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CYBER BULLYING

CYBER BULLYING. “What makes cyber bullying so dangerous…is that anyone can practice it without having to confront the victim. You don’t have to be strong or fast, simply equipped with a cell phone or a computer and a willingness to terrorize.” (King, 2006). KEY AREAS. WHAT IS CYBER BULLYING?

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CYBER BULLYING

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  1. CYBER BULLYING “What makes cyber bullying so dangerous…is that anyone can practice it without having to confront the victim. You don’t have to be strong or fast, simply equipped with a cell phone or a computer and a willingness to terrorize.” (King, 2006)

  2. KEY AREAS • WHAT IS CYBER BULLYING? • EXAMPLES OF CYBER BULLYING • WHAT A STUDENT CAN DO • WHAT PARENTS / GUARDIANS CAN DO

  3. What is cyber-bullying? “Cyber-bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as e-mail, cell phone and pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group, that is intended to harm or upset others.” (Bell Belsey, www.cyberbullying.ca)

  4. Characteristics of Cyber-bullying • Unequal power • Repetitivebehaviours • Bully can remain anonymous • Bully can pretend to be another person • Bullying can happen anywhere, anytime, given that cyber-space is everywhere all of the time • Bullying can take many forms within the cyber-space environment • Capacity for instant and limitless sending of words and images

  5. Vehicles for cyber-bullying • Email • IM – MSN • Social networking sites – Facebook • Web sites • Chat rooms • Virtual learning environments – school work sites • Mobile phones • Camera phones • On line and interactive games • Blogs • Wikis • Bashing site – Rate My School • Internet polling – Doodle

  6. I fell out with my friend and she has told all my friends to block me on MSN messenger.

  7. Someone keeps ringing my phone laughing and hanging up. I don’t know who it is

  8. This week I have had 4 texts saying “I hate you”.

  9. Someone took a picture of me being pushed, over on their phone and sent it to everyone in my class.

  10. Someone set up a voting page on how ugly I was

  11. I told my friend my email password and when we fell out she emailed nasty messages to my friends so now they are not talking to me.

  12. I split up with my boyfriend and he posted personal information about our relationship on the internet

  13. Someone has set up a hate page about me

  14. Why cyber-bully? • Motivations of anger, revenge or frustration • For entertainment or laughs • They are bored and have too many tech toys • To get a reaction • By accident – they reacted impulsively • Power-Hungry - to torment others and to boost their ego or status • Students may start out defending themselves from traditional bullying to find they enjoy the buzz • Often girls do it to sustain their social standing • Some think they are righting wrongs or defending others

  15. Percentage of Bullying per Technology

  16. How does it make children feel? • I don’t want to come to school • Everyone hates me • I feel really left out • I can’t tell anyone because they will take my phone off me • No one will understand • There is no escape • Who else is involved?

  17. HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT VICTIMS OF BULLYING

  18. What can students do? Phone a friend Tell a teacher Speak to an adult Look online and email a website for advice Text a friend

  19. What can students do? Keep the messages as evidence Block the bully from your phone, email, messenger etc Don’t reply Don’t give your passwords to ANYONE Find support and help from websites like

  20. WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A PARENT OR GUARDIAN?

  21. WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS CYBER BULLYING? • Generational gap • Difficult for parents to understand as they didn’t experience this as children • Lack of knowledge of IT/technology • Hard for parents to monitor (a lot happens at night when asleep) • Its moving at a faster rate than our research/understanding and safety measures

  22. WHERE TO BEGIN? • Spend some time learning about cyber technology • Get involved with your children’s online activities, validate their skills and learn from them • Get on the internet and mobile phone and learn how it works. Ask your children to show you • Talk with other parents

  23. IMPLEMENT SAFE TOOLS NOW! • Have the computer in a place that you can see it (not hidden away in child’s bedroom) • Choose products with parental controls • Have a suitable filter on the computer to stop inappropriate material or sites • Ensure you as the parent has access rights to your children’s computers and passwords

  24. TALK WITH YOUR CHILDREN • Talk regularly with your child about on-line activities he or she is involved in. • Talk specifically about cyber bullying • Encourage your child to tell you if he or she is aware of others who may be the victims of such behaviour • Explain that cyber bullying is harmful and unacceptable behaviour

  25. STEPS TO TAKE IF YOU FEEL YOU CHILD IS BEING CYBER BULLIED Create a safe environment for technology use Monitor your child’s “cyber” usage Talk with your child about their usage Block future contact from the cyber bully Contact your child’s school Consider contacting the cyber bully’s parents Keep proof of the cyber bullying (e.g., copies of an e-mail message) in case you need them as evidence

  26. THANK YOUANY QUESTIONS PLEASE

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