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- | What is cyberbullying? | + | ====== Cyberbullying====== |
- | Cyberbullying it is an intentional and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices (https:// | + | \\ |
- | Cyberbullying is define as ”being hostile towards others and causing intentional harm. It is also a form of persuasion where people can persuade the victim thatthey are bad and undesirable people and also persuading others to think negatively andhatefully towards the victim” (Nycyk, 2015). | + | |
- | Cyberbullying is bullying behaviour, using digital technology, including the internet, email or mobile phones. Like any bullying, cyberbullying often occurs between people that know each other (colleagues, | + | |
- | (https:// | + | |
- | Cyberbullying statistics | + | =====What is cyberbullying? |
- | Did you know? | + | *Cyberbullying it is an **intentional and repeated harm** inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices (https:// |
+ | *Cyberbullying is defined as ”**being hostile towards others and causing intentional harm**. It is also a form of persuasion where people can persuade the victim thatthey are bad and undesirable people and also persuading others to think negatively andhatefully towards the victim” (Nycyk, 2015). | ||
+ | *Cyberbullying is **bullying behaviour, using digital technology**, | ||
- | Searches for “cyberbullying” have tripled in the last decade? | + | =====Cyberbullying statistics===== |
- | Victim stats suggest women are most vulnerable on Facebook (57%). Other high-risk social platforms are Facebook Messenger (23%) and Instagram (10%) (Petrov, 2019). | + | |
- | Over 80% of children own a mobile phone and have multiple social network accounts. 57% of them admit they have seen or experienced online harassment (Petrov, 2019). | + | **Did you know?** |
- | 25.38% of gamers have had an online account hacked at least once (Petrov, 2019). | + | |
- | Parental awareness and subsequent actions vary considerably around the world. Over 37% of parents in India have reported their child suffering from online bullying. In Japan and Russia, that number is less than 4%(Petrov, 2019). | + | *Searches for “cyberbullying” have tripled in the last decade? |
- | From those bullied in the last year, 37% developed social anxiety while 36% fell into depression (Petrov, 2019). | + | *Victim stats suggest women are most vulnerable on Facebook (57%). Other high-risk social platforms are Facebook Messenger (23%) and Instagram (10%) (Petrov, 2019). |
- | -Online abuse and suicidal thoughts are directly interconnected. 24% have contemplated suicide after continuous cyberbullying (Petrov, 2019). | + | *Over 80% of children own a mobile phone and have multiple social network accounts. 57% of them admit they have seen or experienced online harassment (Petrov, 2019). |
- | Most significant psychological impacts for female victims of cyberbullying include feelings of powerlessness (66%), loss of sleep (63%), and lower self-esteem (61%) (Petrov, 2019). | + | *25.38% of gamers have had an online account hacked at least once (Petrov, 2019). |
- | How do female victims react to cyberbullying? | + | *Parental awareness and subsequent actions vary considerably around the world. Over 37% of parents in India have reported their child suffering from online bullying. In Japan and Russia, that number is less than 4%(Petrov, 2019). |
- | Data from numerous studies also indicate that social media is now the favored medium for cyberbullies (Cook, 2019) | + | *From those bullied in the last year, 37% developed social anxiety while 36% fell into depression (Petrov, 2019). |
- | 40% of adults have experienced cyberbullying. A survey of 3,217 respondents in the American Trends Panel developed by Pew Research concluded that nearly half of American adults have experienced cyberbullying. Adult cyberbullying is clearly also prevalent, even though not many people associate the phenomenon with young people and teenagers. Respondents claim that 27% were called offensive names, including slurs, and in 22% of the cases, the cyberbully chose to embarrass them intentionally. Finally, 6% of said respondents had experienced sexual harassment online (Bera, 2019). | + | *Online abuse and suicidal thoughts are directly interconnected. 24% have contemplated suicide after continuous cyberbullying (Petrov, 2019). |
- | In 2018, US cyberbullying victims were predominantly on the following platforms: Facebook (56%), Twitter (19%), Youtube (17%), Instagram (16%), online gaming (14%), and WhatsApp (13%). (Bera, 2019) (Bera, 2019). | + | *Most significant psychological impacts for female victims of cyberbullying include feelings of powerlessness (66%), loss of sleep (63%), and lower self-esteem (61%) (Petrov, 2019). |
- | 29% of the 1,000 women who took part in a recent 2019 survey had been harassed on Facebook. (Bera, 2019). | + | *How do female victims react to cyberbullying? |
- | Read more and reflect! | + | *Data from numerous studies also indicate that social media is now the favored medium for cyberbullies (Cook, 2019) |
+ | *40% of adults have experienced cyberbullying. A survey of 3,217 respondents in the American Trends Panel developed by Pew Research concluded that nearly half of American adults have experienced cyberbullying. Adult cyberbullying is clearly also prevalent, even though not many people associate the phenomenon with young people and teenagers. Respondents claim that 27% were called offensive names, including slurs, and in 22% of the cases, the cyberbully chose to embarrass them intentionally. Finally, 6% of said respondents had experienced sexual harassment online (Bera, 2019). | ||
+ | *In 2018, US cyberbullying victims were predominantly on the following platforms: Facebook (56%), Twitter (19%), Youtube (17%), Instagram (16%), online gaming (14%), and WhatsApp (13%). (Bera, 2019) (Bera, 2019). | ||
+ | *29% of the 1,000 women who took part in a recent 2019 survey had been harassed on Facebook. (Bera, 2019). | ||
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+ | **Read more and reflect!** | ||
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- | Types of cyberbullying | + | \\ |
+ | =====Types of cyberbullying | ||
- | Bera (2019) | + | Bera (2019) |
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+ | -**Harassment: | ||
+ | -**Outing: | ||
+ | -**Fraping: | ||
+ | -**Cyberstalking: | ||
+ | -**Catfishing: | ||
- | Harassment: Threatening or abusive messages are sent in a sustained, repeated, and intentional way. | ||
- | Outing: This is a deliberate act meant to publicly humiliate a person by posting embarrassing, | ||
- | Fraping: This occurs when a cyberbully logs into a person’s account and impersonates them, posting comments, photos, and/or videos to cause emotional harm. | ||
- | Cyberstalking: | ||
- | Catfishing: This is when a person creates a fake social media presence or a fake identity intended to deceive, manipulate, and harm a specific person (Bera, 2019). | ||
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- | Nycyk, 2015, identify | + | Nycyk (2015) identifies |
- | Abuse, Threats and Name Calling. This is one of the most common form of cyberbullying based on someone’s physical appearance and weight, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, culture orbeliefs. Celebrities and high-profile people, such as politicians, | + | -**Abuse, Threats and Name Calling.** This is one of the most common form of cyberbullying based on someone’s physical appearance and weight, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, culture orbeliefs. Celebrities and high-profile people, such as politicians, |
- | Altering Photos. Using Photoshop for Altering someone’s photo and posting them online is a form of cyberbullying. | + | -**Altering Photos.** Using Photoshop for Altering someone’s photo and posting them online is a form of cyberbullying. |
- | Creating Fake, Unauthorised or Hurtful Profiles. Creating fake, unauthorised and hurtful profiles that misrepresent a person’s moral character is a form of cyberbullying. | + | -**Creating Fake, Unauthorised or Hurtful Profiles.** Creating fake, unauthorised and hurtful profiles that misrepresent a person’s moral character is a form of cyberbullying. |
- | Disclosure of Personal Information. Making public someone' | + | -**Disclosure of Personal Information.** Making public someone' |
- | Flaming. Having arguments on social media is a form of Cyberbullying. | + | -**Flaming.** Having arguments on social media is a form of Cyberbullying. |
- | Hacking and Desecrating of Memorial Websites. A computer hackers access websites and socialmedia memorial sites of those who have passed away. | + | -**Hacking and Desecrating of Memorial Websites.** A computer hackers access websites and socialmedia memorial sites of those who have passed away. |
- | Impersonating Someone. On datingsites and in chat rooms where people can be emotionally vulnerable, Cyberbullies can also pretend to be the victim and post messages and emails to others to undermine the victim’s relationships they have with other people. | + | -**Impersonating Someone.** On datingsites and in chat rooms where people can be emotionally vulnerable, Cyberbullies can also pretend to be the victim and post messages and emails to others to undermine the victim’s relationships they have with other people. |
- | Posting Gossip and Rumours. This strategies are used to persuade others about someone’s character that is often without fact or truth. | + | -**Posting Gossip and Rumours.** This strategies are used to persuade others about someone’s character that is often without fact or truth. |
- | Sexting. Sexting is where messages and photos are of a sexual nature that is unauthorised and unwanted. They are primarily sent by mobile phones. This is cyberbullying when the sendingof them to others is not consensual. If people send nude photos and explicit texts to eachother and they consent to do so, that is not bullying. It is not just taking photos of someone that can result in experiencing bullying. It is also if someone takes a ‘selfie’ or photo of one’s self and it is obtained by a bully. Additionally, | + | -**Sexting.** Sexting is where messages and photos are of a sexual nature that is unauthorised and unwanted. They are primarily sent by mobile phones. This is cyberbullying when the sendingof them to others is not consensual. If people send nude photos and explicit texts to eachother and they consent to do so, that is not bullying. It is not just taking photos of someone that can result in experiencing bullying. It is also if someone takes a ‘selfie’ or photo of one’s self and it is obtained by a bully. Additionally, |
- | Blain, 2017, identify 9 Common Types of Cyberbullying: | + | |
- | How to stop adult cyberbullying | + | (https:// |
- | According to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey, forty percent | + | Blain (2017) identifies 9 Common Types of Cyberbullying: |
+ | -flaming (when a person sends electronic messages with angry and vulgar language) | ||
+ | -happy-slapping (posting or publishing embarrassing or damaging photos or videos) | ||
+ | -denigration (gossiping or spreading rumors about a person), impersonation (pretending to be someone else) | ||
+ | -outing (revealing private or embarrassing information about a person) | ||
+ | -trickery (persuading a person to reveal secret information they would not otherwise reveal) | ||
+ | -exclusion (engaging in activities intentionally to exclude someone from a formal or informal group) | ||
+ | -cyberstalking (monitoring a person' | ||
+ | -doxing or doxxing (publishing or making available personally-identifying information about another) | ||
+ | -self-harming (when a person anonymously sends himself/ | ||
+ | -cyber harassment (repeatedly sending offensive messages to cause a person to fear for their safety) | ||
- | We can stop cyberbullying by: | + | (https:// |
- | A.Silence | + | =====How to stop adult cyberbullying===== |
- | Most of the experts agree that we should respond with complete silence | + | According |
- | B. Writting | + | We can stop cyberbullying by: |
- | The next recommandation is to write everything you want to say down in a notebook or a Word document, then to file it away. “The writing will dissipate your anger, says Pamela Rutledge, director of the Media Psychology Research Center, in Newport, Calif. And you can recognize that the bully has a problem and you don’t.” (Bernstein, 2016). | + | **A. Silence** |
- | C. New focus | + | Most of the experts agree that we should respond with complete silence to a cyberbully. “Unfriend, |
- | | + | **B. Writing** |
- | D. Save evidence | + | The next recommendation is to write everything you want to say down in a notebook or a Word document, then to file it away. “The writing will dissipate your anger, says Pamela Rutledge, director of the Media Psychology Research Center, in Newport, Calif. And you can recognize that the bully has a problem and you don’t.” (Bernstein, 2016). |
- | It is strongly recomande to make an archive of the evidence, ”with dates, times, descriptions and screenshots of messages or emails, says Tyler Cohen Wood, cybersecurity expert for Inspired eLearning, a San Antonio company that provides online digital awareness, compliance and harassment trening” (Bernstein, 2016). | + | **C. New focus** |
- | E. Report to the site’s administrators | + | Shifting your focus by writing a friend or loved one a nice note. |
- | When cyberbullying happens on social media you should report to site’s administrators. ”You can also reach out to organizations that help people who are being attacked online: Crashoverridenetwork.com, | + | **D. Save evidence** |
- | F. Report | + | It is strongly recomended |
- | If you are threat or if the cyberbullyied became extremely violent in cyber space, go to police and ask for help. | + | **E. Report to the site’s administrators** |
- | G. React when someonelse is cyberbullyied | + | When cyberbullying happens on social media you should report to site’s administrators. ”You can also reach out to organizations that help people who are being attacked online: Crashoverridenetwork.com, |
- | ”If you see cyberbullying happening to someone else, post something positive to the person being attacked. It is a powerful show of support | + | **F. Report |
- | Watch the next movie about how to beat cyberbullies! | + | If you are threat or if the cyberbullyied became extremely violent in cyber space, go to police and ask for help. |
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+ | **G. React when someonelse is cyberbullyied** | ||
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+ | ”If you see cyberbullying happening to someone else, post something positive to the person being attacked. It is a powerful show of support to the victim and of rebuke to the bully, says Michelle Ferrier, an associate dean for innovation at the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University and founder of TrollBusters, | ||
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+ | **Watch the next movie about how to beat cyberbullies!** | ||
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- | Author: Ciomaga Florentina, CJRAE Vrancea | + | \\ |
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+ | Find here inspirations and instructions for exercises to be applied in adult education. They were tested during common workshops. {{ :contributions: | ||
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- | image-20200221223034-3.png | + | **Author:** Ciomaga Florentina, CJRAE Vrancea |
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