Contents Contents Chapter 1 WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING page 4 Chapter 2 WHY DOES CYBERBULLYING HAPPEN page 12 THE EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING page 21 Chapter 3 WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT CYBERBULLYING page 28 Chapter 4 (cid:53)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:91)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:215)(cid:96)(cid:20)(cid:24) (cid:45)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:46)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:3)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:36)(cid:90)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:90)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:96)(cid:215)(cid:96)(cid:20)(cid:26) (cid:40)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:96)(cid:215)(cid:96)(cid:20)(cid:25) (cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:96)(cid:215)(cid:96)(cid:21)(cid:17)
Chapter 1 WHAT IS CYBERBULLYING Imagine this You’re in the school lunchroom eating with friends Someone just told a funny joke You and your friends are laughing Then someone else from your class walks by He reaches out and knocks over your milk carton He laughs at you hysterically Bullying often happens when adults aren’t around What do you call bullying that happens online 4 44
You are covered with milk You are embarrassed And this happens almost every day This is an example of bullying Now imagine this You get home after school and find that someone has sent you dozens of nasty e-mails The sender has called you names The sender has even threatened to hurt you The e-mails also include links to embarrassing pictures that the sender posted of you You feel awful And this happens almost every day This is an example of bullying too It’s called cyberbullying Cyberbullying is any bullying that happens online Cyberbullying can make victims feel afraid to go online 5
