cyberbullying: the dark side of social media
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The
Dark Side of
Social Media
nataliej (Flickr)
S children, teenagers,
and young adults more
ocial media has left
Jason A. Howie (Flickr)
vulnerable to
cyberbullying than
ever before.
“Technology
has given
bullies a
whole
new set of
tools” - Laura Hussey
the_endpaper (Flickr)
With younger and
younger users signing
on, the problem only
grows
bigger bigger and
the UMF (Flickr)
both in school and at home
- 24 hours a day - It happens around the clock
Dalo_Pix2 (Flickr)
With enormous social networks
Facebook: 1.1 Billion
Twitter: 550 Million
YouTube: 1 Billion
Users
jairoagua (Flickr)
to attack
It leaves so many people affected
Pierre Metivier (Flickr)
In fact, 1 in 3 teenagers
have been victimized
by cyberbullies
Tobyotter (Flickr)
JLM Photography (Flickr)
Constantly
hiding
and living
in
fear
hopesunbroken (Flickr)
It forces 160,000 students to
skip school each year
Melinda Taber (Flickr)
Problem is, no one really wants to
listen or pay attention
Kurichan+ (Flickr)
With only 7% of parents worried
about cyberbullying,
it is time for someone to
speak up
marcgg (Flickr)
But because children often keep it a
secret, it can be very hard to detect.
Skokie Public
Library(Flickr)
Parents need
to start noticing
the signs
Jonathan O’Donnell (Flickr)
depression suicidal thoughts
Some of the symptoms include:
anxiety academic struggles
beyond belief01 (Flickr)
Teachers can help by educating their
students on how to behave while online
Howard Country Library System (Flickr)
Most victims are about how
to respond appropriately to an attack
confused
djking (Flickr)
leads them to exact revenge,
cyberbullying
Their anger and frustration
fueling the vicious cycle of
ken seghers (Flickr)
Victims must be taught to take a
different approach
beautifulcataya (Flickr)
BLOCK bullies out of the social network
Dave Lanovaz (Flickr)
the best
way to prevent
cyberbullying is to
Erase them from your contact list
and do not let them back in
Mrs TeePot (Flickr)
Most importantly, do not stay quiet.
Raise your voice and get
other people involved.
visual.dichotomy (Flickr)
cyberbullying. Help put an end to
Infidelic (Flickr)
All images are licensed under the Creative
Commons Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0
Agreement, and sourced from Flickr.com
Sherman Geronimo-Tan (Flickr)
Sources
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2013/01/20/from.bullying.r
elationships.mapping.our.online.communications
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html#
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/cyberbullying-
wont-be-stopped-with-laws-and-punishments-we-need-to-get-
involved/article11744424/
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-
statistics.html
http://www.weartv.com/news/features/top-
stories/stories/warning-signs-cyberbullying-31805.shtml
http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying
Max Stanworth (Flickr)
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