1. Cyberbullying?
by Joana Vilela
Photo
by
Ethan
Hein
(flickr)

2. Photo
by
Jason
Taellious
(flickr)
communica:ons
technology

3. Cyberbullying
1) Social Networks
2) Phone based text messages
3) IM/MSN platforms
Photo
by
Web
Treats
(flickr)

4. it is manifested through
texts,
e-mails,
posts,
forwards,
images…
making someone feel
embarrassed,
insulted,
mocked…
Photo
by
publik15
(flickr)

5. Photo
by
Chris:na
B
Castro
(flickr)

6. Anonymity and Ubiquity
it is difficult to identify the perpetrator,
he/she can impersonate false identities,
making him/her look more powerful.
Photo
by
Joana
Vilela

7. Absence
the cyberbully doesn’t witness the
suffering of victims face-to-face.
Photo
by
Steven
Mileham
(flickr)

8. can be done through
any social media platform
at any time of the day.
Accessibility
Photo
by
Leo
Reynolds
(flickr)

9. “over 66% of 4th to 9th graders go online from the comfort of their bedrooms”
- Kids Help Phone
Advantage cyberbullies
know that
children/teens
are on social
media sites,
and if their
platforms
are taken away
by their parents,
they will always
find a way to
stay connected.
Photo
by
Fabrice
Caduc
(flickr)

10. all
bullying
kinds
are easily
reproduced/spread to a wide audience, thus
becoming public and limitless.
Photo
by
Geralt
(pixabay)

11. over
these photos/videos/messages.
No Control
Photo
by
Geralt
(pixabay)

12. bullying
goes beyond the
school/work hours,
making it
last forever.
Photo
by
Terrapin
Flyer
(flickr)

13. policing NOR sanctions
the perpetrator.
No Punishment
to punish
NO online
Photo
by
Nemo
(fpixabay)

14. Easier
for larger
groups of people
to practice
bullying.
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Photo
by
Sarah
Cartwright
(flickr)

15. emotions or thoughts when
writing as opposed to saying it.
Lack
Photo
by
Kiran
Foster
(flickr)

16. cyberbullies
don’t have to worry
about being physically strong
because they don’t face
instantaneous physical
intervention by onlookers.
No
Physical
Limitations
Photo
by
slworking2
(flickr)

17. “Nothing online is ever private,
even after you delete it!”
- Legal Aid
Permanent
Photo
by
Jason
Alley
(flickr)

18. hurtful actions
follow you
everywhere… …are “with you all the time”.
- ABC
Photo
by
Tony
Newell
(flickr)

19. why does
continue?
Photo
by
MarsmeRn
Tallahassee
(flickr)

20. that reporting
or
confronting
the perpetrator
can
make the situation worse.
belief
Photo
by
Pimkie
(flickr)

21. 65% of teens
would rather
tell a friend
than an adult
who could take
more action.
Photo
by
Meryl
(flickr)

22. 15%
of teens
would rather
not tell
anyone.
Photo
by
Ka:e
Tegtmeyer
(flickr)

23. only
30%
of teens
who know
someone is
being bullied
would
tell an adult.
Photo
by
Drew
Herron
(flickr)

24. “the majority feel that
a sympathetic ear
would be most helpful.”
- Kids Help Phone
Photo
by
Dean
Shareski
(flickr)

25. schools
have
little action
over what happens
off campus
and
online
Photo
by
Eric
Peacock
(flickr)

26. what can
we do
to
make it stop?
Photo
by
Art
Siegel
(flickr)

27. more than providing support to the victims
and spreading awareness about cyberbullying,
there is the need to address
the bullies directly,
making them
keeping them unpunished
will not make them stop!
pay
for what
they do.
Photo
by
MarsmeRn
Tallahassee
(flickr)

28. “you just can’t give permission to people to wreck
your lives” – Bill Clinton
Photo
by
JD
Lassica
(flickr)

29. “they could take everything
except
my mind and heart.
Those things
I would have to give away
and I decided
not to give them away
and
neither should you.”
– Nelson Mandela
Photo
by
Brianna
(flickr)

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agreement.
Images sourced from pixabay are licensed under the Creative Commons 1.0 agreement.
Bibliography
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Photo
by
Joana
Vilela