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Lecturers
14th April 2015, 03:23 PM
What is cyber bullying?
Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power. Usually it is repeated over time. In recent years, technology has given youth a new means of bullying each other. We call this cyber bullying.
Cyber bullying, which is sometimes referred to as online social cruelty or electronic bullying, has been defined as “an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself.”
Cyber bullying includes:
Sending mean, vulgar, or treating messages or images.
Posting sensitive, private information and/or lies about another person.
Pretending to be someone else in order to make that person look bad.
Intentionally excluding someone from an online group.
Youth can cyber bully each other through :
Emails
Instant messaging
Text/Digital image messages sent on cell phones
Social network sites
Chat rooms or other discussion groups
According to a recent student, middle school students were asked about the identity of the person who cyber bullied them and the results were
52% identified another student at school
36% said they had been cyber bullied by someone they had considered a friend
13% had been bullied by a sister or brother
48% did not know who had cyber bullied them
Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power. Usually it is repeated over time. In recent years, technology has given youth a new means of bullying each other. We call this cyber bullying.
Cyber bullying, which is sometimes referred to as online social cruelty or electronic bullying, has been defined as “an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself.”
Cyber bullying includes:
Sending mean, vulgar, or treating messages or images.
Posting sensitive, private information and/or lies about another person.
Pretending to be someone else in order to make that person look bad.
Intentionally excluding someone from an online group.
Youth can cyber bully each other through :
Emails
Instant messaging
Text/Digital image messages sent on cell phones
Social network sites
Chat rooms or other discussion groups
According to a recent student, middle school students were asked about the identity of the person who cyber bullied them and the results were
52% identified another student at school
36% said they had been cyber bullied by someone they had considered a friend
13% had been bullied by a sister or brother
48% did not know who had cyber bullied them
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Cats
14th April 2015, 05:23 PM
This reminds me of the movie Unfriended
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14th April 2015, 05:31 PM
A personal tip from me: Don't get too comfortable with someone too quick. From personal experience, personal stuff I have said about myself to certain people online are now used as 'threats' against me.
Be really careful about who you trust online, there is nasty people in this world.
Be really careful about who you trust online, there is nasty people in this world.
Adam