What Are The Real Effects Of Cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is a serious issue, and the effects it can have on a person can last a lifetime. Join Trace as he discusses the extent of the negative effects.

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Workplace Cyber Bullies Worse Than School
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“A study of online behavior shows that cyberbullying is even worse in the workplace than it is at school.”

Software Detects and Deters Cyberbullying
http://news.discovery.com/tech/softwa...
“Kids who are bullied over the Internet often feel alone, which is a dangerous place to be.”

More than 25% of teenagers have suffered cyber bullying in the past year
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
“Cyber bullying is an emerging phenomenon that is becoming increasingly common among teenagers.”

Cyber bullying more difficult for teenagers to process psychologically than in-person bullying
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
“Expert adolescent psychologist discusses the psychological ways in which teens experience online bullying versus face-to-face conflict.”

Cyberbullying increases as students age, study finds
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
“As students' age they are verbally and physically bullied less but cyberbullied more, non-native English speakers are not bullied more often than native English speakers and bullying increases as students' transition from elementary to middle school.”

Years after Bullying, Negative Impact on a Child’s Health May Remain
http://www.childrenshospital.org/news...
“The longer the period of time a child is bullied, the more severe and lasting the impact has on a child’s health, according to a new study from Boston Children's Hospital published online Feb. 17 in Pediatrics.”

Cyber Bullying Intensifies as Climate Data Questioned
http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...
“Researchers must purge e-mail in-boxes daily of threatening correspondence, simply part of the job of being a climate scientist.”

What Is Gamergate, and Why? An Explainer for Non-Geeks
http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-a...
“Until recently, you might have lived a life blissfully unaware of the online #Gamergate movement.”

Bullying’s Long-Term Effects Seen in Both the Bullied and the Bully
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
“The effects of bullying in childhood can last a lifetime, both for the child who's bullied and for his or her tormenter.”

A 13-Year-Old Google Science Fair Finalist Has A Simple Idea To Stop Cyberbullying
http://www.businessinsider.com/google...
“Trisha Prabhu, a 13-year-old from Chicago, won a spot as one of Google's 15 Global Science Fair finalists for her project about stopping cyberbullying by making teens and tweens think before posting hurtful comments.”


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