This is the Video about Cyber Bullying referenced to in our Movie Maker and iMovie Videos for Project III.
I e-mailed this to myself from YouTube and the following information was a part of what I received. Basically, the information is provided by the maker of the video BlueSky2006. There is a website included at the bottom of the message for anyone interested in learning more about Cyber Bullying. This is a serious issue that continues to grow almost as rapidly as weblogs and it definately deserves our attention -- Barb
Video Description
In the short time I have been active in the YouTube community (since December 2006), I have found cyber-bullying to be prevalent, and it really needs to stop. It's mean, hateful, disrespectful, abusive, and it hurts people.
Cyber-bullying is turning YouTube into trailer trash - people have also committed suicide because of it.
FYI: You can also be arrested for cyber-bullying.
So treat others the way you would want to be treated, and there will be more peace in the world and more peace on YouTube.
Many adolescents face being potential victims of violence in their communities, schools and homes on a daily basis. For some young people, those external threats create a hopelessness and depression that can lead to suicidal thoughts or actions.
The spike in teen suicides in the United States is staggering. In 1950 the rate of suicide for 15-19 year-olds was 2.7 per 100,000. Two generations later, in 1990, the rate had increased to 11:1; a jump of more than 300 percent. Current statistics suggest that a young person in America attempts to take his or her life every 42 seconds.
Though few would argue that bullying alone is to blame, the current literature includes many references to students being driven to suicide by peer abuse. In 2003, the journal Adolescence published a study on bullying and victimization which describes how "exposure to repeated insults and rejection by peers can generate deadly results such as suicide or homicide." Clearly, ongoing victimization can create or exacerbate adolescent depression and low self-esteem, perhaps raising the risk of a suicide attempt.
Bullying is not isolated only in schools. It happens in work, in church, and in other arenas in life.
Bullying Statistics: http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/~msdp/BullyingStatsResources.htm
7 comments:
As cliche as it sounds, "Kids are Cruel." Plain and simple as that. It is awful what online bullying can lead to! I like the fact that one can be arrested for cyber-bullying!! Get those awful people caught and punished!
Thanks for sharing this video with everyone. Also, the added information you shared it great. It's certainly a subject that everyone needs to be aware of and involved with.
Barb,
This is a powerful video. I think that your presentationon cyber bullying would be a great topic to explore in schools. Like Willis said, kids are cruel, and it seems as though the way kids treat each other is being more more highlighted in the media. For instance, the movie Mean Girls.
Currently I'm taking an education class class and we are discussing bringing the development of the student into classroom instruction. This would be a great way to fo it
Thanks!
Along with your other comments, thank you for sharing this information.
I personally think that teachers need to do a lesson for all of their classes on cyber-bullying because it is not only an issue that they themselves may be dealing with, but I don't think students realize how serious this issue is. I heard of a horrific story of a young man telling his friends he was going to kill himself because he was always being made fun of. His friends not taking him seriously, blew off the whole idea. Later that night, he was talking to 2 of his friends via webcam and hung himself.
A situation also just happened in B-ville where a stuents jaw was broken and is now in the hospital. Rumors have it that is the bullying began online. I am not sure of that yet.
This is a huge issue that needs to be enforced and it will be in our hands to educate our students on it.
Thanks, Barb, for bringing up a topic that is typically ignored. The pictures of the victims of cyberbullying are very haunting and a crucial part of your video: it turns statistics and numbers into people with faces and lives. I think the video you made with Darlene has a lot of potential, and I'd love to see what else you do with it!
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