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Morgan Meier, 13
Committed suicide October 17th after being
taunted on social networking sites by a
former friend’s mother.
Phoebe Prince, 15
Committed suicide after being cyber bullied by
girls who didn’t like that she was seeing a
certain boy.
Committed suicide after being bullied and cyber
bullied from fifth to seventh grade.
Ryan Halligan, 14
So if people have seen the
possible outcomes of
cyber bullying, why is it so
appealing to so many people? Why is it on
the rise?
76.2%percent of the population in North
America have Internet access.
71 percent of teens between the ages of 12
and 17 own a cell phone.
Fake accounts on MySpace and Facebook
are created – so you have no idea who is doing the bullying.
45.5 percent of victims cannot identify who is
doing the cyber bullying.
Being able to remain anonymous means the bully doesn’t have to
feel guilty if the victim is visibly upset.Kowalski, Robin, Susan Limber. "Electronic Bullying Among Middle School Students".
Journal of Adolescent Health 2007: S22-S30.
=Parents don’t realize cell
phones need to be monitored the same way a child’s computer is monitored.Cell phones are the
new PC.
Kids are afraid parents will take away their
Internet privileges, so they don’t tell.
Students aren’t supposed to be on cell phones during
the school day. They don’t want to
get in trouble.
Students don’t feel like teachers will
help.