This document discusses social media and cyberbullying. It begins by defining several major social media networks like Facebook, which was founded in 2004, and Twitter, which launched in 2006. It then lists pros and cons of social media use, such as enabling information spread but also false information. The document defines cyberbullying as deliberate, repeated harassment using technology to harm others. Cyberbullies use tools like email, phones, and social media. Cyberbullying differs from traditional bullying in that it can be anonymous and occur off school grounds. The document concludes by suggesting backup discussion activities on social media opinions and anti-bullying.

1. Technology-Social Media-
Cyberbullying

2. Social Media Categories

3. Warm-up Questions
 Which social media networks do you
know?
 How many social networks are you
on?
 How many are you active on?
 How do you use social media
networks?
 How many friends do you have and
how many of them do you know in
real life?

4. Facebook
 Facebook was created in 2004 by
Mark Zuckerberg and is currently
the number one social networking
site with over 500 million users.
Mark Zuckerberg created
Facebook while attending
Harvard. Originally it was
exclusive to Harvard students,
but opened to the public
completely in 2006.

5. Twitter
 Launched by Jack Dorsey in 2006,
Twitter is a microblog that limits posts
to 140-characters. It is important to
understand how to use twitter
because it not only acts as a portal for
you to keep up with your friends, but
also acts as a real-time search engine
covering millions of topics.

6. Pros: Social Media Sites
 Spread information faster than any other
media.
 Help students do better at school.
 Allow people to improve their relationships
and make new friends.
 Help people who are socially isolated or
shy connect with other people.
 Help to fight social racism.
 Offer teachers a platform for collaboration
with other teachers and communication
with students outside the classroom.

7. Cons: Social Media Sites
 Enable the spread of unreliable and false
information.
 Can cause the decrease of students’ grades
(heavy social media users)
 Lead to stress and offline relationship
problems.
 Cause people to spend less time interacting
face-to-face.
 Facilitate cyberbullying.
 Make their users vulnerable to hacking,
identity theft, and viruses.

8. Cyberbullying is…
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 (on purpose) and repeated harassment or
threat to an individual or group.
Also known as:
‘Electronic Bullying’ &
‘Online Social Cruelty’

9. Cyberbullies’ Technology
 E-mail
 Cell phones
 Text messages
 Instant messaging
 Chat rooms
 Blogs
 Social Media Accounts

10. Differences
BULLYING
 DIRECT
 Occurs on
school property
 Poor relationships
with teachers
 Fear: punishment
Physical: Hitting, Punching &
Shoving
Verbal: Teasing, Name calling &
Gossip
Nonverbal: Use of gestures &
Exclusion
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
CYBERBULLYING
 ANONYMOUS
 Occurs off
school property
 Good relationships with
teachers
 Fear: loss of technology
privileges
{McKenna & Bargh, 2004; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004}

11. Back- up activities
 Are you in favor or
against social
media and why?
 Which is your
favorite social
media network and
why?
(Write your answers
in a piece of paper)
 http://www.nsteens
.org/Comics/Stand
ByOrStandUp
 (Virtual Game)