Stop Cyberbullying

STOP CYBERBULLYING

By Zoe Williams and Edan Parent

DEFINITIONS

Exclusions Teenagers (most commonly girls) will be excluded from more groups, or even chat rooms if they don’t have cell phones or internet access. Girls are more likely to be just excluded where as boys will begin with physical violence.

HarassmentHarassment happens when somebody will spam somebody else with mean messages and do so constantly by text or online so everybody can see it.

-if only happens once you should just ignore it and move on.

OutingOuting is the public display, or taking personal items such as text messages and reposting or copy and pasting it on a public page. Even reading out loud is considered “outing”

Cyber stalking Same as harassment but online or through text/emailing. It is another way to harass people.

Masquerading Masquerading is when a person will pretend to be somebody else to hide their identity.

FlamingAn argument, that usually takes place where everybody can see it. In public chat rooms, and usually is in all caps to make it more obvious.

Pseudonyms

A pseudonym is like a fake name or nickname. (lindseyluv; cyberbully)

AnonymityWhen people comment and make threatening comments towards you. But they’ve make it anonymous or under a Pseudonym.

HOW TO STOP CYBERBULLYING

Tell somebody about the bully (An adult)

Print off the mean things they are saying. Save the evidence.

Stand up, but don’t get revenge.

Report their account

Delete your account so they cant hurt you

Don’t let them know it bothers you

And don’t become the bully yourself

HOW IT AFFECTS PEOPLE

Cyberbullying can affect people with…

Depression

Self harm

Paranoia

Not wanting to go to school

And last but not the least important…. Suicide

RELATED LINKS/ VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shnAPc3wYbA cyberbully movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tySu8M3ldI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNigtziS-Is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfT2qqrqzgo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oGFh0mwrjM

HELP SITES

Kids help phone

http://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/InfoBooth/Bullying/Cyberbullying.aspx

Suicide help line

http://psychcentral.com/helpme.htm

Help sites

http://www.cyberbullyhelp.com/

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html

http://www.cumbavac.org/Bullying_Violence_Vandalism.htm

THE DEFIN IT IO N OF CY BER BUL LY IN G

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbully

Cyberbullying is when you Harass somebody online or through texting or insta-messaging. You can’t get away from the cyberbully because he/she can follow you anywhere as long as you have access to a cell phone or internet access.

WORDS HURT, EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT TO YOUR FACE

CYBER BUL LY ING IS A SER IO US MAT TER

Cyberbullying is very serious, other than the fact that it can cause mental pain, some people will begin to self harm. After self harm, if the cyberbullying will continue or get worse some people will commit suicide. Some girl or boys who have commit suicide;

Morgan Musson, 13 and was bullied for being 6ft tall.

Rebecca Sedwick, 12 and was being harassed online

Todd Loik, 15 and he was hounded with ‘nasty’ messages

Rehtaeh Parsons, 17 Gang rape pictures were posted everywhere

Amanda Todd, 15 Flashed online and she was bullied and threatened with them.

And many other’s that nobody has even heard of

PICTURES OF THE BULLIED

Felicia Garcia not mentioned

THE WEBSITES WE USED

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-arrests-made-in-rehtaeh-parsons-case/article13655110

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http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/25/todd-loik/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Rehtaeh_Parsons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Amanda_Todd

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-85296/Suicide-girl-aged-13-bullied-6ft.html

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/15/teen-girls-arrestedindeathofbulliedfloridagirlwhokilledherself.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Bullying

MORE WEBSITES

http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/index.html

http://psychcentral.com/helpme.htm

http://kidshelpphone.ca/Teens/InfoBooth/Bullying/Cyberbullying.aspx

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbully

http://www.cyberbullying.info/whatis/types.php

http://www.cumbavac.org/Bullying_Violence_Vandalism.htm