What is Cyberbullying?

What is Cyber bullying?



• Franek defines a cyberbully as “anyone who repeatedly misuses technology to harass, intimidate, bully, or terrorize another person” (2005/2006, 36).

“Cyber bullying is bullying that is carried out with the aid of recent technologies like email, chat rooms, discussion groups, instant messaging and mobile phone texting. These technologies allow a bully or a group of bullies to intimidate other students,
for example, by:


• teasing and making fun of them online


• spreading rumours about them online


• insulting and ridiculing them in chat rooms - known as 'flaming'


• putting photos of them on the web accompanied by nasty comments


• tricking them into sharing private information and then sharing it online, and


• sending unwanted messages” (Ford, 2008)




References
Ford D. Cyberbullying in schools. [online]. Professional Educator; v.7 n.4 p.38; November 2008. Availability: <http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=171920;res=AEIPT> ISSN: 1447-3607. [cited 07 Sep 10].

Franek, M. 2005/2006. Foiling cyberbullies in the new wild west.



Educational Leadership 63 (4): 39–43. Cited in Kite, S., Gable, R., & Filippelli, L. (2010). Assessing Middle School Students’ Knowledge of Conduct and Consequences and Their Behaviours Regarding the Use of Social Networking Sites. Clearing House, 83(5), 158-163. Accessed on the 1st of September