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| 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 :
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, OntarioA 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 NewsGhyslain Raza of Trois-Rivières, QuebecGhyslain 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. Jodi Plumb of Mansfield, EnglandJodi 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. |