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Oonagh Steer

Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Staff Group(s)
Psychology

Role

Oonagh is a Lecturer in Social and Cyber Psychology. She teaches across all years of undergraduate modules and on the Cyberpsychology MSc. Oonagh supervises undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Research areas

Oonagh is a mixed methods researcher who focuses her research on cyberbullying. Specifically, her research explores the fine line between harmful cyberbullying and harmless online banter and factors which may mediate the perceived severity of this ambiguous online behaviour. Contrasting the online and offline environment is incorporated into Oonagh's research area, which also extends to other aggressive behaviours such cyber sexual harassment. Oonagh's research area concerns adolescents and emerging adults.