourse to the socio and techno-cultural context of cyberbullying as a derivative of information
society. This article, within the context of information society, recommends media and information
literacy education as a tool for addressing cyberbullying.
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Capítulo 12 - MIL Cities and MIL Citizens: Informed, Engaged, Empowered by Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
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Information and communication technologies, Value neutrality, Cyberbullying