CYBER-BULLYING RESEARCH

STATISTCS AND FACTS:

• Over 80% of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most common medium for cyber bullying.

• 81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person.

• 90% of teens who have seen social-media bullying say they have ignored it. 84% have seen others tell cyber bullies to stop.

• Bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider committing suicide.

STATISTICS AND FACTS CONTINUED…

• Only 1 in 10 victims will inform a parent or trusted adult of their abuse.

• Girls are about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying.

• About 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out 10 say it has happened more than once.

• About 75% have visited a website bashing another student.

BBC CHILDLINE NEWS ARTICLES:

CYBER-BULLYING THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORK

Bullying is not something that only happens in the real world any more. In the past, bullying may have occurred at school, in the playground or at a youth club, now it can happen on mobile phones, over email, in chat-rooms, on social networks and other websites. Cyber bullying can happen 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Cyber bullying is when one or more people try to tease, harass, threaten or embarrass another person using technology such as mobile phones or the Internet.

Children and young people can fall victim to cyber-bullying, but they can also become the bully, or be drawn into cyber-bullying without even realizing it. Even though cyber-bullying cannot physically hurt someone – the effects can be devastating. Due to its 24/7 nature, escaping from it can be hard and victims can be left feeling very isolated, lonely, distressed, scared and vulnerable.