3. “I hate you and NOBODY likes you!!!”
“Vote YES here if you think Beatrice is
UGLY!”
“If I were as stupid as you, I wouldn’t show my
face at school.
POST MORE INSULTS HERE!”
“I wish you would just DIE”
8. FACTS ABOUT CYBERBULLYING
Although cyberbullying evolved from traditional bullying there are several differences:
Cyberbullying:
1. Involves the victim being under constant distress (Williams & Godfrey, 2011).
2. Reaches a wider audience (Slonje & Smith, 2008).
3. Allows anonymity (Donegan, 2012).
4. Allows the perpetrator to strike blows without seeing victims
response (Donegan, 2012).
5. Crosses demographic boundaries allowing minorities and
disadvantaged to become perpetrators (Slonje & Smith, 2008)
although generally the victims are unpopular with peers
(Williams & Godfrey, 2011).
9. Today, in America…
20.8% of students have been cyberbullyied.
17% have been cyberbullyied in the past 30 days.
13.3% have been cyberbullyied by rumors online.
14.3% have been cyberbullyied by mean or hurtful
comments online.
7.2% have been threatened online.
10. Have been
cyberbullyied
62% by another
student at
school
Know of
someone who
has been 65%
cyberbullyied
Admitted they
had
cyberbullyied
60% another
student at
school
14. Bully
Victim Environment
Adapted from Harvey et al., 2006
15. Bully
Victim Environment
Adapted from Harvey et al., 2006
16. Biological/Personality Home Social
• Brain differences • Bullying by siblings • Need to gain power
• Gene mutations • Abused • Need to be included;
• Overly developed • Power Struggles overly concerned
immune system • Changes in roles about others’
• Hyperactivity opinions
• Low verbal • Boys: it is victim’s
intelligence and fault; use violence as
problem solving a tool
• Low empathy • Girls: use
relationship as tool;
cannot adequately
express anger
Sources: Benitez & Justicia, 2006; Chan, 2006; Harvey et al., 2006; Lane, 2005; Thornberg & Knutsen, 2011
17. Bully
Victim
Environment
Adapted from Harvey et al., 2006
18. Characteristics
• Low Self Esteem
• Loner
• Passive; choose submission
• Expect to be bullied; defeatist
• Boys:Internalize their problems
• Girls: primarily concerned with what
others think of them
19. Bully
Victim Environment
Adapted from Harvey et al., 2006
20. Environmental variables that affect bullying
• Norms of behavior; level of blurriness between roles
of students and teachers
• Rules
• Values held as being important
• Key personalities and how they reference bullying
• Daily climate of civility
• Punitive and sanctioning strategies
• Size of school facilities
• Amount of supervision outside of classroom
Sources: Benitez & Justicia, 2006; Harvey et al., 2006
21. The term
“Cyberbullying”
was originated by
Canadian educator
Bill Belsey about a
decade ago.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. Cyberbullying Around the World
Top 20 countries found to have the most cybercrime. Retrieved
from: http:/crimesatcyber.blogspot.com/p/countrywise-cr-
latest.html.
27. State Cyberbullying
Laws
A Review of State Cyberbullying Laws and Policies
http://www.cyberbullying.us/Bullying
_and_Cyberbullying_Laws.pdf
35. Climate loss and cost calculator
To help administrators identify the cost of
behaviors associated with a negative school
climate due to bullying, cyberbullying, and
violence:
www.community-matters.org/safe-
school-ambassadors/documents
40. • Refuse to pass along
offensive messages
• Block communication with
cyberbullies
• Report Cyberbullying to a
trusted adult
• Don’t provide personal
information online
Children • DO NOT DELETE the
messages, they can be
used to take action
• Take leadership roles within
the schools to promote
respect and inclusion
41. • Install filtering
software
• Limit your child’s
time on the
internet
• PAY ATTENTION
• Develop a family
Parents agreement for
internet use.
• Encourage the
child to report
bullying
42. • Develop policies on
appropriate internet and
cell phone use. (Follow
through)
• Zero tolerance for any
form of bullying
• Plan bullying intervention
and prevention programs
• Be consistent when
dealing with bullying
Schools concerns
• Ensure parents and
children that bullying
concerns will be taken
seriously and dealt with
effectively
Notas do Editor
In theory it’s easy to underestimate just how powerful these messages can be.
Long before we sawcyberbullying occur on the digital playground, we have been studying bullying on the traditional playground for years.
In order to understand the origins of bullying, we need to look at the three aspects of this phenomenon: the bully, the victim and the environment
Let’s take a closer look at the bully
There has been substantial effort in describing the bully. These descriptions are typically focuses on biological causes or personality descriptions and home or social influences.
Now, let’s look at research done on the victim.
Less has been studied on the victim than the bully. Most of the research tries to find commonalities in the victim characteristics.
Now let’s focus on the environment
Depending on the frequency and level of a number of variables, the amount of bullying is affected by the environment. Note that these characteristics are equally applicable in the digital playground.
A variety of studies conducted on cyberbullying show that anywhere from 18 to 40 percent of students report being victimized.
An additional study shows two noteworthy trends. One is that cyberbullying is more prevalent among girls than boys. The other shows that while many teens admit to being a victim of cyberbullying, almost as many also admit to participating in it as well.
By race, cyberbullying is more pervasive among whites than other cultures. Still, the percentage is significant among hispanics, blacks, and multi-race students as well.
Though it is most prevalent in the United States and China, due to increased access of technology Cyberbullying is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon.
There must be a proactive approach to the prevention of cyberbullying and this is accomplished by engaging the problem head on.
Our children are at the front lines of this issue, and carry the greatest responsibility of preventing cyberbullying
Adults also carry responsibility of prevention, in fact their involvement can reduce the stress and responsibility placed on the children.
Finally, the schools have the organizational means of preventing the social dilemma.
If all of these methods fail, well, I guess we will have to let Ralphie show us how to handle the situation.