Editorial Mesh 13
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Cyberbully
Keely Macarow

In this special online edition, Mesh cuts through the gung ho hype attached to digital media culture to reveal a culture of vibrant egalitarian activity at odds with a neo-colonial ethos where language, style and regulated access to internet bandwidth are of major concern. In this context, Mesh investigates the ubiquitous cyberbully, an omniscient entity that may be found lurking in the cyber corridor of the school yard, the nation state, the digitised corporation or your email discussion list.

In Mesh 13, artists and cultural commentators based in Australia, the UK and the United States respond to the challenge of the cyberbully and offer insights into the psychological, cultural and technological framework of cyberbullies who permeate economic, linguistic and social transactions and interactions in both cyber and earth space. Mesh correspondents reveal how cyberbullies disseminate, regulate, dictate and infiltrate digitised information, software and hardware and offers suggestions for a cyberbully backlash.

So what is a cyberbully exactly? Let's put the ubiquitous cyberbully into a personal perspective.