Bullying in Popular Culture

Abigail G. Scheg is the associate dean of faculty for the School of Business at Northcentral University. She researches, teaches, and publishes in the areas of composition, young adult literature, online pedagogy, and educational technology. She lives in Badin, Pennsylvania.

“with additional topics such as bullying in the LGBT community, protecting those who are most vulnerable, and implementing policy and law, Scheg’s book adds significantly to the field of bullying and its connection to media”—Journal of American Culture.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction—Abigail G. SchegThe Changing Faces of Bullying in Popular Culture: An Historical Account of Research in Bullying—Kulwinder P. KaurBullying Boundaries: How Are Reality Television Programs and School Policies Shaping Youth Perceptions of Acceptable Aggressive Behaviors?—Tamara GirardiBullying Bullies: Narratives of Territoriality in American Popular Culture—Eduardo ­Barros-GrelaThe Chocolate War and ­Anti-Bullying Novels in Popular Culture—Nina Marie BoneThe Power of Praise—Mary-Lynn ChambersNot Just for the Kids: Parents Who Cyberbully—Abigail G. Scheg“Fire is catching!” and So Is Bullying: The Hunger Games—Katherine LashleyQueerness and Bullying in Popular Culture—Kylo-Patrick R. HartSwatch Dogs and Plastics: The Codification of Female Bullying—Kasey ButcherIt Gets Better (When You Come Back from the Grave and Kill Them All): Bullying and the Horror Film and the Indeterminacy of the Monster—Fernando Gabriel, Pagnoni Berns, Mariana S. Zárate and Canela Ailen Rodriguez FontaoBullying, Quidditch and the Golden Snitch: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone—Chantelle MacPhee“Carrie White burns in hell”: ­Re-Evaluating Carrie in the ­Post-Columbine Era—Don TrescaDauntless Bullying in Veronica Roth’s Divergent—Katherine LashleyThe Post–9/11 John Wayne vs. Bullying: A Tale of a Schadenfreude Obsessed Culture—Kelly F. FranklinAbout the ContributorsIndex