m straw's List: cyberbullying

• Who knows why kids do anything? When it comes to cyberbullying, they are often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Sometimes they do it for entertainment or because they are bored and have too much time on their hands and too many tech toys available to them. Many do it for laughs or to get a reaction. Some do it by accident, and either send a message to the wrong recipient or didn't think before they did something. The Power-hungry  do it to torment others and for their ego.
• from traditional bullying only to find that they enjoy being the tough guy or gal.

• "Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor.

  • what it is.
• hildren have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyberbullying incident.

  • very creepy fct.

• How Are Teens Cyberbullied?

   
   
  Being a victim of cyberbullying can be a common and painful experience. Some youth who cyberbully
   
  • Pretend they are other people online to trick others
  • Spread lies and rumors about victims
  • Trick people into revealing personal information
  • Send or forward mean text messages
  • Post pictures of victims without their consent
   
  When teens were asked why they think others cyberbully, 81 percent said that cyberbullies think it’s funny. Other teens believe that youth who cyberbully
   
  • Don’t think it’s a big deal
  • Don’t think about the consequences
  • Are encouraged by friends
  • Think everybody cyberbullies
  • Think they won’t get caught

• Contrary to what cyberbullies may believe, cyberbullying is a big deal, and can cause a variety of reactions in teens. Some teens have reacted in positive ways to try to prevent cyberbullying by

   
  • Blocking communication with the cyberbully
  • Deleting messages without reading them
  • Talking to a friend about the bullying
  • Reporting the problem to an Internet service provider or website moderator
   

  Many youth experience a variety of emotions when they are cyberbullied. Youth who are cyberbullied report feeling angry, hurt, embarrassed, or scared. These emotions can cause victims to react in ways such as

   
  • Seeking revenge on the bully
  • Avoiding friends and activities
  • Cyberbullying back

• Teens have figured out ways to prevent cyberbullying. Follow in the footsteps of other quick-thinking teens and

   
  • Refuse to pass along cyberbullying messages
  • Tell friends to stop cyberbullying
  • Block communication with cyberbullies
  • Report cyberbullying to a trusted adult
   

  You can also help prevent cyberbullying by

   
  • Speaking with other students, as well as teachers and school administrators, to develop rules against cyberbullying
  • Raising awareness of the cyberbullying problem in your community by holding an assembly and creating fliers to give to younger kids or parents
  • Sharing NCPC’s anti-cyberbullying
• message with friends
• Don’t forget that even though you can’t see a cyberbully or the bully’s victim, cyberbullying causes real problems. If you wouldn’t say it in person, don’t say it online. Delete cyberbullying. Don’t write it. Don’t forward it.

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• “Cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through email or text message or when someone posts something online about another person that they don’t like." 

• Cyber bullying, which is sometimes referred to as online social cruelty or electronic bullying, can involve: 
   
  • Sending mean, vulgar, or threatening messages or images;
   
  • Posting sensitive, private information about another person;
   
  • Pretending to be someone else in order to make that person look bad;
   
  • Intentionally excluding someone from an online group (Willard, 2005).
   

  • so examples of bullying on line.

• "However, I feel powerless to do anything because I am scared for my own safety."

  • This may be a good quote for how people feel about it.