Stop Bullying Now Dr. Elizabeth Gail S. Marsal North Carolina - PDF document

10/2/2015 Stop Bullying Now Dr. Elizabeth “ Gail” S. Marsal North Carolina Wesleyan College Rocky Mount , NC Childnet Video  http://digizen.org/resources/cyberbullying/films/uk/lfit ‐ film.aspx Effects of Cyber Bullying  Lowered self est eem  Variet y of emot ional responses including being scared, frust rat ed, angry, and depressed  Increased suicidal ideation  Case of Megan Meier 1

10/2/2015 What Do These Mean?  AAMOF  WRU@  MYOB  YF   420 KPC  6Y  LMNK  AML  ADIH   D46? PIR  HF AC  POS  UDI  LH6   LULT LGH Basic Terms  Flaming  Cyber bullying  Cyber harassing / cyber st alking How It Works  Direct At t acks – messages sent t o kids direct ly  Cyber bullying by proxy – using others to help cyber bully the victim, either wit h or wit hout t he accomplice’s knowledge 2

10/2/2015 Direct Attacks  Inst ant Messaging/ Text Messaging Harassment  St ealing Passwords  Web Sites  Sending Pict ures Through Email and Cell  Int ernet Polling  Social Networks  Sending Malicious Code  Sending Porn & Junk Email  Impersonat ion Cyber Bullying by Proxy  When a cyber bully get s someone else t o do t heir dirty work.  Warning or Not ify Wars  Parent al Punishment  Cyberbully get s cont rol of t he vict ims account  Post ing in chat rooms for child molester, hate groups Four Types of Cyber Bullies  The Vengeful Angel  The Power Hungry or Revenge of t he Nerds  The “ Mean Girls”  The Inadvertent Cyber Bullly or “ Because I Can” 3

10/2/2015 Parental Strategies for Prevention  Don’ t overreact, kids fear that you will call the other parents or school, blame the victim or take away Internet privileges  Be supportive, sticks and stones can break bones  Let the guidance counselor know to watch for in school bullying and child’s response  Children go between role of bully and victim  Is your child at risk of physical harm or assault?  How are they handling the attacks emotionally?  Take a printed copy of all instances to LE  Use a monitoring software ie Webwatcher or eBlaster Common Sense Strategies  Talk about it  Ignore it  Restrict communications  Restrict being added to the buddy list  Google  Block the sender  “ Warn” the sender  Report to IS P  Report to S chool  Report to Police  Take Legal Action 4