Cyber Bullying Assignment

Cyber Bullying Assignment

In this assignment I am working for a website development studio and have been asked to put together some resources for a new client, I will be preparing some content for a new website they are completing advising on the risk that users face when online and how to protect themselves. They are building a five page website to develop the content needed.

FAQs

Frequently asked questions:

How are teens cyber bullied? - 

• By pretending to be somebody online e.g. a friend
• Spread lies and rumours about the victim
• Trick people into giving them personal information
• Send or forward offensive text messages.

 How do victims react? -

• Blocking communication with the bully
• Deleting messages without reading them
• Talking to a friend about the bully

How can I prevent cyber bullying? - 

• Refuse to pass along cyber bullying messages
• Tell friends to stop cyber bullying
• Block communication with cyber bullies
• Report cyber bulling to a responsible adult e.g. teacher, parent, sibling

What else can I do to stay safe when using the internet? -

• Never post your personal information online
• Never share your internet passwords with ANYONE
• Never meet somebody you don't know 100% face to face from an online source
• Talk to your parents and tell them what you do online

Parents and schools

So what is the role parents have in cyber bullying and preventing it?

• Have inappropriate sites blocked when online
• Always being open to the child so they can talk to you 
• Talk about what the child does online
• Makes sure that the child seems okay day to day

So what is the role teachers and schools have in cyber bullying and preventing it?

• Every school should have a zero tolerance to bullying, if this is face to face bullying or cyber bullying.
• Makes sure that inappropriate sites are blocked on the school network
• Make sure the pupils know that they can talk to you.

Watching out for others

Who do we report it to?

If people are being cyber bullied and don't know where to go or who to talk to there is always an option, there are many people who would listen to you anytime of the day, these people will include parents or guardians, teachers, child line and many others. Also get your parents or guardians to tell your mobile phone provider to block the bully from texting you or calling you again.

Childline - 0800 1111

Safe online habits

To stay safe online it is best to stick with websites you know of, and if you're using the web to complete something e.g. a homework task then stick to websites such as BBC Bitesize. Also make sure that you have online safety things on such as advert blocks on and have blocks on websites which shouldn't be able to get access to. Another way to stay safe is make sure that you don't upload or post any private information online e.g. your phone number, full name and address, these can be used against you when people are trying to bully you.

Conclusion

I believe that I have completed the task to a good standard and if young students read this then they might learn somethings which could be important if they're getting bullied then they are going to know where to go, also if people are bullying others they may not realise what they're doing to that person and this blog post explains what it is doing.