Monday, August 17, 2009

cyber bullying

what is cyber conflict? cyber conflict is when people, from two strangers on the phone to two or more armies battling against each other by use of techno logic. www.Wikianswers.com

How do you know someone is being cyber bullied? Long hours on the computer Closes windows on their computer when you enter room Is secretive about Internet activities Behavioral changes Is always doing homework on the Internet, but always in chat groups and getting behind with
school work May find unexplained long distance telephone call charges Won't say who they are talking to May find unexplained pictures on computer Trouble sleeping Stomach and headaches Lack of appetite, throwing up Fear of going to out of the house Crying for no apparent reason Lack of interest at social events that include other students Complains of illness before school or community events often Frequent visits to the school nurse
or office complaining of feeling sick - wants to call Mum or Dad to come & get them Lowered self-esteem A marked change in attitude, dress or habits Unexplained broken personal possessions, loss of money, loss of personal items Stories that don't seem to make sense Acting out aggression at home Missing or incomplete school work, decreased success in class Teach your child to communicate. If an adult or a child someone is being cyber bullied, do not accept the bullying behavior as a 
problem your child has to live with. The bullying behavior is 
the responsibility of the bully, not the child being bullied www.cyberbullying.org

cyber conflict prevention ? Educating kids about the consequences (losing their ISP or IM accounts) helps. Teaching them to respect others and to take a stand against bullying of all kinds helps too. www.cyberbullying.org  

How can people protect themselves against cyber conflict? Never give out personal information or passwords, P.I.N. numbers etc..-Personal information includes your name, the names of friends or family, your address, phone number, school name (or team name if you pla
y sports). Personal info also includes pictures of yourself and your e-mail address. Ask permission before sharing any information with a Web site, a "chat buddy" and even when registering a product purchased for your compute
r (like a game). Passwords are secrets Never tell anyone your password except your parents or guardian. www.cyberbullyng.org

what can you do if someone cyber bullies you? Don't reply to messages from cyberbullies -even though you may really want to, th
is is exactly what cyberbullies want. They want to know that they've got you worried. They are trying to mess with your mind and control you, to put fear into you. Don't give them that pleasure. www.cyberbullying.org

How can people protect themselves against cyber conflict? Never give out personal information or passwords, P.I.N. numbers etc..-Personal information includes your name, the names of friends or family
, your address, phone number, school name (or team name if you play sports). Personal info also includes pictures of yourself and your e-mail address. Ask permission before sharing any information with a Web site, a "chat buddy" and even when r
egistering a product purchased for your computer (like a game). Passwords are secrets Never tell anyone your password except
your parents or guardian.
www.cyberbullying.org

This image shows don't cyber bully by the fist punching through the screen of the lap top. The circle with the line through it is a sign/symbol to stop/cancel something.

The fist punching through the screen is a symbol of a "punch", and a punch is hurtful. The fist punching through the screen of the lap top which is a part of technology so in my mind technology+hurt/abuse= cyber bullying and also the abuse people go through in cyber bulling can be just as bad as physically being punched and it can really hurt.

In conclusion cyber bullying can affect not only the person being bullied but also the families of the person being bullied. The most serious thing that can happen to the person being bullied is the committing suicide which would not only have a bad effect on the family but on the community. The best way to protect yourself against cyber bullying/conflict is to keep all your private information to yourself and your family. cyber conflict could also happen between to big parties e.g the government or the pentagon in america and terrorists. If terrorist have the technology to hack these big cooperations there could be a massive disaster if this could happen.