Cyber-bullying

=﻿ WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING? =
 * ===== Cyberbullying is the harrassment of individuals by using cell phones and the internet. Instant messaging, social networking and chat rooms are ways a cyberbully can get to his/her victim. Cyberbullying can also be done in different ways. Cyberbullying can be a threat against someone, sending provocative pictures, racial/ethnic slurs, homosexual comments, or attempts on infecting the victims computer .=====

= ﻿EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING =
 * ===== Cyberbullying has significant effects on individuals. Not only the victim of the bullying but the parents, friends, and associates are effected by it. According to Kids Health corporations, cyberbullying can lead to depression, anxiety, and several other stress-related disorders. The individual tends to isolate themselves from others as well. They skip school, avoid the internet, change in behavior, change in appetite. The most dangerous of these effects is suicidal thoughts. In the case of bullying, cases have come up about individuals committing suicide because of what they have experienced =====

= WHAT SOCIETY IS DOING TO PREVENT CYBERBULLYING? =
 * ==== Programas have started in response to cyberbullying. One of these programs is the National CrimePrevention Council. The sole purpose of the council is to prevent cyberbullying. Also there is Hazelden. This is program that is designed to inform students and their parents about cyberbullying. The effects of cyberbullying, ways to prevent cyberbullying, how to help others that have been bullied, and tell how kids can use technology in a positive way. Hazelden also has a two-disc DVD provided for customers .====
 * here are two links to each of the programs home pages:
 * @http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying/?searchterm=cyberbullying
 * @http://www.hazelden.org/web/go/cyberbullyingke
 * Society also created legislation and school policies to help decrease the occurence of cyberbullying. Take a look at this link. It gives a list of different legislation and school policies.
 * @http://www.cyberbully.org/cyberbully/docs/cblegislation.pdf
 * States involved with th fight against cyberbullying
 * == CYBERBULLIES DO NOT DISCRIMINATE ==

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Overall teenage girls were more likely to be have experienced cyber-bullying than boys - 38 per cent of girls reported having been victims, as compared with 26 per cent of boys - with the number rising to 41 per cent among girls aged 15-17, the most affected group. ======

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· Family safety centers online · Talking/educating their kids about the effects of cyber bullying · Making sure the child knows the consequences if they use the computer inappropriately
 * What can parents do to prevent cyber bullying?**



· Crisis hotlines · Talk to a parent, guardian, or school counselor · Report the bullying · Stop all contact with the person who is bullying
 * Where can you get help/what should you do if you are cyber bullied?**

· ¼ of cyber bullies are kids or teens that are also bullies in the real world. · The other ¾’s are people that would never bully in the real world, but feel empowered by the anonymity of the virtual world. · Bullies say they feel less connected and more removed from people when they are online, therefore its makes it easier to bully without feeling remorse.
 * Who Cyber-bullies and why?**

**FACT**: 52% of teenagers who are targets of cyber-bullying never actually report it.

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