cyberbully


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cyberbully

A person who uses the Internet to harass or intimidate someone else. An email message with a phony from: address is a common way to reach someone without identifying the sender. An "anonymous blog" keeps the writer's identity a secret and allows the blogger to make harmful comments about someone else. See email spoofing and rage.
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There are many reasons young people cyberbully each other.
Teach children respect to take on online bullies
Read the debate on pages 22-23 about whether schools should punish students who cyberbully outside of school, then follow the directions below to analyze each author's claims and decide who makes a stronger case.
Should Schools Punish Off-Campus Cyberbullying?
We found in the present study that parents' age was a determining factor in adolescents' tendency to cyberbully.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF CYBERBULLYING IN ADOLESCENTS
Cyberbully, directed by Charles Binam, Common Sense Media, 2011.
An intersectional feminist review of the literature on gendered cyberbullying: Digital girls
Seventy percent (n = 42) of cyberbullying victims named "students inside the school" as perpetrators of the aggression, indicating they had some idea of the identity of the cyberbully.
Cyberbullying: a 21st century health care phenomenon
Youth who are cyberbullied often report feeling emotionally distressed and afraid, as well as angry with the cyberbully (Patchin & Hinduja, 2006; Ybarra, Mitchell, Wolak, & Finkelhor, 2006).
Cyberbullying: implications for social work assessment
Bragg--the case involving cyberbullying on Facebook and the victim's request to pursue the identity of her cyberbully for a defamation claim anonymously.
Law as an ally or enemy in the war on cyberbullying: exploring the contested terrain of privacy and other legal concepts in the age of technology and social media
In face-to-face bullying the bully can see the impact as the attack happens whereas the cyberbully cannot see any of the outcomes, perhaps resulting in further aggression.
The dangers of cyberbullying
Anyone can be a cyberbully, and such persons usually do not worry about having face-to-face confrontation with their victims.
Cyberbullying: six things administrators can do
I promise to be aware of what I say and do on line, how my actions impact others, and will not become a cyberbully.
Cyberbullying: Online Safety
Some of the methods students can use to cyberbully others include:
Malicious use of technology: what schools, parents, and teachers can do to prevent cyberbullying
Although 21% of students surveyed reported some exposure to cyberbully victimization, only 8% reported exposure more than rarely in the last twelve months.
Cyberbullying victimization: associations with other victimization forms and psychological distress

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