PRESENTED BY: ANGELO

RIVERA
MARK VINCENT YARES

Using e-mail, chat rooms, websites and other forms

of electric communication:
Send mean-spirited messages.
Make cruel and harmful remarks about
individual.
Post unflattering or derogatory photos.
Make direct threats or encourage acts of
violence
Sexually harass.

CYBERBULLYING is the
repeated misuse of this
technologies to harass,
intimidate, bully, or to
terrorize another person.

THE VICTIMS

HOW EXTENSIVE IS
CYBERBULLYING?
In a new survey of 5,500 teens by MindOh!, an
educational company that studies youth trends,
nearly 80% said they have read or spread gossip
online; more than half said they had seen Web
sites that made fun of their peers.

Who are the CYBER Bullies?

Individuals:
With no strong relationship
Who are immature
Who are involved with hate groups
Who have been bullied themselves.

Why the internet can foster cyber

bullying?
Not tangible feedbacks
Sense of being anonymous
Multiple online personas
Encouraged by role playing games
Sense of power
No responsible evidence in adults

Why is it pervasive?
- With cyber bullying, this is 24/7 problem and often
occurs in the supposed safety and security of the
home.
- There is a social stigma attached to reporting these
incidents to an adult parents or teacher.

Why don't victims ask for help?

o Kids view the internet is a lifeline to their peer
group.
o Kids dont want adults to know they have a
problem with cyber bullying because they fear
that adults will take their computer away.

don't be a victim!
o Talk about bullying in general with friends,
teachers and family.
o Discuss what personal information is appropriate
to tell others, and what is not.
o Visit some popular teen sites with your parents,
teachers or friends and discuss what you see
there and what could be a danger.
o Learn to develop realistic expectations for both
personal and on-line relationships.

don't be a victim!
o Talk about bullying in general with friends,
teachers and family.
o Discuss what personal information is appropriate
to tell others, and what is not.
o Visit some popular teen sites with your parents,
teachers or friends and discuss what you see
there and what could be a danger.
o Learn to develop realistic expectations for both
personal and on-line relationships.

How to stop cyber bully

o Be private keep passwords, pictures and
secrets to yourself.
o Take five dont reply in anger.
o Stop, block and tell someone.
o Save the evidence on your computer or print
out.
o Google yourself.

Steps to take if you believe you have been

a victim of cyber bullying

Determine if cyber bullying is actually going on.

Save the evidence.
Identify the sender.
Contact the offenders parents.
Contact your school
If, warranted, contact a attorney.
Should be reported to the police.

Flaming:
Online fights
usually
through
emails, instant
messaging or
chat rooms
where angry
and rude
comments are
exchanged.

Denigration:
Putting mean online
messages through
email, instant
messaging, chat rooms,
or websites set up to

Exclusion:
Intentionally leaving
someone out of a group
such as instant
messaging, friend sites,
or other online group
activities.

Outing:
Sharing secrets about
someone online
including private
information, pictures,

Trickery:
Tricking someone into
revealing personal
information then
sharing it with others.

Impersonation:
Pretending to be
someone else when
sending or posting
mean or false messages
online.

Harassment:
Repeatedly sending
malicious messages to
someone online.

Cyberstalking:
Continuously harassing
and denigration
including threats of
physical harm.

THANKS FOR LISTENING!!

~abrivera