By: Zach Oltmanns

DEFINITION

“Willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text.“

Cyber bullying is…1. Posting sensitive, private information about

another person

2. Pretending to be someone else.

3. Intentionally excluding someone from an online group

Potential Places to Get CyberbullyedE-mails,

Instant messaging,

Text or digital imaging messages sent on cell phones,

Web pages,

Web logs (blogs),

Chat rooms or discussion groups,

and Other information communication technologies.

Most Common places where people bully online

MySpace.com1,224 incidents last year of "online enticement" of

children by adults on My Space

INSTANT MESSENGER Understand that some forms of online bullying are

considered a crime

FacebookRacist bullying in schools has leaped

33% in two years

Phone Bullying

Prank Calls

Ways to Prevent Phone Bullying

Be careful who you give phone numbers to

Do not give out personal information

Tips for dealing with cyber bullying

1.Do not to respond to cyber bullying.

2.Identify the individual doing the bullying.

3.Do not erase the messages or pictures

4.Contact your school

5. Consider contacting an attorney

Contact Police if…• Threats of violence

• Extortion

• Obscene or harassing phone calls or text messages

• Harassment, stalking, or hate crimes

• Child pornography

Other forms of bullying

Bullying Online causes depression.

Online Bullying Statistics

Bullying Happens to Older People As Well

Prevention at School

The Map below shows the states with at least a partial ban on cyber

bullying at schools

To Sum It Up

Cyber Bullying can take place on the phone, Internet, or Instant Messenger.

By: Zach Oltmanns