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What is Cyber bullying? • Cyber bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others • Through…. . • (Keith & Martin, 2004).

Technologies such as: • email, • cell phone • pager • text messages, • instant messaging (IM), • defamatory personal web sites • defamatory online personal polling web sites • (Keith & Martin, 2004).

DIFFERENCES BULLYING CYBERBULLYING • DIRECT • ANONYMOUS • Occurs on school property • Occurs off school property • Poor relationships with teachers • Good relationships with teachers • Fear retribution • Fear loss of technology privileges Physical: Hitting, Punching & Shoving Verbal: Teasing, Name calling & Gossip Nonverbal: Use of gestures & Exclusion www. stopbullyingnow. hrsa. gov • Further under the radar than bullying • Emotional reactions cannot be determined {Mc. Kenna & Bargh, 2004; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004} From ‘Demystifying and Deescalating Cyber Bullying’ by Barbara Trolley, Ph. D. CRC, Connie Hanel, M. S. E. d & Linda Shields, M. S. E. d. http: //www. nyssca. org/CYBERBULLYING-pp-BT 28 th. ppt

Cell phones – Middle school years • In 2004 – 45% online teens have a cellphone • In 2006, 66% of online teens have a cellphone • 68% of cellphone owners txt (2006) Skype - 2003

Teen Reality Mobile gadgets allow them to enjoy media and communicate anywhere • 84% report owning at least one personal media device: a desktop or laptop computer, a cell phone or a Personal Digital Assistant • 63% of all teens own a cell phone

Online Behavior: Parent & Teen Attitudes • 81% of parents and 79% of teens agree that kids are not as careful as they should be about the information they give out online • 62% of parents and 62% of teens agree that kids do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about • Overall, most parents believe that the internet is a good thing for their children

CYBER BULLYING PREVALENCE • Cyber bullying typically starts at about 9 years of age and usually ends after 14 years of age; after 14, it becomes cyber or sexual harassment due to nature of acts and age of actors (Aftab) • Affects 65 -85% of kids in the core group directly or indirectly through close friends (Aftab) http: //www. aftab. com/

• Spreading Rumors More Examples of. Taunting Relational Aggression: • Verbal Insults • Manipulative Affection • Teasing • Three-Way Calling • Intimidation • Cyber bullying – Girls are twice as likely to participate in cyberbullying than are boys • Eye Rolling

Why Use Technology to Bully? • Anonymity • Rapid deployment and dissemination • Immediate • Rich medium • Natural

How Do People Cyber bully Others? • Exclusion • Flaming • Outing • E-mail • Polling • Websites • Stalking • Piling” via IM • Libel • Impersonation • Blackmail

What is the Impact of Cyber bullying? • Psychological, physical, and emotional • depression, anxiety, anger, • school failure, school avoidance, suicide, and school violence • Role modeling for others which increases likelihood of increased bullying

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