BBT9 Turn Down the Dial on Cyberbullying What factors intensify cyberbullying and online cruelty, and what can you do to lessen them? Vocabulary: Target a person who is the object of an intentional action – Offender a person who has malicious intent to hurt or damage someone – Bystander a person who does nothing when they witness something happening and the target to be – hurt and degraded Upstander a person who supports and stands up for someone else, and take whatever action they can to – stop the cruel and unacceptable behaviour Escalate to increase or make more intense – De-escalate to decrease or make less intense – Online cruelty can escalate quickly because people are often anonymous and posts spread quickly. Online cruelty, also referred to as cyberbullying, takes place whenever someone uses digital media tools such as the internet and cell phones to deliberately upset or harass someone else, often repeatedly. Targets of online cruelty often feel that they can be blasted with negative comments at anytime, anywhere. When more offenders join the online cruelty, by commenting or even just sharing or liking, the situation becomes much worse, very quickly. Watch this . It’s called Story Making Fun of Others Online”. “Ricardo’s – Then, answer the questions in the video discussion guide called Ricardo’s Story Making Fun of Others – Online, found on the class website. Save the answers in your U drive and upload your answers to the Google Classroom. Review the vocabulary at the beginning of this document. HOW TARGETS AND UPSTANDERS CAN DE-ESCALATE ONLINE CRUELTY Targets Bystanders Ignore and block the bully. Offenders Stand up to the offender when often want attention. Take it away appropriate. If you see something and they may give up. negative, say something. Make it clear Save the evidence. You may need it that you think online cruelty is wrong, for documentation. and tell the offender to back off. (It Change your privacy settings. Allow may be easier to do this if you have only people you trust to see or good standing with the offender.) comment on your pages. out the bully’s motivation to the target. Comfort the target by
BBT9 Turn Down the Dial on Cyberbullying What factors intensify cyberbullying and online cruelty, and what can you do to lessen them? Vocabulary: Target – a person who is the object of an intentional action Offender – a person who has malicious intent to hurt or damage someone Bystander – a person who does nothing when they witness something happening and the target to be hurt and degraded Upstander – a person who supports and stands up for someone else, and take whatever action they can to stop the cruel and unacceptable behaviour Escalate – to increase or make more intense De-escalate – to decrease or make less intense Online cruelty can escalate quickly because people are often anonymous and posts spread quickly. Online cruelty, also referred to as cyberbullying, takes place whenever someone uses digital media tools such as the internet and cell phones to deliberately upset or harass someone else, often repeatedly. Targets of online cruelty often feel that they can be blasted with negative comments at anytime, anywhere. When more offenders join the online cruelty, by commenting or even just sharing or liking, the situation becomes much worse, very quickly. Watch this . It’s called “Ricardo’s Story – Making Fun of Others Online”. Then, answer the questions in the video discussion guide called Ricardo’s Story – Making Fun of Others Online, found on the class website. Save the answers in your U drive and upload your answers to the Google Classroom. Review the vocabulary at the beginning of this document. HOW TARGETS AND UPSTANDERS CAN DE-ESCALATE ONLINE CRUELTY Targets Bystanders Ignore and block the bully. Offenders often want attention. Take it away and they may give up. Save the evidence. You may need it for documentation. Change your privacy settings. Allow only people you trust to see or comment on your pages. Stand up to the offender when appropriate. If you see something negative, say something. Make it clear that you think online cruelty is wrong, and tell the offender to back off. (It may be easier to do this if you have good standing with the offender.) out the bully’s motivation to the target. Comfort the target by
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