This document discusses cyberbullying and internet addiction. It defines cyberbullying as using electronic communication to deliberately harass or threaten others. Various types of cyberbullying are outlined, such as flaming, cyber stalking, harassment, and impersonation. The document also examines legal issues related to cyberbullying and current anti-bullying programs. Internet addiction is defined as compulsive online behavior that interferes with life, and its causes, symptoms, and treatment options are explored.

1. CYBERBULLYING and
INTERNET ADDICTION
Prepared by:
Angelo G. Mendiola

2. CYBERBULLYING
Being cruel to others by sending or
posting harmful material using
technological means; an individual or
group that uses information and
communication involving electronic
technologies to facilitate
deliberate and repeated harassment or
threat to an individual or group.

3. Cyberbullying includes sending,
posting, or sharing negative, harmful,
false, or mean content about someone
else. It can include sharing personal or
private information about someone
else causing embarrassment or
humiliation. Some cyberbullying
crosses the line into unlawful or
criminal behavior.

4. CYBERBULLYING CATEGORIES
“Inadvertent”
Role-play
Responding
May not realize it’s cyber bullying
“Vengeful Angel”
Righting wrongs
Protecting themselves

5. CYBERBULLYING CATEGORIES
“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

6. CYBERBULLYING 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

7. CYBER BULLYING TYPES
“Flaming’: Online fights using
electronic messages with angry and
vulgar language
“Cyber stalking”: Repeatedly sending
messages that include threats of harm
or are highly intimidating. Engaging in
other on-line activities that make a
person afraid for his or her own safety

8. “Harassment”: Repeatedly
sending offensive, rude, and
insulting messages
“Denigration”: ‘Dissing’ someone
online. Sending or posting cruel
gossip or rumors about a person
to damage his or her reputation or
friendships
CYBER BULLYING TYPES

9. CYBER BULLYING TYPES
“Outing and Trickery”: Sharing
someone’s secret or embarrassing
information online. Tricking someone
into revealing secrets or embarrassing
information which is then shared
online
“Exclusion”: Intentionally excluding
someone from an on-line group, like a
‘buddy list’

10. CYBER BULLYING TYPES
“Impersonation”: Pretending to
be someone else and sending or
posting material online that makes
that person look bad, gets that
person in trouble or danger, or
damages that person’s reputation
or friendships

11. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
Who May Be Involved:
School Counselor
 Principal
 Resource Officer
 Police
 Attorney (School or Private)
Superintendent
Internet Service Provider
General (Willard, 2005)
School Limits:
Schools have policies
against bullying
Civil Law Limits:
Cyber bullying may also
meet standards for
‘institutional torts’
(wrongdoings)
Defamation
Material that Constitutes an
Invasion of Privacy
(1st Amendment)
Intentional Infliction of
Emotional Distress

12. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
Criminal Law Limits
The following kinds of speech can lead to arrest &
prosecution:
 Making threats of violence to
people or their property
 Engaging in coercion
 Making obscene or harassing
phone calls
 Harassment or stalking

13. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
 Hate or bias crimes
 Creating or sending sexually
explicit images of teens
 Sexual exploitation
 Taking a photo of someone in
place where privacy expected

14. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
‘Educator’s Guide To Cyber bullying:
• Addressing the Harm of On-line Social Cruelty’
Law Enforcement should be contacted if
educator becomes aware of:
• Death threats or threats of other forms of
violence to a person or property
• Excessive intimidation or extortion
• Threats or intimidation that involve any form of
bias or discrimination
• Any evidence of sexual exploitation

15. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
‘Offsite Internet Activities and Schools’
Conflicting decisions in regard to
school’s authority with respect to cases
under state and federal jurisdictions
School should seek legal consult
often beyond regular school attorney

16. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
‘Within School Authority’ Guidelines:
Clear-cut threats
Clearly disruptive of school discipline
encouraged to visit website; student
accesses or works on
website in school

17. CYBER BULLYING LEGAL ISSUES
‘What Everyone Needs to Know About Cyber
Bullying’
Many cases of child cyber bullying, like adult
counterparts of cyber-harassment, not criminal
Law Enforcement needs to be aware of:
Difference between annoying and dangerous
communications
How to investigate a cyber crime
How to obtain information from an ISP

18. CURRENT ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAMS
Articles:
“Zero Tolerance Policies Encourage
‘Lockdown Environment’ in
Schools”(Fuentes, 2003)
“One Strike and You’re Out of School”
(Joiner, 2004)
Youthful suicide, financial ruin, families
torn apart for minor infractions.: How
post Columbine hysteria is wrecking lives
“Every Child is Worth Saving”
(http://endzeroltolerance.com)

19. CURRENT ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAMS
Additional Lists of Articles & Commentaries
‘News”
(http://www.jlc.org/EZT/News/default/html?id=Jan05)
Summary
Children taught to not fight back
Frequently have adults such as teachers ‘protect’
them
Those being bullied often want friends or are fearful so
don’t ‘narc’
Having been bullied, may have poor self-esteem
All involved in cyber bullying not caught, assessed or
disciplined
Adults may be seemingly unresponsive
…..retaliation on-line

20. Internet addiction
is defined as any online-related,
compulsive behavior which
interferes with normal living and
causes severe stress on family,
friends, loved ones, and one's work
environment. It is also called
Internet dependency and Internet
compulsivity.

21. Causes
Whenever Internet addicts feel
overwhelmed, stressed, depressed,
lonely or anxious, they use the
Internet to seek solace and escape.
Studies from the University of Iowa
show that Internet addiction is quite
common among males ages 20 to 30
years old who are suffering from
depression.

22. Symptoms
• Depression
• Dishonesty
• Feelings of guilt
• Anxiety
• Feelings of Euphoria when using
the Computer

23. Symptoms
• No Sense of Time
• Defensiveness
• Headaches
• Insomnia
• Poor Nutrition

24. Physical Symptoms
• Poor Personal Hygiene
• Neck Pain
• Dry Eyes and other Vision Problems
• Weight Gain or Loss
• Backache

25. Treatment Options
Some of the more common psychological
treatments of Internet Addiction Disorder
include:
• Individual, group, or family therapy
• Behavior modification
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Equine Therapy
• Art Therapy