As technology and the Internet allow for increased productiveness and communication with others in our daily lives, risks such as online safety are brought into play especially in the case of adolescence. Specifically, John Palfrey and Urs Gasser in chapter 4 of Born Digital and Qing Li in her article, “Cyberbullying in High Schools: A Study of Students’ Behaviors and Beliefs about This New Phenomenon” focus on cyberbullying as the main safety issue that adolescents face online.
Palfrey and Gasser (2012) highlight the fact that even cyberbullying create psychological problems for the cyber-victim (p. 74) and Li’s article reveals how these problems are revealed in the adolescent’s life: “The psychological harm inflicted by cyberbullying…is reflected …show more content…
One thing I found surprising about the reading was when Li (2010) revealed in the article that “in less than 3% of cases did adults at schools try to help [students that reported they were cyberbullied]” (p. 382). I was shocked to read this because schools officials—principals, teachers, counselors- always advocate for no bullying but when a child is in need of them they do nothing. If this trend continues, the few students that report bullying incidents to school official will not bother anymore; therefore, a cyber-victim will have no one but his/her self and friends to rely on.
At the end of the article, Li (2010) describes some methods such as a “one-time workshop mode for students… that take[s] place in different school situations, including classrooms, assemblies, and continuing education programs” (p. 385) which teaches students about cyberbullying. Do you think a special class/workshop that students, parents, and school adults would attend at least twice a semester that focuses on cyberbullying, everyone’s role in it, and ways to deal with it, should exist in every school system? If this workshop existed, do you think it would be effective in decreasing
Palfrey and Gasser (2012) highlight the fact that even cyberbullying create psychological problems for the cyber-victim (p. 74) and Li’s article reveals how these problems are revealed in the adolescent’s life: “The psychological harm inflicted by cyberbullying…is reflected …show more content…
One thing I found surprising about the reading was when Li (2010) revealed in the article that “in less than 3% of cases did adults at schools try to help [students that reported they were cyberbullied]” (p. 382). I was shocked to read this because schools officials—principals, teachers, counselors- always advocate for no bullying but when a child is in need of them they do nothing. If this trend continues, the few students that report bullying incidents to school official will not bother anymore; therefore, a cyber-victim will have no one but his/her self and friends to rely on.
At the end of the article, Li (2010) describes some methods such as a “one-time workshop mode for students… that take[s] place in different school situations, including classrooms, assemblies, and continuing education programs” (p. 385) which teaches students about cyberbullying. Do you think a special class/workshop that students, parents, and school adults would attend at least twice a semester that focuses on cyberbullying, everyone’s role in it, and ways to deal with it, should exist in every school system? If this workshop existed, do you think it would be effective in decreasing