Data for: An experimental study of cyberstander reactions under community-related influences. When gender complicates matters.

data from the submitted study "An experimental study of cyberstander reactions under community-related influences. When gender complicates matters." Excerpt from the Abstract: Our main research question focused on investigating whether and to what extent the four major factors and their potential interactions have a relevant influence on cyberstanders’ reactions. The participants (N=1859) were randomly assigned online to eight experimental conditions, in a 2x2x2x2 factorial design. The measurement instrument was a self-responded online questionnaire measuring the reaction to witnessing cyberbullying behavior. Our analysis identified significant effects of community rules, framing, and gender on the reaction of cyberbullying, but there was no similar effect of community rules. While specific combinations of community-related factors had a statistically significant effect on cyberstanders’ response, their effect sizes were small. We concluded that the impact of online community environmental features on individual response to cyberbullying is limited and can vary as a function of gender. Our results may indicate lower levels of social conformity in the communication environment specific to social network sites. Furthermore, these results suggest that the impact of gender on certain behavioral outcomes transcends the offline environment and manifests also within the virtual environment. Future research should continue and refine the study of the impact of various combinations of environmental factors on cyberstander reaction. Virtual communities might use framing and awareness-raising in increasing active resistance to cyberbullying.本研究数据来自已提交的学术论文《社群相关影响下的网络旁观者（cyberstander）反应实验研究——当性别使问题复杂化时》，以下为该论文摘要节选： 本研究的核心研究问题聚焦于探究四大主要影响因素及其潜在交互作用，是否以及在何种程度上对网络旁观者的反应产生相关影响。本研究共招募1859名被试（N=1859），采用2×2×2×2因子实验设计，将被试在线随机分配至8个实验情境中。研究采用线上自填式问卷作为测量工具，用以评估被试目睹网络欺凌（cyberbullying）行为后的反应。 我们的分析结果表明，社群规则、框架效应（framing）与性别因素对网络欺凌相关反应存在显著影响，但社群规则未表现出类似的影响效应。尽管部分社群相关因素的特定组合对网络旁观者的反应存在统计学意义上的显著影响，但其效应量较小。 本研究最终得出结论：线上社群环境特征对个体应对网络欺凌的反应的影响较为有限，且会因性别不同而产生差异。本研究结果或可反映出社交网站专属传播环境中的社会顺从水平较低。此外，研究结果还表明，性别对特定行为结果的影响并不局限于线下环境，在虚拟环境中同样有所体现。 未来的相关研究应进一步探究并细化各类环境因素的组合对网络旁观者反应的影响机制。虚拟社群可借助框架效应与意识提升举措，增强用户对网络欺凌的主动抵制行为。