One-third of teens claim to experience "cyberbullying" - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Apr 08
  

  Tina Coffey

  cyberbullying delicious

• 21 Nov 07
  

  Patrick Aroune

  cyberbullying isafe safety

  • When asked why these things happen online, the teens seemed to believe that it was the indirect nature of the Internet that helped their bullies gain the courage to do nasty things and then hide behind the computer screen
  • About six percent of teens said that others had publicly posted embarrassing photos of them without their consent as well
  • One middle-schooler told a story about how an IM conversation she had participated in got changed in her disfavor, printed out, and passed around at school so that she "looked like a terrible person." Apparently this kind of online/offline bullying mix is preferred by ego-starved bullies everywhere.
  • Roughly a third of all teenagers who use the Internet have been subject to some form of cyberbullying, according to a new report by Pew Internet.

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