1. A New Age of Bullying, the
Cyber Age
By: Daniel Golderman
CSIS200- Social Justice and Information Technology
2. What is Cyber-bullying?
Cyber-bullying is when a
child, preteen or teen is
tormented, threatened,
harassed, humiliated,
embarrassed or otherwise
targeted by another child,
preteen or teen using the
Internet, interactive and
digital technologies or
mobile phones.
4. Social Issue with Cyber-bullying
Every year it seems to become easier to Cyber Bully with
new outbreaks of different social networks ("Cyber
Bullying Statistics - Bullying Statistics.")
5. What are the causes of cyber-
bullying?
Like most bullies, a lot of the time
bullies are often motivated by
anger, revenge or frustration.
Bullies motives differ, therefore, the
solutions and responses to each
type of cyber-bullying incident has
to differ too.
6. Who is affected by Cyber-bullies?
Cyber bullying has grown into one of the worst kinds of
bullying practices possible, especially for the age group
known as “Tweens” and Teens ("Cyber Bullying Statistics -
Bullying Statistics."). Tweens are primarily Middle school
aged.
8. Technologies role in the Social Issue
Our Cyber space is huge. Anything and everything you say
on the internet in some way is traced. By having access to
where the bullying occurs and by having evidence is a
great resource to track the bully. Bullies are easily tracked on
the internet because even though social networks have
sparked some of the Cyber-bullying, the social networks
have actually helped by providing evidence to authorities.
9. Prevention
There are many questions and concerns about
what as a society we can do to prevent this.
There are some solutions. Some have been
tested but there is no exact answer to be found
about how to totally eliminate cyber bullying.
However, Awareness and education is a
possible solution. In the near future these
questions must be answered and hopefully will
be.
10. What is being done about it and
what else can the victim do?
Besides raising
awareness to prevent
Cyber-bullying, those
who are being bullied
should “Unplug from
technology.”
Boost confidence by
exercising.
Victims should share
feelings about there
bullying situation.
Report the incident!
11. Reporting the Acts of a cyber-bully…
Things to do Immediately…
Keep evidence of cyber-bullying.
Block the person who is cyber-bullying.
Don’t respond to and don’t forward cyber-bullying
messages.
Report Cyber-bullying to Online Service Providers
Report Cyber-bullying to Law Enforcement
12. Who (person, group, organization,
and/or government) might have the
power to improve or fix it?
The Government, Schools, Anti-bullying organizations are
all trying to acknowledge this social issue.
Many states are working towards getting Cyber-bullying
laws incorporated with the bullying laws
There are many websites as well trying to raise awareness
about Cyber-bully such as:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-
statistics.html
http://www.tylerclementi.org
13. Interesting Facts:
Nearly 43% of kids have been
bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it
happen more than once.
70% of students report seeing
frequent bullying online.
Only 1 in 10 victims will inform
a parent or trusted adult of
their abuse.
About 58% of kids admit
someone has said mean or
hurtful things to them online.
More than 4 out 10 say it has
happened more than once.
14. Works Cited:
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Editor's Notes
For it to be classified as “Cyber-bullying” ithas to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking is NEVER called cyber-bullying.The thing that is different from just “regular” bullying is that Cyber-bullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."STOP Cyberbullying: Cyberbullying - What It Is, How It Works and How to Understand and Deal with Cyberbullies." STOP Cyberbullying: Cyberbullying - What It Is, How It Works and How to Understand and Deal with Cyberbullies. WiredSafety.org, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. <http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/>."Report Cyberbullying." StopBullying.gov. Stop Bullying, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how- to-report/index.html>.
Flaming- is the posting of derogatory remarks on someone else’s webpage or IMing nasty remarks to someone.Impersonation- is when a person logs into someone else’s account or creates a fake account with another person’s information and pictures, and sends out messages pretending to be that user. Bad Mouthing- This can include creating profiles that make fun of another person, erecting blogs that rate people in your class or creating home pages that make fun of others."Cyberbullying." SocialSafety.org. Onguardonline.gov, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2013. <http://socialsafety.org/cyber-bullying/>.
For example, someone hacking on to a computer and going into someone else’s social network. These Cyber-bullies bully in cyber space. A cyber-bully might send inappropriate pictures, posting embarrassing videos through the internet, or even use word abuse with a lot of swearing that hurts the victim. In this age of technology, it is easier and easier to have instant access to do mean things online and your typical “recess” bully is now behind a computer screen or mobile device bullying at all times and not just at recess.
The reason why cyber bullying occurs more often is because of these new social networks that keep on developing. "Report Cyberbullying." StopBullying.gov. Stop Bullying, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how- to-report/index.html>.
Studies have shown that girls are at more risk than boys to being affected by Cyber-bullies.
Tyler Clementi was filmed in his dorm room by his roommate. He did not know he was being taped while he was having a sexual encounter with someone else and trying to do things in a private manner with another man. The video was then posted online. The young freshmen did not know what the power of the cyber network could do and the big public embarrassment really got to him, as the video was spread all across the University. Rutgers is big and this was then spread to other people as it was part of a vicious cycle of the cyber world. He was bullied by the person who posted it, all that laughed at him, all those whoshared the video, all that harassed him in person or those who sent him messages. It was never ending for him it seemed. The bullying got to be so much, he tragically committed suicide. His name was Tyler Clementi (Friedman). He felt that his life was ruined forever. The cyber network destroyed his confidence, hurt his feelings, caused embarrassment and depression.Friedman, Emily. "Tyler Clementi, Victim of Secret Dorm Sex Tape at Rutgers University, Commits Suicide - ABC News." ABCNews.com - ABCNews.com: Breaking News, Politics, World News, Good Morning America, Exclusive Interviews - ABC News. ABC News, 29 Sept. 2010. Web. 1229 Dec. 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/US/victim- secret-dorm-sex-tape-commits-suicide/story?id=11758716>.Tyler posted on his Facebook, dated Sept. 22 at 8:42 p.m., "Jumping off the gw bridge sorry." He is now gone forever.
Bullies are easily tracked on the internet because even though social networks have sparked some of the Cyber-bullying, the social networks have actually helped by providing evidence to authorities.
As a society we must protect ourselves from these issues and one way to protect our children is to educate parents (Kraft & Wang, 516). This way parents can monitor kids. Look at what kids are doing online, view a child’s text message and monitor ones child more. Schools attempt to do the best they can by showing students how messages can be traced. Experts also recommend that schools create anti-cyber bullying policies and show the consequences if one bullies another student (Kraft & Wang, 516).
Try to find people that aren’t cyber bullies and associate yourself with them. Exercise is a great way to help you feel good about yourself, as well as reduce stress.Robinson, Lawrence, and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D. "Dealing with Cyberbullying." Helpguide.org. Helpguide, Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Apr. 2013. <http://www.helpguide.org/mental/cyber-bullying.htm>.
Things to do Immediately-Don’t respond to and don’t forward cyberbullying messages.Keep evidence of cyberbullying. Record the dates, times, and descriptions of instances when cyberbullying has occurred. Save and print screenshots, emails, and text messages. Use this evidence to report cyberbullying to web and cell phone service providers.Block the person who is cyberbullying.Report Cyberbullying to Online Service Providers-Review their terms and conditions or rights and responsibilities sections. These describe content that is or is not appropriate.Visit social media safety centers to learn how to block users and change settings to control who can contact you.Report cyberbullying to the social media site so they can take action against users abusing the terms of service. Report Cyberbullying to Law Enforcement-Threats of violenceChild pornography or sending sexually explicit messages or photosTaking a photo or video of someone in a place where he or she would expect privacyStalking and hate crimes"Report Cyberbullying." StopBullying.gov. Stop Bullying, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/how- to-report/index.html>.
As we move more into the digital age, our laws must be updated. Cyber bullying was not a real issue before computers, due to our technology innovations, many of the bullying laws have been updated. For example, New York has incorporated cyber-bullying into there bullying law. Hinduja, Sameer, Ph.D., and Justin Patchin, Ph.D. "State Cyberbullying Laws." Cyberbully.us. Cyberbullying Research Center, Apr. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2013. <http://cyberbullying.us/Bullying_and_Cyberbullying_Laws.pdf>.
"11 Facts About Cyber Bullying." Dosomething.org. Do Something, n.d. Web. 20 Apr. 2013. <http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying>.
