In studies of middle and high school students, (Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2006; Kowalski et al., 2005; Wolak, Mitchell, & Finkelhor, 2006) the most common way that children and youth reported being cyberbullied was through instant messaging. Somewhat less common ways involved the use of chat rooms, emails, and messages posted on Web sites. [...]
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Who Are The Victims and Perpetrators of Cyberbullying?
In a recent study of students in grades 6-8 (Kowalski et al., 2005): Girls were about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying. Of those students who had been cyberbullied relatively frequently (at least twice in the last couple of months): 62% said that they had been cyberbullied by [...]
How Common Is Cyberbullying?
Although little research has been conducted on cyberbullying, recent studies have found that: 18% of students in grades 6-8 said they had been cyberbullied at least once in the last couple of months; and 6% said it had happened to them 2 or more times (Kowalski et al., 2005). 11% of students in grades 6-8 [...]
Cyberbullying, which is sometimes referred to as online social cruelty or electronic bullying
Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Usually, it is repeated over time. Traditionally, bullying has involved actions such as: hitting or punching (physical bullying), teasing or name-calling (verbal bullying), or intimidation through gestures or social exclusion. In recent years, technology has given children and youth a [...]
How can you protect yourself from cyberbullying?
Here are some tips that may help protect you from cyberbullying: Don’t give out personal information online, whether in instant message profiles, chat rooms, blogs, or on Web sites. Don’t tell anyone your e-mail or instant messaging passwords, even your friends. If someone sends a mean or threatening message, don’t respond. Save it and show [...]
What is cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is hurting someone else over and over again through the Internet or a cell phone. So, instead of whispering a rumor to a friend, a bully might e-mail the rumor or post it on Facebook for everyone to see! Or, a bully might use technology to ignore you. (An example of this would be [...]
Adolescents move from being primarily influenced by their parents to being strongly influenced by their peers
While bullying has been a problem for some kids since the beginning of schools, several factors have significantly increased the scope of the problem in recent years. One is the increase in the level of violence with students bringing guns to school. The other factor is the level of technology available, including cell phones and [...]
Why Parents Need Keylogger Software
by: Michael Ryan The emergence of the internet, and associated technologies like email and instant messaging, present problems for today’s parents that were unimaginable just twenty years ago. Children use computers for homework, surf the web at their leisure and socialize through instant messaging – all activities that are often outside direct parental control and [...]