Cyberbullying Prevention
An article from
Education Digest, tells about a charter school in Denver that asked parents to discuss Facebook
activity and the use of social-networking sites with their children after an incident
at the school over Facebook posts. The principal of the school also called home
to the parents of the students who were involved with the Facebook posts to let
them know what their children were up to (Holladay
6). The article then talks about the Seattle
Public School
District implementing a new curriculum to prevent
cyberbullying. The curriculum would address the whole cyberbullying issue by
“debunking misperceptions about digital behavior, building empathy and
understanding, teaching online safety skills, and equipping young people with
strategies to reject digital abuse in their lives” (Holladay
7). Like school policies and curriculums, state laws also help to prevent
cyberbullying. A law passed in Nevada
in the past couple years allows district attorneys to give misdemeanors or
gross misdemeanor offenses to cyberbullies that can result in jail time. The
law also allows schools to punish bullies with suspensions or other forms of
discipline. Anyone that intends to “harm, threaten or cause emotional distress
to other students, teachers or school employees” is subject to this law (Vogel
1). The law passed in Nevada
as well as laws passed in other states and school policies and curriculums are
set in place to hopefully cut down on the frequency of cyberbullying.
Another way of preventing cyberbullying is through means of advanced technology. According to an article written by David B. Sugarman and Teena Willoughby, advancing technology makes cyberbullying easier but also aids in research. Sugarman and Willoughby use a study done by Saleem and Anderson that showed that videogames have and effect on how people look at others. Using this knowledge, videogames could portray stereotypes in a more positive way in hopes of preventing cyberbullying. Also, new technology may allow researchers to study the time leading up to violent acts to determine what causes the acts to happen (Sugarman and Willoughby 5). Technology could possibly be used in many other ways as well to prevent cyberbullying from happening.
Another way of preventing cyberbullying is through means of advanced technology. According to an article written by David B. Sugarman and Teena Willoughby, advancing technology makes cyberbullying easier but also aids in research. Sugarman and Willoughby use a study done by Saleem and Anderson that showed that videogames have and effect on how people look at others. Using this knowledge, videogames could portray stereotypes in a more positive way in hopes of preventing cyberbullying. Also, new technology may allow researchers to study the time leading up to violent acts to determine what causes the acts to happen (Sugarman and Willoughby 5). Technology could possibly be used in many other ways as well to prevent cyberbullying from happening.
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