Cyber BullyingWhat responsibility does the school have?

Adrian Skinner

What is Bullying? According to stopbullying.gov, bullying is unwanted,

aggressive behavior among school age children that

involves a real or perceived power imbalance.

Why is it an important topic? A quick internet search

revealed 10 suicides quoted as being related to bullying in the last 5 years.

According to Davis and Stein in The Dangers of Cyberbullying, the ever growing use of social media for personal and educational purposes are growing the percentage of children who are exposed to bullying.

Are Cyberbullying and

Traditional Bullying

different?

Bullying is not new The way children are being bullied is.

Before the internet and social media, getting away fro

the school bully was as ‘easy’ as getting home.

Today there is no break

What Responsibility does the School have?

What is their ethical responsibility?

School Responsibility-

Globally According to Vandebosch, Et Al., 59% of schools have

had 1-5 Cyberbullying incident during the 2013-2014

school year.

71% of schools surveyed the principal was required to

develop a cyberbullying policy.

Differences between parents responsibility is not great

School expectations have a larger gap in dealing with

cyberbullying

School Responsibility in the

US Studies show mixed reports on who are bullied and

being bullie

35% of teenage students are cyberbullied in some

studies

Conflict on when it is appropriate for schools to censor

speech off of campus

States and the Federal bills are being written (or have

been) to deal with cyberbullying.

References Bauman, S. (2013). Cyberbullying: What Does Research Tell Us? Theory Into Practice, 52(4), 249–

256. http://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2013.829727

Davison, C. B., & Stein, C. (2014). Dangers of Cyberbullying. North American Journal of Psychology, 16(3), 595–606. Retrieved from http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.esc.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=15cf6146-da6d-4026-94f0-03d33e8fda8f%40sessionmgr4003&vid=1&hid=4203

Harlin Goodno, N. (2011). HOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN CONSTITUTIONALLY HALT CYBERBULLYING: A MODEL CYBERBULLYING POLICY THAT CONSIDERS FIRST AMENDMENT, DUE PROCESS, AND FOURTH AMENDMENT CHALLENGES. Wake Forest Law Review, 46, 641. Retrieved from http://library.esc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edslex&AN=edslex9AE02598&site=eds-

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Vandebosch, H., Poels, K., & Deboutte, G. (2014). SCHOOLS AND CYBERBULLYING: PROBLEM PERCEPTION, CURRENT ACTIONS AND FUTURE NEEDS. International Journal of Cyber Society & Education, 7(1), 29–47. http://doi.org/10.7903/ijcse.1149

Wolf, J. (2012). THE PLAYGROUND BULLY HAS GONE DIGITAL: THE DANGERS OF CYBERBULLYING, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS, AND THE NECESSARY RESPONSES. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, 10, 575. Retrieved from

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