ABSTRACT

This paper asks, “How might Hannah Arendt guide an understanding of cyberbullying attentive to its implications for the public, private, and social realms of contemporary life?” Arendt’s philosophical distinctions can guide understandings of cyberbullying and response strategies that can constructively shape user communication in cyberspace. This paper contends that attentiveness to public and private differentiations can supply a background that informs foreground communication in online contexts that mitigate instances of cyberbullying. The paper first examines the ways in which cyberspace changes interpersonal communication in public and private life. Next, the paper identifies response strategies to cyberbullying from the field of communication, including corporate/institutional cyber discourse, regulatory mechanisms, and bystander intervention. Third, the paper turns to Arendt and theorists extending her work to understand the communication constituting private, public, and social spheres. The paper concludes with implications from the study grounded in the contention that Arendt’s vita contemplativa can act as an antecedent to the vita activa – contemplation and reflection should accompany action to ensure that communication is thoughtful.

摘要

本文提出了这样的问题：“汉娜·阿伦特 (Hannah Arendt) 如何引导人们理解网络欺凌，关注其对当代生活的公共、私人和社会领域的影响？” 阿伦特的哲学区别可以指导对网络欺凌和响应策略的理解，这些策略可以建设性地塑造网络空间中的用户交流。本文认为，关注公共和私人差异可以提供一个背景，为在线环境中的前台沟通提供信息，从而减轻网络欺凌的情况。本文首先考察了网络空间如何改变公共和私人生活中的人际交往。接下来，本文从通信领域确定了网络欺凌的应对策略，包括企业/机构网络话语、监管机制、和旁观者干预。第三，这篇论文转向阿伦特和理论家，将她的工作扩展到理解构成私人、公共和社会领域的交流。该论文的结论是基于阿伦特的观点的研究的启示vita contemplativa可以作为vita activa 的前身——沉思和反思应该伴随着行动，以确保交流是深思熟虑的。