Facts About Cyberbullying and How You Can Help (page 3)
Technological advances have meant many changes in everyday
interaction—from cell phones to social media, the world wide web
provides up-to-date access to what’s happening around us. For
teens, this access to the personal lives of peers, when combined
with the anonymity of the Internet, is a recipe for an
unregulated slew of cyberbullying behaviors. What is
Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is a type of harassment involving a
communication device, such as a computer, tablet, and/or
smartphone. Our research examines three popular types of
cyberbullying that youth, ages 13 to 18, experience. Thirty-four
percent of teens have posted embarrassing pictures and/or videos
about someone on a social networking site, such as Facebook.
Twenty-seven percent admitted to sending nasty messages to or
about someone—including spreading rumors, name-calling, and
gossiping—via the Internet or text messages, and about 12
percent of teens surveyed confessed they’d created a mean w