Pew Internet & American Life Project for the Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom
Race, age and gender differences
‘There are differences between ages, genders and races. Among youth who use social media, younger teenage girls (12-13) are much more likely to say that people are mostly unkind.
A third (33 percent) of these girls say people their age are mostly unkind to one another on social network sites, compared with 9 percent of boys their age and 18 percent of boys 14-17.”
Bystanders and Upstanders
‘There is a lot of talk about the role of peers in helping to stop bullying and, from the data, it's clear that a significant percentage of kids are stepping in when they see someone else being mistreated online. While 55 percent of teens say that their peers who witnessed cruel behavior typically ignore it, 27 percent said they "frequently see others defend the victim," while 20 percent said they "frequently see others tell the person being mean to stop." Nearly a fifth (19 percent) said they frequently see others join in the harassment.’
‘There is a lot of talk about the role of peers in helping to stop bullying and, from the data, it's clear that a significant percentage of kids are stepping in when they see someone else being mistreated online. While 55 percent of teens say that their peers who witnessed cruel behavior typically ignore it, 27 percent said they "frequently see others defend the victim," while 20 percent said they "frequently see others tell the person being mean to stop." Nearly a fifth (19 percent) said they frequently see others join in the harassment.’
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I will be incorporating this into the presentations I do the rest of the year – highly recommend reading at least the news story (summary).
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