Confronting Cyber-Bullying: What Schools Need to Know to Control Misconduct and Avoid Legal Consequences by Shaheen Shariff Ph.d

Author:Shaheen Shariff Ph.d.
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: &NEW, Internet and Children, Law, Social Science, Social aspects, Bullying in Schools, Computers, Administration, School Safety & Violence, Cyberbullying, General, Educational Policy & Reform, Automation, Internet and Teenagers, Computer crimes, Educational Law & Legislation, Internet, Bullying in Schools - Automation, Security, Education, Computers & Technology
ISBN: 9780521700795
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

CENSORING CYBERSPACE: CAN KIDS BE CONTROLLED?

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Question: In what form have those incidents of cyber-bullying typically occurred?

A. e-mail

B.

chat room or

bashboard content

C. content on

personal Web sites

B 44%

or blogs

A 45%

D. text messaging

C 32%

E. photographs or

DNK

video clips

26%

F. personal voting-

D 31%

F 15%

booth Web sites

E 19%

DNK (do not know/no

opinion)

figure 6.1. Typical forms of cyber-bullying. Reproduced with permission from the

Ontario College of Teachers (2007).

See Figure 6.1. The teachers considered criticism of their clothing, appear-

ance, and mannerisms, as well as of their grading practices, as the most serious

forms of antiauthority online expression. When asked whether they believed

such activities contribute to teachers leaving the profession prematurely, 19

percent of those surveyed believed it did. Twenty-one percent of the teachers

thought this also contributed to students dropping out of school, whereas 24

percent believed cyber-bullying affected student dropout rates. Twenty-four

percent felt it decreased classroom quality (because of the spill-over effect into

physical spaces).

Question: Which of the following best describes your school’s position on cyberbullying?

A. There are

formal, well

understood rules

with potential

DNK 10%

A 37%

consequences.

B. There may be

D 10%

formal rules but

they are not

widely

C 16%

B 27%

understood.

C. There are

informal rules.

D. There are no

rules.

DNK (do not know/no

opinion)

figure 6.2. School’s position on cyber-bullying. Reproduced with permission from the Ontario College of Teachers (2007).

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