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Cyberbullying No More!





Research

A cyberbullying study with 1500 adolescents was conducted in 2005 by Dr. Sameer Hinduja, from Florida Atlantic University, and Dr. Justin Patchin, from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.   Their study results concluded that :

  •  34.4% have experienced cyberbullying
  •  12.6% have been threatened physically
  •    5.0% were scared for their safety
  •  55.6% have been bullied while in chat rooms
  •  48.9% have been bullied by using computer text messages
  •  28.0% have been bullied by emails
  •  40.0% did not tell anyone they were cyberbullied
  •  14.3% told their parent(s), teacher, or trusted adult
  •  16.7% have bullied others while online
  •  50.0% reported cyberbullying for fun
  •  13.0% reported that cyberbullying makes the victim stronger
  •  More than 33.3% reported witnessing their friends bully while online
  •  40.0% believe that bullying in person is worse than cyberbullying
  •  22.6% have bullied within the last six months
Results were found at www.cyberbullying.us

Examples of cyberbullying in the news

Cyberbullying is not just an issue facing American society, but rather a global issue facing modern societies.

     David Knight of Burlington, Ontario

        A web site about teenager David Knight of Burlington, Ontario had been active for several months before a classmate told him about it. "I went there and             sure enough there's my photo on this web site saying 'Welcome to the web site that makes fun of Dave Knight' and just pages of hateful comments                         directed at me and everyone in my family." Whoever created the web site asked others to join in, posting lewd, sexual comments and smearing David's                 reputation. "I was accused of being a pedophile. I was accused of using the date rape drug on little boys," says David. Along with the web site, there                    were nasty e-mails too. "Here's an e-mail, 'You're gay, don't ever talk again, no one likes you, you're immature and dirty, go wash your face.'"

     Full story from CBC News

   

    Ghyslain Raza of Trois-Rivières, Quebec

        Ghyslain Raza, a 15-year-old boy from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, is perhaps the most famous victim of cyberbullying. After making a film of himself                        emulating a Star Wars fight scene wielding a golf ball retriever as a light saber, he became an unwilling celebrity after the film was posted on the Internet by             some classmates. Millions downloaded the two-minute clip and the media dubbed him the "Star Wars kid." Ghyslain was so wounded by the unflattering             attention that he has been under psychiatric care and finished the 2004 school year at a child psychiatry ward. His parents have launched a lawsuit.

       Full story from Scholastic 


   

     Jodi Plumb of Mansfield, England

        Jodi Plumb, a 15-year-old girl from Mansfield, England, was horrified to discover an entire web site had been created to insult and threaten her. The site             contained abuse concerning her weight and even had a date for her "death." Jodi found out about the web site when a fellow pupil tried to take a                         photograph of her with a digital camera and said it was for the web.

        Full story from BBC News