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1. CYBER BULLYING
AND
INTERNET ADDICTION

2. CYBER BULLYING
Cyber bullying is when someone uses technology to send
mean, threatening, or embarrassing messages to or about another
person. It might be in a text, e-mail, message, or in a post online.
Cyber bullying can be anonymous, which can sometimes make it
even worse. It also has a wider audience, and can spread quickly.
Finally, targets of cyber bullying often feel like they can’t get away
from the bullying. If someone is bullying you at school, when you
leave for the day it’s over. But cyber bullying can follow you home,
and continue all night.
Imagine a classmate posts a photo of themselves online.
Someone else makes a mean, mocking comment about it. Soon, that
photo has been shared, liked, reposted – even made into a meme.
Thousands of people have seen it – even people the target doesn’t
know. That’s why cyber bullying can be extra hurtful: it’s public, it
spreads quickly, and it’s 24/7.

3. Bullying is different from the typical disagreements or
conflict that occur between friends or classmates. What’s
the difference?
It’s bullying if:
• The person is being hurt, harmed or humiliated with
words or behavior.
• The behavior is repeated, though it can be a single
incident.
• It is being done intentionally.
• The person being hurt has a hard time defending
themselves from the behavior.
• The student(s) who are doing it have more power.*
• * ”Power” can include such things as being older, being
physically bigger or stronger, having more social status,
or when a group of students “gang up” on someone.

4. A lot of teens describe
bullying as, “When someone
tries to make you feel less
about who you are as a
person, and you aren’t able
to make it stop.”

6. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT ?

7. Prevent It
Here are some tips to protect yourself from cyber bullying, and to
prevent yourself from bullying others:
• Never share your passwords, private photos, or personal data (such
as address or phone number) online, not even with friends.
• Think before you post. If you’re upset, sad, or angry, wait to post or
respond. Give yourself some time to cool down, so you don’t do
something that you can’t take back.
• Never publicly reveal anything that you wouldn’t be comfortable
with anyone knowing. Remember when you share something
online, it can be shared with anyone, including your parents and
teachers.
• When you make comments about someone else, imagine how you
would feel if someone said that about you.

8. If It Happens To You
If you’re being cyber bullied, here’s what you can do:
• Tell your parents or another trusted adult. Believe it or not,
they can help you. You don’t have to do this alone!
• Save everything – emails, messages, posts, screenshots. Don’t
delete until you have a copy. Print them out or save them on
our computer or phone.
• Talk to someone at your school – a teacher, counselor, coach,
or principal.
• Report harassing comments, fake profiles, or inappropriate
photos. Social media sites have ways of reporting harassing
content. You have a right to feel safe in these spaces.

9. If You See It Happen
If you see someone being bullied online, here’s what you can do:
• Don’t participate. Don’t “like” or share posts that are bullying
someone. Although you may feel pressure to join in if a lot of other
people are, you can make your own choice not to contribute to the
situation.
• Report it. Even if content isn’t targeting you, you can still report it
to the site, or any adult that you trust.
• Respond with positive support. If you feel comfortable, and if it’s
safe for you, post a comment showing solidarity with the target.
Imagine what a difference one nice comment among a bunch of
mean ones could make.
• Reach out to the person being bullied. Send them a private message
letting them know that you don’t agree with what’s happening, that
they don’t deserve to be treated like that, and that they’re not alone.

10. CYBER BULLYING CASES

11. The Tyler Clementi Case (1991 – 2010)
It was during the summer after his high school
graduation that 18-year-old Tyler Clementi began sharing
that he was gay. Clemenit’s room mate during his
freshman year at Rutgers University, Dharun Ravi, used a
webcam in September 2010 to stream footage of
Clementi kissing another boy. According to the Tyler
Clementi Foundation, the teenager learned through his
room mate’s Twitter feed that he had become “a topic of
ridicule in his new social environment.” On September
22, 2010, Clementi committed suicide by jumping off the
George Washington Bridge.

12. The Megan Meier Case (1992 – 2006)
In December 2007, Tina Meier founded the nonprofit Megan Meier
Foundation. The non-profit was named in honour of Tina’s 13-year-old daughter
who hanged herself in a bedroom closet in October 2006. Megan struggled
with attention deficit disorder and depression in addition to issues with her weight.
About five weeks before her death, a 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans asked
Megan to be friends on the social networking website MySpace. The two began
communicating online regularly, although they never met in person or spoke on the
phone. “Megan had a lifelong struggle with weight and self-esteem,” Tina said on
the Foundation website. “And now she finally had a boy who she thought really
thought she was pretty.”
In mid-October, Josh began saying he didn’t want to be friends anymore,
and the messages became more cruel on October 16, 2006, when Josh concluded by
telling Megan, “The world would be a better place without you.” The cyber
bullying escalated when additional classmates and friends on MySpace began
writing disturbing messages and bulletins. Tina said on the Foundation website that
it was about 20 minutes after Megan went to her room after leaving the computer
that the mother found her daughter had hanged herself in her bedroom closet.
Megan died the following day, three weeks before what would have been her 14th
birthday. Many cyber bullying articles were written on what was revealed to be
another cruel prank tuned into one of the most tragic suicide stories.

13. INTERNET ADDICTION

14. Internet addiction is described as an impulse
control disorder, which does not involve use of an
intoxicating drug and is very similar to pathological
gambling. Some Internet users may develop an
emotional attachment to on-line friends and activities
they create on their computer screens. Internet users
may enjoy aspects of the Internet that allow them to
meet, socialize, and exchange ideas through the use
of chat rooms, social networking websites, or "virtual
communities." Other Internet users spend endless
hours researching topics of interest Online or
"blogging". Blogging is a contraction of the term
"Web log", in which an individual will post
commentaries and keep regular chronicle of
events. It can be viewed as journaling and the entries
are primarily textual.

15. Similar to other addictions, those suffering
from Internet addiction use the virtual fantasy
world to connect with real people through the
Internet, as a substitution for real-life human
connection, which they are unable to achieve
normally.

17. WARNING SIGNS OF INTERNET ADDICTION
• Preoccupation with the Internet. (Thoughts about previous on-line
activity or anticipation of the next on-line session.)
• Use of the Internet in increasing amounts of time in order to achieve
satisfaction.
• Repeated, unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back or stop Internet
use.
• Feelings of restlessness, moodiness, depression, or irritability when
attempting to cut down use of the Internet.
• On-line longer than originally intended.
• Jeopardized or risked loss of significant relationships, job,
educational or career opportunities because of Internet use.
• Lies to family members, therapists, or others to conceal the extent of
involvement with the Internet.
• Use of the Internet is a way to escape from problems or to relieve a
dysphoric mood. (e.g. Feelings of hopelessness, guilt, anxiety,
depression.)

18. EFFECTS OF INTERNET ADDICTION
• Internet addiction results in personal, family, academic,
financial, and occupational problems that are
characteristic of other addictions. Impairments of real
life relationships are disrupted as a result of excessive use
of the Internet. Individuals suffering from Internet
addiction spend more time in solitary seclusion, spend
less time with real people in their lives, and are often
viewed as socially awkward. Arguments may result due
to the volume of time spent on-line. Those suffering from
Internet addiction may attempt to conceal the amount of
time spent on-line, which results in distrust and the
disturbance of quality in once stable relationships.

19. • Some suffering from Internet addiction may
create on-line personas or profiles where they
are able to alter their identities and pretend to
be someone other than himself or
herself. Those at highest risk for creation of a
secret life are those who suffer from low-self
esteem feelings of inadequacy, and fear of
disapproval. Such negative self-concepts lead
to clinical problems of depression and anxiety.

20. • Many persons who attempt to quit their Internet use
experience withdrawal including: anger, depression,
relief, mood swings, anxiety, fear, irritability, sadness,
loneliness, boredom, restlessness, procrastination,
and upset stomach. Being addicted to the Internet
can also cause physical discomfort or medical
problems such as: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, dry eyes,
backaches, severe headaches, eating irregularities,
(such as skipping meals), failure to attend to personal
hygiene, and sleep disturbance.

21. How do you know if you have Internet addiction (IA)?
No single behavior pattern defines Internet addiction.
These behaviors, when they have taken control of addicts’
lives and become unmanageable, include: compulsive use of
the Internet, a preoccupation with being online, lying or hiding
the extent or nature of your online behavior, and an inability to
control or curb your online behavior. If your Internet use
pattern interferes with your life in any way shape or form, (e.g.
does it impact your work, family life, relationships, school,
etc.) you may have a problem. In addition, if you find that you
are using the Internet as a means to regularly alter your mood
you may be developing a problem. It is important to note that
it is not the actual time spent online that determines if you
have a problem, but rather how that time you spend impacts
your life.

22. Causes of Internet addiction?
Internet addiction can be understood by comparing it to other
types of addictions. Individuals addicted to alcohol or other drugs,
for example, develop a relationship with their “chemical(s) of
choice” — a relationship that takes precedence over any and all
other aspects of their lives. Addicts find they need drugs merely to
feel normal. In Internet addiction, a parallel situation exists. The
Internet — like food or drugs in other addictions — provides the
“high” and addicts become dependent on this cyberspace high to
feel normal. They substitute unhealthy relationships for healthy
ones. They opt for temporary pleasure rather than the deeper
qualities of “normal” intimate relationships. Internet addiction
follows the same progressive nature of other addictions. Internet
addicts struggle to control their behaviors, and experience despair
over their constant failure to do so. Their loss of self-esteem grows,
fueling the need to escape even further into their addictive
behaviors. A sense of powerlessness pervades the lives of addicts.

23. TYPES OF INTERNET ADDICTION

24. CYBERSEX ADDICTION
• This type of Internet addiction involves
online porn, adult websites.
Sexual fantasy chat rooms,
web cams with XXX ratings,
and other sexual related activities
online. When these activities
interfere with real world sexual or
romantic relationships or they are
used excessively then this becomes
a problem and treatment is usually needed.

25. COMPUTER ADDICTION
• If you have a computer addiction then online
addiction help is not needed but treatment for
compulsive behavior is. When you use the computer
excessively for offline activities that may include
games then you could suffer from a type of obsession
compulsion or other disorder that needs to be
accurately diagnosed and resolved.

26. ADDICTION TO CYBER RELATIONSHIP
• With this type of Internet addiction the relationships
formed online may not be sexual in nature but they
can still be destructive and have negative
consequences on your life. You may reach a point
where your online social connections are more
important than the real ties with friends and family in
the actual world.