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The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents. Cyberbullying can be defined as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices." Updated as of February 2012 - Bullying and Cyberbullying Laws Fact Sheet New Resources! Electronic Dating Violence: A Guide for Educators and Parents and Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: Cyberbullying and Sexual Orientation Summary Fact Sheet - Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response. If you only have time to read one of our publications to get up-to-speed about the problem and what you can do, read this one! Become one of their fans and supporters on Facebook! And follow them on Twitter! Cyberbullying Research Center Blog
January 20: 160,000 Students Stay Home from School Every Day Because of Bullying. Really?
At the Cyberbullying Research Center we strive to approach the issue of teen technology use and misuse from a data-informed perspective. Just to be clear, data doesn't just mean bar charts. Over the last ten years we have formally surveyed over 12,000 middle and high school students, so yes, we have a lot of bar charts. But we have also spoken to thousands of teens in schools all around the United States (and abroad). We get ... January 13: Bullying Law Summary Fact Sheet Updated We have just updated one of our most popular resources. You can find our latest bullying law fact sheet here. As you can see, all but 2 states now have bullying laws in place or scheduled to take effect in 2012. Most of these (35) include language about electronic forms of bullying while still relatively few (10) use the term "cyberbullying." Several states have proposals being discussed for new or updated laws. Regular readers of this blog know that I am skeptical about the ability of ... January 12: National Conference on Youth Cybersafety, Dallas, TX, March 3rd On March 3rd, I will be presenting at the National Conference on Youth Cybersafety in Dallas. I'll be speaking about Cyberbullying Prevention and Response, and there are a number of really bright and seasoned experts covering a variety of other topics at this event. Adolescent brain development, legal issues, sexting prevention, social media use among youth-serving professionals, online reputations, school-based walled-garden social networking approaches, and student-led initiatives will all be addressed and discussed in detail. If you are in the area, I encourage you to come out and meet ... December 12: What is the story with IsAnyoneUp.com? One of the Internet's latest privacy controversies surrounds the rapidly-growing web site Isanyoneup.com. The site, which launched in late 2010, is essentially a hybrid of social media and amateur pornography - described by some media outlets as a blog for "Revenge Porn." The blog features thousands of posts containing extremely explicit photos of naked men and women, submitted by the site's users. While self-submit pornography sites aren't all that uncommon, the real ... December 9: Cyberbullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard For those of you who didn't see, I recently wrote a blog for Huffington Post UK to correspond with the cyberbullying event in London that I was a part of. Here it is: Teens have been bullying each other for generations. The latest generation, however, has been able to utilize technology to expand their reach and the extent of their harm. This phenomenon is being called cyberbullying, which we formally define as: "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices." Basically, we are referring to incidents where adolescents use ...
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"While at the National Girl Bullying Conference I attended the "Cyberbullying Among Adolescent Girls" general session. Dr. Hinduja's was very humorous, laid-back but yet very informative. I appreciated his speaking approach because it kept me alert and I was not bored with statistics. He is very knowledgeable and passionate about his work. It instantly inspired me to learn as much as I can on the topic, which is why, I immediately changed my schedule to be sure I attended his "Safe Social Networking and Adolescent Girls: Best and Worst Practices" session. Although I was aware of cyberbullying I was taken aback by the statistics of the common practice it has become, age of victims and aggressors, but most of all the intensity of the abuse. I appreciate the generosity of allowing us to access his free resources; it is a great help in implementing education and change amongst our youth. I walked out of the sessions with a new way of looking at combating the problem: technology is not the enemy but has to be our ally. I look forward to going back and building our blogs and chat rooms for our groups!" Elvia Pace, Mi Carrera Coordinator, YWCA San Antonio
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