Erica+Deener

CQ researcher.

1-cyberbullying is the use of computers cell phones social-networking sites and other technology to threaten or humiliate others. 2- happends to girl's more ofen than boys. 3-some cyberbullies are angry loners sometimes seeking revenge for having been bullied before. 4-student are afraid to go to school because of a cyberbully. 5- only 5% of cyberbullying victims will tell a trusted parent or a adult. 6- vicitms try to handle the issue themselves rather than telling someone. 7-12 to 14 year old girls almost half were concerned about their parents restricting their Internet access if they revealed they were victimized by cyberbullys. 8-emotional effects feelings sad,angry,upset,depressed,'violated,hated,annoyed,helpless,stupid and put down.'Some girls described how the victimization made them feel unsafe. 9-myspace agreed last year to hand over to state officials the names, addresses and online profiles of thousands of known convicted sex offenders with accounts on the networking site it also said it had deleted the online profiles of 7,000 convicted sexual predators that were sexaully cyberbullying young girl teens that made them feel unconforable. EXAMPLES! 10-In Lakeland a group of teenagers recorded the beating of them beating a another teen up and they threaten to show the video on the Internet. 11-Vermont 13 year old ryan halligan kills himself after months of harassment by instant messages calling him gay.

[]"cyberbullying." n. pag. Web. 9 Dec 2009. . 12-Three months ago a 13 year old Tampa Bay girl hanged herself after relentless taunting at her school she had sent a nude photo of herself to a boy she liked, and another girl used his phone to send the picture to other students who forwarded it along. 13-Almost a third of young people polled in the U.S. say they've sent or received sexually explicit videos, photos or texts through their cellphone or the internet 14-boys will brag girl's for a nude picture or video's then show their guy friends and it will get around school and the people who have seen or heard about the picture or video the female has sent, people will send it to other phones and embrass the girl by calling her name such as slut,whore,hoe,tramp,hooker and other mean names. 15-Sexting_ term that combines the words sex and texting is the sharing of sexually explicit photos videos and chats by cellphone or online.

"Internet Flaming May Become Illegal." 1. Web. 9 Dec 2009. 16-as seen with the suicide of Megan Meier stemming from comments made on MySpace, Internet harassment can be lethal, and now many countries are taking action against individuals harassing others online.

[|www.dosomething.org] "powering offline action." Web. 9 Dec 2009. . 18- Nearly 35% of kids have been threatened online and almost one in five have had it happen more than once. 19-Among this percentage, being ignored and disrespected were the most common forms of cyber bullying. 20-Nine out of ten middle school students have had their feelings hurt online. 21-About 75% have visited a Web site bashing another student. 22-Four out of ten middle school students have had their password(s) stolen and changed by a bully who then locked them out of their own account or sent communications posing as them. 23-About 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails. 24-The psychological and emotional outcomes of cyber-bullying are similar to real-life bullying outcomes, except for the reality that with cyber bullying there is often no escape. School ends at 3 p.m., while the Internet is available all the time. 25-The primary cyber-bullying location where victimizing occurs, at 56%, is in chat rooms. 26-Girls are about twice as likely as boys to be victims and perpetrators of cyber-bullying. 27-About 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than four out of ten say it has happened more than once. 28-Cyber-bullying has increased in recent years. In a national survey of 10-17 year olds, twice as many children indicated they had been victims and perpetrators of online harassment in 2005 compared with 2000.

[|www.associatedcontent.com]"associated content." //associatedcontent.com//. Web. 9 Dec 2009. . 29-Bullying through text messaging is one kid often starting the bullying by sending very hurtful text messages to the intended victim on his or her cell phone. That same message is then sent to more of the bully’s contacts on the list. 30-Bullying through email is a group of kids bombarding very hurtful messages to the intended victim, and again sending copies of the emails to their friends to add to the bullying or use as a good laugh at the target. 31-Bullying through a website is a website being established for the sole purpose of allowing other kids to write publicly displayed and hurtful messages about the victim or target. The website is emailed to several people so they all get a chance at hurting the target. 32-Websites are also used as a voting tool. Voting for things such as biggest loser in school or the ugliest girl. And once again, this website is published for others to add even more humiliation. 33-Cell phone cameras are used to take picture of people in school locker rooms so cyber bullies can post them on the net. The website is also published and the target is publicly humiliated. 34-bullying was suppose to be a phase kids would go through b cause of the increase of violence in the school system, bullying is no longer considered to be just a phase

