Camouflage and Safety in the Virtual World

1. Camouflage and Safety in the Virtual World
CyberBullying
Maria Teresa Pessoa, tpessoa@fpce.uc.pt

2. Other projects CyberBullying
Maria Teresa Pessoa, tpessoa@fpce.uc.pt

4. CYBERTRAINING PARA PAIS
CyberTraining-4-Parents, 2012
http://cybertraining4parents.org/

5. Contents:
Principles of our training
Needs assessment
New Media

6. Principles of our training
• Be aware of teachers/kids/ parents 'needs, expectations
and experiences
• Use activities that require emotional, intellectual and
physical involvement
• Use parents/ teachers/ kids 'knowledge and experience as a
resource for learning

7. Needs assessment
•to identify different needs, to set priorities, and
to make decisions that will benefit the whole group
• (some) tools you may use to evaluate teachers|
parents’ training needs:
• Questionnaire: “What do I know about cyberbullying?”

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11. New Media...

12. New Media...

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What are young
people doing
online?

14. http://lsedesignunit.com/EUKidsOnline/index.html?r=64

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• Changes in technological, media and social conditions
• digital natives:
Have grown up with new media, in contrast to their
parents’ generation: digital immigrants
• Major role of the internet and new media
Changes in social conditions

16. Your own media biographie
Activity:
Self-reflection through a
biographical media journey

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20. What is so fascinating about
new media?

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•Communication
•Relationship
•Self presentation
Social web services meet young
peoples‘ needs for:

22. Risk areas

24. RISK AREA - CONTACT
 E.g. sexual harassment in chat rooms
 The nickname of a 13 year old girl could also
conceal an adult man:
 Hurtful or degrading messages, salacious photos or shaming
comments posted on other people's walls in social networks
 cyberbullying

25. RISK AREA - CONTENT
 Includes websites that feature:
 pornography,
 violence
 the gloryfication of violence,
 rasicm or
 themes that endanger the health of the
user

26. RISK AREA - CONTENT

27. RISK AREA - COMMERCE
 all areas, which serve to enrich others
through commercial means e.g.,
 advertising (e.g., via spam mails),
 internet rip-offs (e.g., through agreement of
illegal and expensive contracts)
 data theft (e.g., through passing on personal
data to third parties without
the permission of the user)

28. RISK AREA - CONDUCT
 Refers to the user‘s own behaviour
 Cyberbullying
 Illegal downloading of films and music
 Providing harmful content e.g. sites
supporting a disease, such as „Pro Ana“
and „Pro Mia“ suicide forums

29. cyberbullying...

30. Bullying has 3 main criteria:
•intention to cause harm to the victim;
•repetition of the abusive behaviour over a period of time;
•an imbalance of power between the victim and
bully/bullies.
However, one particularly severe incident, which creates an
ongoing sense of intimidation can be considered bullying.
Bullying - Definition

31.  The transition between „school bullying“ and cyberbullying is
fluid
 Cyberbullies can also bully using traditional, direct tactics
 Cyberbullying means that bullying is no longer restricted to
the area of school: it can be continued anywhere and at any
time
Cyberbullying

32. Cyberbully can sometimes be extremely severe for a number of
reasons.
• Although a cyberbully may post a humiliating photo / video
clip only once, it can be viewed by a huge audience.
• Power can takes a different form in cyber space, such as
anonymity or superior technological skills.
• Technology allows a bully to attack their victim 24 hours a day
in almost any location.
• Cyberbullies are often not able to see or hear their victim’s
reaction to the abuse. This can reduce feelings of empathy or
guilt which might put a stop to bullying in the real world.
Cyberbullying – The problem

33. Cyberbullying is any behaviour performed through
electronic or digital media by indiviuals or groups
that repeatedly communicate hostile or agressive
messages intended to inflict harm or discomfort to
others (Tokunaga 2010).
Cyberbullying - Definition

34. Cyberbullying can also be categorised based on the type of behaviour.
• Flaming: An argument that often includes offensive, rude and vulgar
language, insults, and sometimes threats;
• Harassment: Repeatedly sending nasty, mean, and insulting messages;
• Denigration: “Dissing” someone online;
• Impersonation: Pretending to be someone else online for malicious
purposes;
• Outing: Disclosing secrets or personal and private information about the
person that embarrasses or humiliates him/her;
• Trickery: Talking someone into revealing personal information, then sharing
it online;
• Exclusion: Intentionally and cruelly excluding someone;
• Cyber stalking: Repeated, intense harassment and denigration that
includes threats or creates significant fear .
• Sexting - occurs when kids take sexually explicit, provocative or nude pictures
of either themselves or others and send them via text message
Types of Cyberbullying

35. http://old.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx

36. •How do you feel after watching the clip?
•What is your first impression?
Lightning Feedback:

37. Let´s fight it together
•What forms of cyberbullying were used?
•How did Joe feel?
•Would you have done something different if
you were Joe's mother or father?

38.  Poor self-esteem
 Feelings of frustration
 Anger
 Sadness, hopelessness
 Loneliness and depression
 Inability to concentrate at school
 Staying offline
 Victims feel suspicious of others
 Self-harm
 Suicidal thoughts
Impact of cyberbullying

39. CONCLUSION
• cyberbullying is a relatively new phenomenon and
researchers have yet to reach a consensus on many
aspects of this issue
• There are differences and similarities between bullying
and cyberbullying
• Cyberbullying can be classified in two ways: by the
medium/media through which the abuse occurs, (SMS,
MMS, phone calls etc.) and by the nature of the abuse
itself (harassment, denigration, impersonation etc.)
• The prevalence of cyber victimization in Europe is
estimated to be around 10%
• Cyber victimization has been linked to negative outcomes