Percent of students who reported being cyber bullied...
Teens who have experienced cyberthreats online...
Teens who have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the internet...
Teens who do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs...
Percent of teens who have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras...
- Using email, texting, blogs, videos, websites, social networking, or gaming to embarrass, harass, or bully another.
- The act does NOT need to be intentional to be considered bullying. What is funny to one person, may not be to another.
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Vs. Bullying
Bullying includes:
- Face-to-face
- Can find a safe space/escape
- Limited to onlookers
- The bully can be identified
- Can see reactions (facial and body) of the target and of onlookers.
Cyberbullying Includes:
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days/yr
- No safe space-hard to escape
- shared by a wide audience-can go viral
- Bully can be anonymous
- Harder to empathize with the target
- No geographical limitations
- The target can be easily become the bully
Why Do Kids Cyberbully...
- Their friends are doing it.
- They want to look cool and fit in.
- They are rebelling against their parents.
- They want to act like adults.
- They are bullies by nature.
- They are seeking attention.
- They want to gain more popularity.
Where it Can Happen...
Most Famous Examples...
- Harassment
- Stalking
- Rumor Spreading
- Mocking
- Impersonating
- Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, MySpace, etc.
- Instant messaging and text messaging
- Email
- Chat rooms/forums/blogs
- Online games