CONTEXT: Twenty years ago, cyberbullying – also called electronic bullying or eBullying – did not exist. There were fewer home computers and cellular phones, and neither text messaging nor social networking websites existed.
DEFINITION ; cf. similarities with bullying: Manipulating other’s emotions Playing innocent
final diary pages of thirteen –year-old- Vijay Singh. He was found dead hanging from banister rail at home on Sunday.
Ref. B Coloroso, page 207: Trois-Rivière – 15 years old – april 2003 – video reenacting a Star Wars fight scene – 1 month later weblog where posted reported 2mn clip downloaded 1.1 million times ; by oct 2004 76 million visits by oct 2004 Life became unbearable at school – international object of ridicule
<<NOT GUILTY ?>>The impact of the bystanders is enormous Code of silence Denigration of a targeted child to elevate their own status in their peer group
The one cyberbullied feel isolated emotionally by facing anonymous threads or humiliations
I know someone who is being cyberbullied, what should I do? Why is cyberbullying hard to stop?