THE CYBERBULLYING EPIDEMIC!

WHAT IS IT AND HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING ANY FURTHER?

By: Ashley Butler

THE PROBLEM:

"CYBERBULLYING
when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen Must be a minor on both sides, or at least instigated by a minor against another minor.

Cyberbullying uses the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

13 Million
children will be bullied this year

Percentage of Children Being Bullied

42%

42% 1 in 4 report
Of that being bullied more than

once

Middle School Students Bullied Online

9 10

e visited a hav t bashes website tha r students othe

75%

Digital Media Allows Bullies to Use Pseudonyms and Remain Anonymous

56% of Cyberbullying happens in chat rooms

THE WEAPONS:

TEXT MESSAGING AND EMAILS

Alex Boston Age 14

ABC News Video Link

Olivia Penpraze Age 19

Committed Suicide on April 3, 2012
after chronicling her depression on Tumblr for

2 years
while

anonymous bullies
urged her to take her own life

Alexis Pilkington Age 17

Despite being a popular athlete and earning a soccer scholarship to college, Alexis was harassed by hurtful comments on the anonymous question and answer site. Even after she took her own life, users continued to post negative comments on her site as well as the memorial page set up in Alexis honor.

THE SOLUTION:

APRIL 20, 2012

PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDORSES: (SSIA) Safe Schools Improvement Act (SNDA) Student Non-Discrimination Act

OBAMASANTIBULLYINGPULPIT

CARTOON NETWORK DOCUMENTARY

The lm features tennis star Venus Williams, former National Basketball Association star Chris Webber and several NASCAR race car drivers.

SAVING OUR DAUGHTERS

Creates the tools to get teen girls discussing key issues and red up to take the power away from esteem slayers like bullying, (cyber, gossip, face-to-face), date abuse, hate crimes, school violence, and violence against women.

TIs Stop Cyber Bullying Video

MOVIE TRAILER

Photo Credits:
http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/ickr-4479292551-original.jpg http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/ickr-2830319467-original.jpg http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-aboutcyber-bullying http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/ickr-2223679605-original.jpg http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/ickr-155429300-original.jpg http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/audioworm-1XzSLAxWYz4original.jpg http://www.ickr.com/photos/winning-information/2314383724/ lightbox/ http://thereelcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/the-bullyproject-movie-poster-2.jpg http://www.fotopedia.com/items/2v22pfbsj3dk6-DlbVrf5YDyg

Sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-teen-alex-boston-sues-cyberbullyingclassmates/story?id=16251586#.T6IFVRyW4hl http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/parents-issue-warning-overonline-trolls/story-fn7x8me2-1226321172059 http://www.facebook.com/SavingOurDaughters https://formspringme.zendesk.com/entries/20927406-cyberbullying-andimpersonation-guide http://store.itgetsbetter.org/ http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150153272607131 http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2012/04/white-house-endorses-safeschools-bill-and-student.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/15/entertainment-us-obama-bullyingidUSBRE82D1HD20120315 http://www.hufngtonpost.com/2010/03/24/alexis-pilkingtonfaceboo_n_512482.html