2. Facts
- 68% of teens agree that cyberbullying is a
serious problem.
- Only 1 of 20 victims will inform a parent
or trusted adult of their abuse.
- Girls are about twice as likely as boys to
be victims or perpetrators of
cyberbullying.
- About 75% of students admit to have
visited a website bashing another
student.
- Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more
likely to consider committing suicide.
3. Effects of cyberbullying
Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
• Use alcohol and drugs
• Skip school
• Experience in-person bullying
• Be unwilling to attend school
• Receive poor grades
• Have lower self-esteem
• Have more health problems
4.
5. Unlike physical bullying, electronic
bullies can remain virtually
anonymous using temporary email
accounts, chat rooms, instant
messaging programs, cell-phone text
messaging, and other Internet
venues to mask their identity; this
perhaps frees them from normal
and social constraints on their
behavior.
Another result of cyber bullying that
differentiates from normal or physical bullying is
the lack of visual damage or pain. Cyber bullying
affects victims mentally, which makes it difficult
for family members or close friends to detect or
notice on a person. This can leave the victim
feeling very isolated and feeling as though they
have no one to turn to. Unfortunately in the
most extreme example, it can lead the victim to
commit self-harm, or in the worst case, suicide.
6. One possible advantage for victims of
cyber bullying over traditional
bullying is that they may sometimes
be able to avoid it simply by avoiding
the site/chat room in question. Email
addresses and phone numbers can
be changed and e-mail accounts now
offer services that will automatically
filter out messages from certain
senders before they even reach the
inbox, and phones offer similar caller
ID functions. Bullying through text,
email, social networking sites, etc.
also provides the victim with
evidence against the bully to present
to a friend or family member.
However, this does not protect against all
forms of cyber bullying; publishing offensive
material about a person on the internet is
extremely difficult to prevent and once it is
posted, many people can potentially
download and copy it, at which point it is
almost impossible to remove from the
Internet. Some perpetrators may post victims'
photos, or victims' edited photos like
defaming captions or pasting victims' faces on
nude bodies. Despite policies that describe
cyber bullying as a violation of the terms of
service, many social networking Web sites
have been used to that end.
8. Social media
• Social media has became very popular over past 10 years. Sites like Facebook and
Twitter play a big part in many lives – some people believe that it has changed
modern society.
• According to hubpages.com social media has made at least 5 major impacts on our
lives. These consist of news, interaction, political landscapes, learning and
marketing.
• Social media has many positives and negatives. Positives include immediate access
to information from around the world, and instant news from family and friends.
But the negatives include cyber-bullying and fraud.
9. Cyber-bullying
Cyber-bullying often happens through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. It
mainly consists of identity theft, threats, blackmail, rumours and gossip, offensive
comments and nasty pictures. Due to the increased use of social media sites, cyber-bullying
has become a very common issue.
