In what forms can cyber bullying occur?
June 19, 2008
Cyber bullies aim to put psychological pressure on others by harassing
them via an electronic medium. For example, cyber bullies can use the
internet or cell phones to leave verbal messages, write text, or post
images. Cyber bullying takes various forms:
- Anonymity - posting threatening comments in a chatroom, via email,
or to some other cyber location using an alias
- Harassment - offensive messages directed against one or more
teenagers
- Cyber stalking - sending threatening or intimidating messages, or
sending offensive comments to other teenagers frequently
- Flaming - posting offensive or vulgar language against a teen or a
group on a news group, chatrooms, email and other location
- "Outing" - public display, posting, or forwarding of personal
communication or images, especially communication that contains
sensitive personal information or images that are sexual in
nature
- Exclusion - including certain teenagers in a group and making
others outcasts
- Cyber threats - sending threatening messages via Instant Messaging
(IM), email, text messages, or via blogs. One unfortunate example was
the case of one of the boys who shot people at Columbine High School
in the U.S.—he posted a hate list on a website prior to his
attack.
Next week, we'll look at all the different mediums that are used by
cyber bullies.
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