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CyberBullying

CyberBullying. What is Cyber bullying?. Cyber bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others Through….. (Keith & Martin, 2004). Technologies such as:.

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CyberBullying

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  1. CyberBullying

  2. What is Cyber bullying? • Cyber bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others • Through….. • (Keith & Martin, 2004).

  3. Technologies such as: • email, • cell phone • pager • text messages, • instant messaging (IM), • defamatory personal web sites • defamatory online personal polling web sites • (Keith & Martin, 2004).

  4. DIFFERENCES BULLYING • DIRECT • Occurs on school property • Poor relationships with teachers • Fear retribution Physical: Hitting, Punching & Shoving Verbal: Teasing, Name calling & Gossip Nonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov CYBERBULLYING • ANONYMOUS • Occurs off school property • Good relationships with teachers • Fear loss of technology privileges • Further under the radar than bullying • Emotional reactions cannot be determined {McKenna & Bargh, 2004; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004} From ‘Demystifying and Deescalating Cyber Bullying’ by Barbara Trolley, Ph.D. CRC, Connie Hanel, M.S.E.d & Linda Shields, M.S.E.d. http://www.nyssca.org/CYBERBULLYING-pp-BT28th.ppt

  5. Cell phones – Middle school years • In 2004 – 45% online teens have a cellphone • In 2006, 66% of online teens have a cellphone • 68% of cellphone owners txt (2006) Skype - 2003

  6. Today’s Teen –

  7. Today - 2007 • Older Kids: Habbo Hotel, Gaia Online & Second Life • Younger Kids: Webkinz, Whyville, Club Penguin Profiles: Switchboards for social life

  8. Teen Reality Mobile gadgets allow them to enjoy media and communicate anywhere • 84% report owning at least one personal media device: a desktop or laptop computer, a cell phone or a Personal Digital Assistant • 63% of all teens own a cell phone

  9. Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M, March 2005

  10. Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M, March 2005

  11. Recently, i-SAFE America conducted a national survey of more than 1500 students -ranging from fourth to eighth grade.

  12. Gaming – on-going. • Oldest video gamers who grew up with it are entering their forties, so some of the younger kids have parents who game. • More than 2/3rds of online teens play computer or video games.

  13. Email – “It’s for old people”

  14. Mobility – gaming (DS, PSP), and now continuous presence applications – take social networks mobile • Twitter • Pownce etc etc etc • Teens don’t use these – yet.

  15. Online Behavior: Parent & Teen Attitudes • 81% of parents and 79% of teens agree that kids are not as careful as they should be about the information they give out online • 62% of parents and 62% of teens agree that kids do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about • Overall, most parents believe that the internet is a good thing for their children

  16. Where are the kids going? MySpace.com Blurty.com BlogLines.com Xanga.com Live Journal.com Dead Journal.com StudentCenter.org Bolt.com eCrush.com

  17. Who engages in Cyber bullying?

  18. CYBER BULLYING PREVALENCE • Cyber bullying typically starts at about 9 years of age and usually ends after 14 years of age; after 14, it becomes cyber or sexual harassment due to nature of acts and age of actors (Aftab) • Affects 65-85% of kids in the core group directly or indirectly through close friends (Aftab) http://www.aftab.com/

  19. Sugar & Spice? • Little girls are taught that it’s much prettier to be nice • Result = covert forms of aggression – Relational Aggression (RA)

  20. Relational Aggression is… Emotional violence and bullying behavior focused on damaging an individual’s social connections within the peer group. RA is “conditional friendship”

  21. Spreading Rumors Verbal Insults Teasing Intimidation Eye Rolling Taunting Manipulative Affection Three-Way Calling Cyber bullying – Girls are twice as likely to participate in cyber-bullying than are boys More Examples of Relational Aggression:

  22. Why Use Technology to Bully? • Anonymity • Rapid deployment and dissemination • Immediate • Rich medium • Natural

  23. Exclusion Outing Polling Stalking Libel Blackmail Flaming E-mail Websites Piling” via IM Impersonation How Do PeopleCyber bully Others?

  24. What is the Impact of Cyber bullying? • Psychological, physical, and emotional • depression, anxiety, anger, • school failure, school avoidance, suicide, and school violence • Role modeling for others which increases likelihood of increased bullying

  25. What promotes it? • You can’t see me – I’m invisible • Removes concern of detection, approval or punishment • Lack of Feedback interferes with empathy • Rationalization- “everybody does it” • Role Playing- take on another personality, avatar, persona [reinforces “just a game”]

  26. “Inadvertent” Role-play Responding May not realize it’s cyber bullying “Vengeful Angel” Righting wrongs Protecting themselves “Mean Girls” Bored; Entertainment Ego based; promote own social status Often do in a group Intimidate on and off line Need others to bully; if isolated, stop CYBER BULLY CATEGORIES “Power-Hungry” • Want reaction • Controlling with fear “Revenge of the Nerds” (“Subset of Power-Hungry”) • Often Victims of school-yard bullies • Throw ‘cyber-weight’ around • Not school-yard bullies like Power-Hungry & Mean Girls {Parry Aftab. Esq., Executive Director, WiredSafety.org}

  27. What We Can ALL Do … Take a stand against cyberbullying.

  28. Prevention • Bully proof child with confidence and resilience • Pay attention to traits that may lead to victimization • Combat the “tell all’ phenomenon • Discuss it with your child • Discuss consequences • Do not support on-line retaliation

  29. Monitor • Keep computer in open, public place in home • Periodically investigate files, history, online activities [cookies] • Search your child’s name online, profiles, postings, blogs • Watch for secretive behavior as you approach computer • Install key-stroke monitoring software • Learn the controls that are available from your ISP • Engage in computer activities to determine their savvy

  30. What if it happens? • Assist your child • Develop personal guidelines for using the net • Make realistic evaluation of quality of online community • Learn to respond assertively, not aggressively • Change email address, account • File complaint with ISP, web host • Gather evidence and keep it • Do not delete – but don’t let your child visit that site again • Block or filter email

  31. Continued…. • Contact cyber bully's parents [caution] • Contact school staff [if happens from school equipment] • Contact local law enforcement • Civil litigation

  32. WiredSafety.org Teen Angels SpectorSoft eBlaster NetNanny SpyAgent SoftProbe ActivityLogger Internet – install monitoring and filtering programs

  33. Resources • Online column about cyberbullying (http://www.schoolcounselor.com/pubs/cyberbullying-sabella.doc) • http://cyberbully.org/ • Parent’s guide • Educators guide more! • News reports • National Alliance for Safe Schools http://www.safeschools.org/ • Provides training, technical assistance, and publications to school districts interested in reducing school based crime and violence.

  34. Resources • National Education Association’s National Bullying Awareness Campaign http://www.nea.org/issues/safescho/bullying • National School Safety Center http://www.nssc1.org/ • Provides training, technical assistance, and resources on school safety and school crime prevention; offers training films on various issues; conducts national public service campaigns. • The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/pdfs/FactSheets/Olweus%20Bully.pdf • A model program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program is a multilevel, multi-component school-based program designed to prevent or reduce bullying in elementary, middle, and junior high schools. • http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/

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