Besides these straightforward implications for the conceptualization and measurement of cyberbullying, we would like to outline some implications on a methodological level. Both studies in this paper show that experimental research can significantly contribute to clarifying conceptual issues in cyberbullying research. Even though these two studies should only be seen as the starting point of an emerging research program, they contribute something unique to the field of cyberbullying research, mostly because of the novel methodological approach. On top of this, experimental cyberbullying research could also contribute to answering questions of causality, for example between presumed risk and protective factors, cyberbullying, and presumed consequences or effects. So far we do not know if depressive symptoms are caused by cyberbullying or viceversa. Therefore, this paper should also be read as a strong argument for the broadening of the methodological repertoire of cyberbullying research to also include experimrnts - outside and inside the laboratory.