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Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying. By: Taylor K. and Sam B. Statistics. People get bullied from… BOYS    31% GIRLS   34%

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Cyber bullying

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  1. Cyber bullying By: Taylor K. and Sam B.

  2. Statistics • People get bullied from… BOYS    31% GIRLS   34% • Hurtful            2%informationon Internet Unwanted           2%contact onInternet *

  3. Survey • Some 20.4 percent of girls in the Cyber bullying Research Center survey of middle school students reported having been cyber bullied at least once, compared to 14.0 percent of boys.

  4. Survey (continued) • Some 34 percent of girls ages 12–14, and 41 percent of girls ages 15–17 reported having been targets of cyber bullying, according to the Pew report.

  5. Problems • Texting • Facebook • Twitter • Black mail • E-mail • My space • Prank calling • Posting photos or videos, to them, can seem like a way to achieve celebrity and status. Also, by using electronic communications to demean their victims, cyber bullies are removed from the real consequences of their actions.

  6. Solutions • 1.) Talk to a parent. • 2.) Talk to a trusted adult. • 3.) Talk to a consular. • 4.) If possible, block the person. • 5.) Delete account. • 6.) Change your phone number, if possible. • 7.) Report the person to the website.

  7. A Laws against cyber bullying • Law: To help protect young victims, several states recently passed laws against cyber bullying. • Law: The new laws give schools more authority to prevent and to punish students responsible for the unkind acts.

  8. Quote • Quote: "We're not going to stop [all] bullying" says Rhode Island lawmaker John Tassoni. "But we're going to put a big dent in it."

  9. Statistics • According to this view, the Internet makes friendships seem more like abstractions or commodities than real human relationships • In a government survey, 32 percent of 12- to 18-year-olds reported being bullied at school.

  10. Sataistics • Some see the behavior as an online version of the teasing and cruelty that commonly exist in schools.

  11. Citations • Weekly Reader News Edition 4-6 (a Weekly Reader publication). "Bully Bust! State      Lawmakers Get Tough with Cyberbullies." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. mel.org, 2 Sept. 2011. Web. 8 Mar. 2012.      <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/      i.do?id=GALE%7CA266224257&v=2.1&u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=STOJ&sw=w>. • Scholastic Choices. "The Girl Who Got Even: A True Cyberbullying Story." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. mel.org, Feb. 2012. Web. 8 Mar. 2012.      <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/      i.do?id=GALE%7CA277601027&v=2.1&u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=STOJ&sw=w>. • "Cyberbullying." MEL-Michigan Electronic Library. Current Issues, 2010. Web. 21      Mar. 2012. <http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/      ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=true&action      =e&windowstate=normal&catId=GALE%7C00000000LVW1&documentId=GALE%7CPC3021900044&mo      de=view&userGroupName=birm35703&jsid=836432cfda2c13ccd8d122cb6a1e4a81>.

  12. Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication. "Analyze the Graphs." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. mel.org, 3 May 2010. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.       http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA225740133&v=2.1&u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=STOJ&sw=w

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