Abstract
Cyberbullying is a growing problem among adolescents and adults, causing harm mentally, emotionally, and physically. Although occurring across various information and communication technologies (ICTs), cyberbullying proliferates extensively on social networking services (SNS). Extant research has shown that cyberbullying deterrence can be achieved through effective technology design. Thus, it is important to uncover how design features, specifically ephemerality and editability, magnify or mitigate cyberbullying behaviors. This research adopts a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) lens to explain how design features shape these outcomes. This research seeks to address two research questions: Do user SNS interface (UI) design features affect cyberbullying behaviors? Do users’ ISE affect cyberbullying behaviors? This research seeks to extend SCT while also providing designers with knowledge on how they can leverage these features to shape user behaviors.
Recommended Citation
Adesope, Felicia Oluwafunmilola and Johnson, Richard, "Social Networking Services Cyberbullying: An Interface Design and Self-Efficacy Lens" (2026). AMCIS 2026 TREOs. 150.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2026/150