cyberbullying: implications & responses adrienne katz regional adviser west midlands
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Cyberbullying:Implications & Responses
Adrienne Katz Regional AdviserWest Midlands
• Cyberbullying first emerged as an issue
in 2002 (NCH)
Threats or bullying by mobile or on PC
experienced by 1 in 4 of 856 people, 11 -19
Exciting enabling technology but there are risks
Was this replacing age old prank phone calls?Or something more serious?
• In 2003 research confirmed this as a new form of bullying, although numbers were small (Oliver & Candappa) 1,200 yrs 5 & 8
• 4% had received nasty text messages
• 2% nasty emails
• SHEU found 2% of nearly 10,000 year 6 reported bullying via mobile phone
• By 2005: a picture of girls of 15 using phones for nasty messages (Sugar)*
• 16% sent them, nearly 1/2 received them.
• NCH: 770 people, age 11-19, found:
• 20% had experienced some bullying or threat via email, chatroom or text.
• 14% text bullying
• Internet chatrooms 5% and email 4%
In the NCH study: Almost ¾ knew the person, but 1 in 4 saidit was a stranger.We began to become aware of risks.Same year: Goldsmiths College: 92 pupilsFrom 14 London schools.Up to 1 in 5 experienced bullying via phone or netPicture clips, texts, emails and some chatroom
bullying.
In 2005 Becta – 444 schools teachers in 25 LAs• 87% of teachers: no incidents in average month• 11% encountered between 1 and 5 per month• Less than 1% more than 11 per month• Older age groups and girls more likely.• 15.5% of teachers did encounter 1-5 incidents
involving websites chatrooms or emails.• 83% of teachers: not aware of any incidentsWas it being exaggerated? Are they telling?
Discussion of types of cases seen
Complex video clips & ‘Happy Slapping’
• Adults slow to realise implications until teachers were targeted.
• Dis-inhibiting effect of being unseen
• ‘Remote’
• Humiliating – enormous reach
• Teens not aware of electronic footprint left
• Little robust research, media creates fear
Emerging Fear Media Hype
Now:
understanding responses evaluating practical steps
MSN, websites, videoclips, social networking, outweigh emails and texts as ‘most hurtful’.
Principles of bullying the same, but new tools -greater power, secrecy and reach - humiliate
• Guidance - Childnet and CEOP• Protection from Crime and Harassment Act• Malicious Communications Act 1988• Section 43 Telecommunications Act• Byron report• Work with providers• Blocking technology growing• Training for Safeguarding, netiquette, responseshttp://wiredforsafety.org.gb/stalking/index.html
What is the most recent local picture?
We all ask the questions in different ways so nothing is comparable.
• In West Midlands figures ‘appear’ low but certain cases can be very serious.
• Wide gap between adult/parent understanding and what young people say (Get I.T.Safe NCH & Tesco 2006)
• 30% bullied by mobile, by email or on the net (small in-depth Midland survey August 2008 ongoing).
• Of 2132 young people, well over 90% said it had never happened to them (2007) asked:
‘nasty messages or pics by text/email and nasty calls to mobile.’ No net?
• Are new forms not being captured?
• 1/3 children regularly blog
• 67% of parents don’t know what blog is
• 46% of kids can get round parental blocks
• 53% of children are unsupervised online
• 78% of children use IM
• 29% of parents don’t know what IM is
Content, Contact, Commerce, Compulsion• (Get I.T.Safe NCH & Tesco 2006)
Excellent resources available
www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications
Ref DCSF-00685-2007
www.digizen.org.uk Childnet
CEOP Becta Byron report
Local resources: Sandwell
Action points: what would you want to see?
Educate adults – parents, carers, managers and staff in residential settings.
Educate young people to be e-safe, consider e-footprint, the law, unsafe contacts, giving out personal data, hurting others.
Develop better monitoring tools
Evaluate what we do – Keep up!
• Start younger
• Look at clubs
• Social networking
• Websites, blogs
• Misuse of photos
• Embed ‘Safe To
Learn’
Anti Bullying work is about • Inclusion• Participation• Equality• Rights• Citizenship
How we want our communities to be