Cyberbullying Survey 2017:
Please check out the results of our second year cyberbullying survey by clicking on the link below:
Please check out the results of our second year cyberbullying survey by clicking on the link below:
What Is Cyberbullying?
Cyber bullying is the misuse of digital technologies or communications to bully a person or a group, typically through messages or actions that are threatening and/or intended to cause offence, anxiety or humiliation.
Examples of cyber bullying
Abusive comments, rumours, gossip and threats made using digital communications and/or technologies - this includes internet trolling.
Sharing pictures, videos or personal information without the consent of the owner and with the intent to cause harm or humiliation.
Hacking into someone's email, phone or online profiles to extract and share personal information, or to send hurtful content while posing as that person.
Creating dedicated websites that intend to harm, make fun of someone or spread malicious rumours.
Pressurising someone to do something they do not want to such as sending a sexually explicit image.
Abusive comments, rumours, gossip and threats made using digital communications and/or technologies - this includes internet trolling.
Sharing pictures, videos or personal information without the consent of the owner and with the intent to cause harm or humiliation.
Hacking into someone's email, phone or online profiles to extract and share personal information, or to send hurtful content while posing as that person.
Creating dedicated websites that intend to harm, make fun of someone or spread malicious rumours.
Pressurising someone to do something they do not want to such as sending a sexually explicit image.
Why do bullies bully?
They think it's fun.
They do it to get back at somebody they are mad at (common amongst friends after a 'trigger' event).
They feel bad about themselves.
They think it's fun.
They do it to get back at somebody they are mad at (common amongst friends after a 'trigger' event).
They feel bad about themselves.
Why Cyberbullying is Different
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior.
Kids who are being cyberbullied are often bullied in person as well. Additionally, kids who are cyberbullied have a harder time getting away from the behavior.
- Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
- Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
- Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.
Effects of Cyberbullying
Cell phones and computers themselves are not to blame for cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school, and for entertainment. But these tools can also be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar.
Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
Cell phones and computers themselves are not to blame for cyberbullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school, and for entertainment. But these tools can also be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar.
Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to:
- Use alcohol and drugs
- Skip school
- Experience in-person bullying
- Be unwilling to attend school
- Receive poor grades
- Have lower self-esteem
- Have more health problems
Kids Who are Bullied
Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues. Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience:
Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues. Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience:
- Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood.
- Health complaints
- Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school.
Bystanders
Kids who witness bullying are more likely
- Have increased use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drug
- Have increased mental health problems, including depression and anxiety
- Miss or skip school