From bullying to cyberbullying what teachers can do

From bullying to cyberbullying – what teachers can do? Jacek Pyżalski

Own experience • Methods?

School aggression? • • Is it always dangerous? Bullying – 70 s XX century Dan Olweus and others Triangle

? Physical verbal Aggression Relational Cyber

• Intentionality • Imbalance of power • regularity

Electronic aggression • Electronic aggression - general term covering all hostile acts when ICT (Internet&mobile phones) are used as a tool (David-Ferdon, Feldman Herz, 2007; Pyżalski, 2009) • New tools: what does it mean? 6

Is it the same in cyberspace? • Regularity? • Intentionality? – cmc features • Imbalance of power?

When electronic aggression is particularly dangerous? • • • Sexting Real life threats Long time Anonimity Boyfriend-girlfriend issue

Not all cats are white • Different types of electronic aggression • Technical typology (brainstorming)

Typology based on victim’s identity… Against vulnerable Against celebrities Random aggression Against groups/ideologies CONSEQUENCES

Prevelance • ? ? ?

Perpetration Who was the victim? Peopleknown only from the Internet Known peers (from school) % 42, 5 39 Close friends 26, 8 Random people 24, 2 Groups 15, 8 Former partner 16, 9 Other people (homeless, disabled) 10, 8 Celebrieties 11, 1 Teachers 9

Cyberbullying % boys % girls % all Not involved 65, 8 68, 7 67, 1 Perpetrator 22, 8 16, 4 19, 5 Victim 5, 1 7, 8 6, 6 Bully-victim 6, 3 7, 1 6, 8 J. Pyżalski/Grant MNi. SW Cyberbullying jako mowa forma agresji rówieśniczej wśród gimnazjalistów/WSP w Łodzi

The research methodology and scope could really benefit from a paradigm shift from the one that is fascinated “with technologies to a focus on young people themselves and their communicative needs as they happen to be expressed through particular media’ (Herring 2008: 72).

Conclussion • Potentially new understanding of the old bullying phenomenon • Diversity of cyberbullying methods and its severity • Not only cyberbullying • We have to avoid panic when it comes to prevalance