Cyberbullying Awareness
Miss Kruse's 6th Grade Class
Cyberbullying Definition
Cyberbullying Book
A book about preventing and responding to cyberbullying. The book can be purchased at http://www.cyberbullyingbook.com/
Why Cyberbullying is Different
Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night. Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.
Devices Used to Cyberbully
Phones, Computers, Tablets, Websites such as Facebook, Twitter, MSN, AIM, and other social media sites. Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
Effects of Cyberbullying
Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
- Use alcohol and drugs
- Skip school
- Experience in-person bullying
- Be unwilling to attend school
- Receive poor grades
- Have lower self-esteem
- Have more health problems
Frequency of Cyberbullying
The 2008–2009 School Crime Supplement (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics) indicates that 6% of students in grades 6–12 experienced cyberbullying.
The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey finds that 16% of high school students (grades 9-12) were electronically bullied in the past year.
Research on cyberbullying is growing. However, because kids’ technology use changes rapidly, it is difficult to design surveys that accurately capture trends.