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Since the advent of the Internet with instant messaging programs, email accounts and social networking sites, people can now communicate with one another, sometime worlds away, at the touch of a button. Like every other niche of society, however, there is a dark side to all this communication, with some users choosing to use... more »
Cyber-bullying is when a person uses the Internet in order to deliberately cause repeated harm to another individual or to embarrass them. Cyber-bullying can include threats, sexual harassment or continued unwanted contact with a person via email, social networks, forums or instant messaging. Cyber-bullies have also been known to post... more »
Cyber-Bullying is perhaps one of the fastest-growing forms of harassment for children. Due to technological advances involving communication devices such as cell phones, pagers and the Internet, it has become easier than ever for bullies to punish their victims even from outside the classroom. more »
Cyber bullying can take many forms. It can be threatening emails and instant messages, spreading rumors in online forums or posting harassing messages on a blog. Cyber bullying can be more emotionally damaging that traditional bullying because of its invasive nature. Kids can escape a bully from school, but not if the bully makes her... more »
If you have teens, chances are you need to translate the IM slang your kids use on instant messaging services or when they text message on their cell phones. It is important that you understand what that slang means to ensure your child remains safe and sound. more »
Cyber bullying occurs when someone uses online message boards and email to mercilessly tease and harass people. Cyber bullying is devastating... more »
Studies show more than 40 percent of children who use the Internet have encountered problems with cyber bullying. A cyber bully is someone who... more »
Cyberbullying "involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others. -Bill Belsey"
Cyber-bullying defined
The National Crime Prevention Councils definition of cyber-bullying is "when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person." StopCyberbullying.org, an expert organization dedicated to internet safety, security and privacy, defines cyberbullying as: "a situation when a child, tween or teen is repeatedly tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, tween or teen using text messaging, email, instant messaging or any other type of digital technology." Other researchers use similar language to describe the phenomenon.Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying, by J.W. Patchin and S. Hinuja; Sage Publications, (Corwin Press, 2009)patchin>Patchin, J. W. & Hinduja, S. (2006). Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 4(2), 148-169.
Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, but it may also include threats, sexual remarks, pejorative labels (i.e., hate speech), ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation.
Cyber-bullies may disclose victims personal data (e.g. real name, address, or workplace/schools) at websites or forums or may pose as the identity of a victim for the purpose of publishing material in their name that defames or ridicules them. Some cyberbullies may also send threatening and harassing emails and instant messages to the victims, while other post rumors or gossip and instigate others to dislike and gang up on the target.
Though the use of sexual remarks and threats ar read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-bullying
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