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D D Social Media & Cyberbullying T . r D Dr. Tracy Daniel, Director of Technology Gulfport School District D D T . r D Social Media D D Social media is the means or media by which users engage in communication T online with

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Social Media & Cyberbullying

  • Dr. Tracy Daniel, Director of Technology

Gulfport School District

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Social Media

Social media is the means or media by which users engage in communication

  • nline with other users to socialize; communicate ideas; advertise; engage in

dialogue about some topic, share beliefs, points of view, pictures, video, etc. usually in some formally organized online community like Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

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Social Networking THEN

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Social Networking THEN

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Social Media

  • As you can see, we do not communicate the same way today as we did

approximately 10 years ago when social media arrived. That is mainly due to technology, more specifically, because of social networking and social media.

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Social Networking NOW

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Social Networking NOW

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Social Networking NOW

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Social Media

  • The use of social media has grown exponentially, has brought people and

issues together that have traditionally been worlds apart, and conversely, has created more distance and less face-to-face or voice-to-voice communication than existed in the past.

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Why Social Media?

  • Stay in touch with current friends and family
  • Connect with old friends
  • Connect with individuals or groups with shared interests
  • To make new friends
  • To obtain information or news
  • Find potential romantic partners

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Social Media Cyberbullying

  • Cyberbullying is often a result of social media.
  • Cyberbullying occurs three times more often than

face-to-face bullying.

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Cyberbullying

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What actually is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.

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Cyberbullying Warning Signs

  • School absences
  • Sad and/or hopelessness
  • Failure to participate in normal or usual activities
  • Difficulty sleeping or over-sleeping

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Cyberbullying Warning Signs

  • Changes in body weight or appetite
  • Irritability
  • Lethargy
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Emotional outbursts (more frequent in younger children)

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Cyberbullying and the Law

In the state of Mississippi, it is a FELONY to use e-mail or electronic communication to:

  • Threaten bodily harm to a person or to threaten to harm a person’s family or

property

  • Communicate REPEATEDLY in order to threaten, terrify, or harass a

person

  • Make false statements concerning death, injury, illness, criminal conduct or

indecent conduct.

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Penalty for Cyberbullying

  • If you are convicted of knowingly allowing someone to use your computer
  • r electronic device to violate cyberbullying laws, you could be…
  • Fined $5,000
  • Imprisoned for up to 2 years

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Stop Cyberbullying

  • Keep PERSONAL information PRIVATE.
  • Keep a HARD COPY of any emails, instant messages, texts, or

communications of harassment for evidence.

  • REPORT the person to parents, administrators, and authorities.
  • DO NOT retaliate, and DO NOT respond to attacks except to calmly

request the perpetrator to stop the attack.

  • Discourage cyberbullying or attacks on others.

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Cyberbullying Cases

  • According to an article published in the Sun Herald on September 25, 2013, a 13

year old Waveland girl was arrested on a felony charge under the state’s cyberbullying law after police found evidence that the young girl used a cellphone to send out indecent pictures of another 13 year old girl against her wishes.

  • The police also arrested the 13 year old girl’s mother on misdemeanor charges (one

count of contributing to the delinquency of a child and contributing to the neglect

  • f a child) that allege that she was aware of the situation and failed to take action to

deal with the situation.

  • According to the article, an unknown person instigated the situation through

sextortion.

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Cyberbullying Cases

Alexis Kane http://fox4kc.com/2015/01/26/three-charged-in-murder-of-14-year-old- alexis-kane-in-court/

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Cyberbullying Cases

Tyler Clementi http://tylerclementi.org/tylers-story/

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Cyberbullying Cases

Amanda Todd https://nobullying.com/amanda-todd-story/

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Stop Cyberbullying

“In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of

  • ur friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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