What IS Bullying?
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What Is Cyberbullying?
- Using technology—internet, email, cell phones, social media, pictures—
to hurt or harm someone else. - This Includes:
- Sending mean text messages;
- Posting statements online that are unkind or not true;
- Sending or posting pictures that are not yours to share;
- Making negative comments online about someone; and
- Agreeing with someone who posts something hurtful.
Who GeTS BULLIED? |
How can you help? |
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THe Facts
ACER's National Bullying Prevention Center Reports:
- Nearly 1 in 3 students (27.8%) report being bullied during the school year (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2013).
- 19.6% of high school students in the US report being bullied at school in the past year. 14.8% reported being bullied online (Center for Disease Control, 2014).
- 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying (Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010).
- More than half of bullying situations (57 percent) stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied (Hawkins, Pepler, and Craig, 2001).
- The reasons for being bullied reported most often by students were looks (55%), body shape (37%), and race (16%) (Davis and Nixon, 2010).