ABSTRACT

This study uses the theory of dyadic morality to analyze construction of cyberbullying as a contested social issue in U. S. newspaper opinion pieces. The theory of dyadic morality posits that when we claim harm, we are motivated to identify a cause of harm and a suffering victim. This moral triangulation indicts determinants of harm and suggests preferred solutions. Analysis of U.S. opinion writing identified a tension between perception of cyberbullying as epidemic and the belief that some aggression was normative, that harm from speech was suspect, and that concern about cyberbullying was overblown. Cyberbullying served as a politically charged example of how technology is shaping adolescent social life and mental health; or how claims to victimhood are threats to free speech. Attention to moral dyad constructs in editorials and opinion pieces can help identify how competitive frames assert claims of moral validity in constructing arguments.

摘要

本研究使用二元道德理论来分析美国报纸评论文章中网络欺凌作为一个有争议的社会问题的构​​建。二元道德理论认为，当我们声称受到伤害时，我们有动力去确定伤害的原因和受苦的受害者。这种道德三角测量指出了伤害的决定因素并提出了首选的解决方案。对美国舆论的分析发现，将网络欺凌视为流行病与认为某些攻击行为是规范性的、言论造成的伤害是可疑的以及对网络欺凌的担忧被夸大了之间存在紧张关系。网络欺凌是技术如何塑造青少年社会生活和心理健康的一个充满政治色彩的例子；或声称受害如何威胁言论自由。