Cyber Bullying Podcast..
This podcast is an interview with the general manager of netalert Ms Lara MacDonnell; she discusses the recent findings of the “surveys of kids and parents about on internet safety conducted by netalert Australia internet safety advisory body and their co-operative community partner ninemsn found that cyber bullying in Australia is now starting as early primary schools.” This is alarming not only to teachers but to parents and other Australians, this implies that something must be done as the feel of this podcast is that this is a serious issue, with the use of statistics you have a clearer image just how serious cyber bullying is. Lara MacDonnell states "that with the survey the results were quite high with 16% of girls have been bullied online and with 14% of girls being bullied through their mobiles, but the astounding fact is that only 7% of parents even knew that cyber bullying was occurring with their children." With this type of media message it makes a clear and defining statement that work needs to be done to fix this fast emerging problem.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Day 1.. Cyberbullying 101..
Today is the beginning of a new era.. me using technology for more than just for checking emails and my facebook. Today is also a day where my eyes have been opened to all the possibilities that technology and the internet can be used for and to be honest it's kinda scary to take it all in but that is how society is today everything is based around technology. Although technology has numerous benefits such as keeping in contact with friends and family more efficiently, it also has it downsides, cyberbullying and internet hackers stealing our identities are just some to name a few. But for my research journal for LWT I will just be focusing on how technology interconnects with education.
So for my first topic I have decided to focus on cyber bullying, but more importantly than that I have chosen to answer my own question of What is cyber bullying and how is it portrayed by the media?
So what is cyber bullying? To be able to have a clear analysis on this topic we need to know exactly what the definition of cyber bullying is and according to Chris Webster's webpage..."Cyber bullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies, mediums such as mobile phone text messages, emails, phone calls, internet chat rooms, instant messaging – and the latest trend – social networking websites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo."
Basically cyber bullying is any form of bullying that involves technology and because cyberbullying is relatively new there is no laws in place to protect anyone from this occuring. This leaves ecspecially children in schools affected and their bullies can now target them outside of school hours right into their homes.
My first resource is that of a clip of Tyra Banks, a well known Victoria's Secret model discuss just what can occur from an act of cyber bullying.
This YouTube video shows exactly what can happen as a result for cyber bullying. A 13 year old girl killing herself after a boy turns nasty on the internet; it became known that it was the mother of another girl behind the attacks that led to the young girl’s death. The mother denies doing anything more than to find out if the girl was saying nasty things about her daughter, as stated in the police report. Tyra Banks who is hosting the show with the report, goes on to interview the mother, who states that she is no longer full of hate towards anyone who may have been responsible for contributing towards her daughter’s death and now goes in to schools and talks about the dangers towards cyber bullying. This promotes a positive way to cope and deal with the loss of a child to cyber bullying as well as have an impact to promote the dangers of cyber bullying.
The media’s presentation of cyber bullying from the YouTube video with Tyra Banks.
It appears as though the media is trying to make cyber bullying more effective in communicating with individuals especially teenagers by using a well known model and her opinion on the show to broadcast what technology can do to our school children. Also the media presents this as a on the rise occurrence that more and more kids are becoming victims, but despite this they haven’t used any statistics showing actual percentages or numbers as to what is occurring in the clip and despite the media attention, no legal laws or legislations of adequate size to make an impact on a bigger population than those who watch these types or reports.
So for my first topic I have decided to focus on cyber bullying, but more importantly than that I have chosen to answer my own question of What is cyber bullying and how is it portrayed by the media?
So what is cyber bullying? To be able to have a clear analysis on this topic we need to know exactly what the definition of cyber bullying is and according to Chris Webster's webpage..."Cyber bullying refers to bullying through information and communication technologies, mediums such as mobile phone text messages, emails, phone calls, internet chat rooms, instant messaging – and the latest trend – social networking websites such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo."
Basically cyber bullying is any form of bullying that involves technology and because cyberbullying is relatively new there is no laws in place to protect anyone from this occuring. This leaves ecspecially children in schools affected and their bullies can now target them outside of school hours right into their homes.
My first resource is that of a clip of Tyra Banks, a well known Victoria's Secret model discuss just what can occur from an act of cyber bullying.
This YouTube video shows exactly what can happen as a result for cyber bullying. A 13 year old girl killing herself after a boy turns nasty on the internet; it became known that it was the mother of another girl behind the attacks that led to the young girl’s death. The mother denies doing anything more than to find out if the girl was saying nasty things about her daughter, as stated in the police report. Tyra Banks who is hosting the show with the report, goes on to interview the mother, who states that she is no longer full of hate towards anyone who may have been responsible for contributing towards her daughter’s death and now goes in to schools and talks about the dangers towards cyber bullying. This promotes a positive way to cope and deal with the loss of a child to cyber bullying as well as have an impact to promote the dangers of cyber bullying.
The media’s presentation of cyber bullying from the YouTube video with Tyra Banks.
It appears as though the media is trying to make cyber bullying more effective in communicating with individuals especially teenagers by using a well known model and her opinion on the show to broadcast what technology can do to our school children. Also the media presents this as a on the rise occurrence that more and more kids are becoming victims, but despite this they haven’t used any statistics showing actual percentages or numbers as to what is occurring in the clip and despite the media attention, no legal laws or legislations of adequate size to make an impact on a bigger population than those who watch these types or reports.
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