Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Growth of Cyber-Bullying

From what we have seen so far, anyone can be a victim of cyber-bullying. Nowadays, it is very important to know the begins of cyber-bulling and the consequences that it can end up with. 
Cyber-bulling is not becoming a narrower isues, but it is widening at an ever-increasing rate. 
We have just put together a few key aspects of Cyber-bullying, hope it provides a greater insight. These include:

• Cyberbullying is being experienced more commonly today than what we know.
• A rise in technology - with 75% of teenagers who have their own mobile phone, School children who are issued l
• As a result 1 in 5 children are being threatened with hateful messages either from their phones or through internet sites like Facebook. Laptops are able to access the internet both at home and at school - increasing the rate of cyberbullying over the years.
• It has been found that cyberbullying has increased by 60% in only the past two years. 
• The rate of cyberbullying being reported in countries such as United States and Canada has risen to 20%, much higher than Australia
• A Lot of teenagers who are being cyberbullied are often not reporting it, because they fear their technology will be confiscated. 
• Thus our rate of cyberbullying actually being reported is much lower and equates to approximately 10%.
• More than half of teenagers refuse to tell their parents they have been cyberbullied.



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