ONLINE BULLYING AND HARASSMENT
WORDS CAN HURT A LOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oGFh0mwrjM
Online Bullying and Harassment can lead to the following:
- Low Self esteem
- Depression
- Suicide
- Using the internet or other digital technologies such as a cell phone or other digital devices to be mean and harass others.
http://www.microsoft.com/global/security/PublishingImages/resources/Online_Bullying_Chart.png
This chart shows the percentages of bullying worldwide.
Annotated Bibliograpgy
Agatston, Patricia., Kowalski Robin., and Limber, Susan. "Students' Perspectives on CyberBullying" Journal of Adolescent Health 41. 2007. 29 Sept 2013. www.cyberbullyhelp.com/StudentsPerspectivesonCyberbullying.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,9,791hr
This article talks about a study that was with 150 students on the topic of online bullying. the students were interviews and asked a series of questions. According to the interviewers Kowalski and Limber 78% of the students had experience with on line bullying, 11% were victims and 4% were the bullies. The female students said that online bullying was a problem and that they were concerned about it, more so than the male students. The study also showed that students were afraid to tell their parents about the bullying online, because they feared that online privileges would be taken away. Many students also believed that the schools were not very helpful when it came to dealing with bullying. Schools around the world are now trying to create bully prevention programs. The programs would be able to teach the students what really consists of online bullying and how it can be stopped.
I feel that if schools take the time to make programs to prevent online bullying, more teens will be informed about it and will think twice about posting something mean online.
The video talks about what cyberbullying can lead to if it gets out of control. Cyberbullying can lead to having low self esteem, depression, suicide and not wanting to go to school. Online bullying be a way for teens to threathen, embarrass, harass and make people angry. The video states 75% of teens have cellphones and of that 75%, 26% of them have been bullied through cell phones. The video also states that 1 in 5 teens has been bullied through the internet. Also in the video it states that 39% of teens are bullied on social media sites and that teens are twice as likely to commit suicide over the teens that have not been bullied online.
I feel that this video was very informative and had a lot of facts that seem reliable. I did not realize that the percentage of online bullying was so high and now I see that it is a worldwide problem. This problem should be addressed more in schools to help prevent online bullying.
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Hello Beth,
ReplyDeleteI really liked some of the information you added to your post. Specifically the pictures and the video and the relevant statistics they presented added depth to the topic of cyber bullying. The use of statistics in your blog really drives the point of how much of a problem online bullying and harassment truly is. It is much more powerful to be shown actual figures of how much or how often kids get bullied online, rather than simply stating it. Great post!
Thanks for listening,
Joe