@inproceedings{8f683df8673b4bcba5f58cef0bc23a00,
title = "Online Newspapers in the Middle East and Cyberbullying Coverage",
abstract = "News media plays a crucial role in societal change. This study examined how online newspapers in Jordan deals with cyberbullying. It aims to understand how such newspapers framed and presented news on its coverage. Using a content analysis method, 139 online articles from two main Jordanian newspapers (Al-Rai, Al-Ghad). The findings show that government officials emerged as pivotal sources for conveying our concern. Regular citizens were the primary recipients of cyberbullying incidents recounted within the published narratives. Newspapers strongly preferred employing the awareness framework, particularly the domains of prevention and intervention. More noteworthy disparities between these newspapers about the sources addressing cyberbullying. Overall, the study recommends that the press ramps up efforts in fostering awareness about the perils of bullying and its adverse societal implications.",
keywords = "Content analysis, Cyberbullying, Framing theory, Jordan, Online newspapers, Societal change",
author = "Khalaf Tahat and Mokhtar Elareshi and Hamza Saad and Mohammad Habes and Abdulkrim Ziani and Hatem Alsridi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.; International Conference on Business and Technology, ICBT 2024 ; Conference date: 21-11-2024 Through 22-11-2024",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-032-00450-5\_52",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783032004499",
series = "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "503--512",
editor = "Bahaaeddin Alareeni and Allam Hamdan",
booktitle = "IoT and Digital Transformation",
}