SafetyNET: Cyberbullying

Cyber Bullying
Kerrville ISD
Micah Wrase, LSSP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59kniHIw4uY

Similarities/Differences
BULLYING
DIRECT (face to face)
Occurs on school property
Poor relationships with teachers
Reaction:
Fear retribution
Physical: Hitting, Punching & Shoving
Verbal: Teasing, Name calling & Gossip
Nonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion
CYBERBULLYING
ANONYMOUS
Immediate
Not limited to physical locale
Good relationships with teachers
Reaction:
Fear loss of technology privileges
Further under the radar than bullying
Harder to prove
Emotional reactions cannot be determined

What technology is used?
Computers
Cell Phones
Mobile Devices
E-mail, IM, Social Networking Sites (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), Websites (hate sites, Bulletin Boards, Chatrooms), text messaging, voicemail
81.4%
22%
84%
Center on Media and Child Health, 2007

Statistics: i-Safe survey
58%of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online
53%of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful things to another online
42%of kids have been bullied while online

Hate Sites
50%had seen or heard of a hate site bashing of another student
75%had visited a hate site
450 – 500: # of “hard core” hate sites on the internet right now.

Prevalence of Cyber Bullying
Cyber bullying typically starts at about 9years of age and usually ends after 14years 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 directly or indirectly through close friends and family (Aftab)

True Examples
Elementary School in Fairfax, Va. last year:
6th grade students conducted an online poll to determine the ugliest classmate, school officials say.
Canadian teenager David Knight’s life became hell when a group of his school mates established a “Hate David Knight” website and posted denigrating pictures and abuse and invited the global community to join in the hate campaign.

True Examples
When Joanne had a fight with a longtime friend last year, she had no idea it would spill into cyberspace. But what started as a spat at a teenage sleepover swiftly escalated into a three-month harangue of threatening e-mails and defacement of her weblog. "It was a non-stop nightmare," says Joanne, 14, a freshman at a private high school in Southern California. "I dreaded going on my computer."

Effects of Cyber Bullying
Psychological, physical, and emotional
depression, anxiety, anger
increased isolation and self-destructive behavior
school failure, school avoidance, school violence, and suicide

Effects of Cyber Bullying
Legal consequences for school and families (slander, defamation, terroristic threats, sexual exploitation, hate crime.
Family Complications (trust issues, privacy issues)
Very difficult to take back once it begins.

CYBER BULLY PROFILES
“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
“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}

Prevention for Parents/StudentsBuild your own “SafetyNET”
Keep mobile device in a place easy to monitor
Family plan (from Sprint, AT&T, etc)
Use monitoring software and/or blocking/filtering
(internetsafety.com)
Work with the school, authorities, and ISP

Building a “SafetyNET”
Get tech literate (Community Ed, wiredsafety.org)
Communicate with children about the issue (isafe.org , stopcyberbullying.org)
Support the victims
Don’t blame the victim
Don’t freak out

Response for Parents
Ensure your child feels safe, secure
THOROUGHLY investigate situation
Refrain from immediate banning
Contact parents of Cyberbully

Response for Parents
Talk to other parents (build own network)
Apply firm but realistic consequences
Talk to your child about the problem - educate

What We Can ALL Do …
Take a stand
against cyberbullying.
From ‘Demystifying and Deescalating Cyber Bullying’ by Barbara Trolley, Ph.D. CRC, Connie Hanel,
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SafetyNET: Cyberbullying

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