By: Taylor K. and Sam B.

Statistics People get bullied from…

BOYS    31% GIRLS   34%

Hurtful            2%informationon Internet

Unwanted           2%contact onInternet *

Survey Some 20.4 percent of girls in the Cyber

bullying Research Center survey of middle school students reported having been cyber bullied at least once, compared to 14.0 percent of boys.

Survey (continued)Some 34 percent of girls ages 12–14, and 41

percent of girls ages 15–17 reported having been targets of cyber bullying, according to the Pew report.

ProblemsTexting FacebookTwitterBlack mailE-mailMy space Prank callingPosting photos or videos, to them, can seem like a way to

achieve celebrity and status. Also, by using electronic communications to demean their victims, cyber bullies are removed from the real consequences of their actions.

Solutions1.) Talk to a parent.2.) Talk to a trusted adult.3.) Talk to a consular.4.) If possible, block the person.5.) Delete account.6.) Change your phone number, if possible.7.) Report the person to the website.

A Laws against cyber bullyingLaw: To help protect young victims, several

states recently passed laws against cyber bullying.

Law: The new laws give schools more authority to prevent and to punish students responsible for the unkind acts.

QuoteQuote: "We're not going to stop [all] bullying"

says Rhode Island lawmaker John Tassoni. "But we're going to put a big dent in it."

Statistics According to this view, the Internet makes

friendships seem more like abstractions or commodities than real human relationships

In a government survey, 32 percent of 12- to 18-year-olds reported being bullied at school.

SataisticsSome see the behavior as an online version of

the teasing and cruelty that commonly exist in schools.

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Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication. "Analyze the Graphs." Gale Opposing      Viewpoints in Context. mel.org, 3 May 2010. Web. 7 Mar. 2012.       http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA225740133&v=2.1&u=lom_accessmich&it=r&p=STOJ&sw=w