I found an article about statistics about cyberbullying then and now. I was really interested to see if cybrbullying increased in the recent years. The graph I found compares many statistics. The ones I focused on was the percentage of lifetime vinctims in one year comapred to another. The graph shows that in 2004 and 2005 the percent of lifetime vicrims was very high. Then from 2007-2010 the percetnage drops and stays sonsistent. I was surprised with these statistics. I thought since the Internet and technology were such a big part in everyone's life that the statistics would increase as the years went on. I do not really understand how it decreased in the past few years compared to years before, but it does seem like a good thing. Mabe the percetnage will keep decreasing as time goes on.
http://www.cyberbullying.us/research.php
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Should Laws Be Made?
I found an article that shows both argues for and against making laws against cyberbullying. As we know there have been many suicide and other emotionally harmful effects done to these kids affected by cyberbullying. We will look mainly at the arguements for a law against cyberbullying.
One claim made by this article is that cyberbullying is more harmful than in-person bullying.
There was one piece of evidence that really stood out to me and in my opinion was a good peice of evidence. This evidence stated that 35% of teens have been harrassed on the Internet in the past year. This is a really scary thought.
The warrant is that cyberbullying is harmful to kids and many kids are victims of cyberbullying.
I think there should be a law against cyberbullying, but I understand that it would be hard to enforce this law. The Internet is a huge plcae and would be hard to enforce laws on this subject.
http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/2010/10/can-cyber-bullying-be-punished-before-its-too-late/
One claim made by this article is that cyberbullying is more harmful than in-person bullying.
There was one piece of evidence that really stood out to me and in my opinion was a good peice of evidence. This evidence stated that 35% of teens have been harrassed on the Internet in the past year. This is a really scary thought.
The warrant is that cyberbullying is harmful to kids and many kids are victims of cyberbullying.
I think there should be a law against cyberbullying, but I understand that it would be hard to enforce this law. The Internet is a huge plcae and would be hard to enforce laws on this subject.
http://nakedlaw.avvo.com/2010/10/can-cyber-bullying-be-punished-before-its-too-late/
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Recognized Nationally
The other day when I was flipping through the channels and saw something about cyberbullying on Anderson 360. I was so amazed and tried to look it up to find out what it was all about, but then I stubbled on a new national campaign that I heard about on Anderson 360, and wanted to know more.
This new campaign is called the NO BULL campaign. It is the nation's largest campaign against cyberbullying. This campaign encourages middle school and high school kids to make anti-bullying videos and put them up on the NO BULL campaign website. After I read this I thought it is a good idea, but what is the incentive for doing this? As i kept reading, there is a red carpet award ceremony in California, that will be aired on national television for the winners.
This campaign may seem like it will not get alot of followers, but it is being offered to millions of kids all over America. This campaign has also partnered up with many organizations such as the National Collaboration for Youth Boys and Girls Clubs of America. This campaign seems like it will go for. I will keep you updated on anything else I find on this NO BULL campaign.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nations-largest-campaign-against-cyberbullying-is-launched-teens-are-challenged-to-find-solutions-to-these-attacks-2011-10-04
This new campaign is called the NO BULL campaign. It is the nation's largest campaign against cyberbullying. This campaign encourages middle school and high school kids to make anti-bullying videos and put them up on the NO BULL campaign website. After I read this I thought it is a good idea, but what is the incentive for doing this? As i kept reading, there is a red carpet award ceremony in California, that will be aired on national television for the winners.
This campaign may seem like it will not get alot of followers, but it is being offered to millions of kids all over America. This campaign has also partnered up with many organizations such as the National Collaboration for Youth Boys and Girls Clubs of America. This campaign seems like it will go for. I will keep you updated on anything else I find on this NO BULL campaign.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nations-largest-campaign-against-cyberbullying-is-launched-teens-are-challenged-to-find-solutions-to-these-attacks-2011-10-04
Thursday, October 6, 2011
What Else Can We Do To Stop It?
I looked around online for blogs that are about the same topic as mine, and I found a few. Most of the ones that popped up were from news blogs, but I wanted something a little more interesting. Here are the two I found most interesting.
The first blog I found is about law enforcement officers and their responses to cyberbullying. In the blog is talked about how many of the officers encounter cyberbullying cases, but are not sure what to do about it. In the blog, it was trying to persudae officers to be creative, and think of new ways to try and stop cyberbullying. It also stated that one of the problems officers are having is that they may not be familiar enough with the mediums kids are using for cyberbullying.
The other blog I found was a little less formal. This blog was about cyberbullying of adults, which I thought was interesting. It was asking people whether they would stand up against the bully or just turn and walk away. I thought this was a good point.
The first article uses different statistics and stories from actual law enforcement officers to try and make the audience think about a better solution to the cyberbullying problem. It also gives suggestions about talking to kids and becoming more familiar with the mediums bullies use. I think that was a good way of convincing people to think more about cyberbullying and think more about a way to try and stop it.
The second article mainly brings up alot of questions about cyberbullying. Not only does the author ask alot of thought provoking questions, these questions open up your mind ot think about even more questions and possible solutions to this problem of cyberbullying.
The first blog I found is about law enforcement officers and their responses to cyberbullying. In the blog is talked about how many of the officers encounter cyberbullying cases, but are not sure what to do about it. In the blog, it was trying to persudae officers to be creative, and think of new ways to try and stop cyberbullying. It also stated that one of the problems officers are having is that they may not be familiar enough with the mediums kids are using for cyberbullying.
The other blog I found was a little less formal. This blog was about cyberbullying of adults, which I thought was interesting. It was asking people whether they would stand up against the bully or just turn and walk away. I thought this was a good point.
The first article uses different statistics and stories from actual law enforcement officers to try and make the audience think about a better solution to the cyberbullying problem. It also gives suggestions about talking to kids and becoming more familiar with the mediums bullies use. I think that was a good way of convincing people to think more about cyberbullying and think more about a way to try and stop it.
The second article mainly brings up alot of questions about cyberbullying. Not only does the author ask alot of thought provoking questions, these questions open up your mind ot think about even more questions and possible solutions to this problem of cyberbullying.
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