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5. Who is affected by cyberbullying the most? Create a profile for cyberbullying victims. 6. Who is most likely to be a bully? Create a profile for cyberbullying bullies. 7. Identify 5 SURPRISING statistics that relate to cyberbullying. 8. What are the laws that relate to cyberbullying? Where are they currently in place?

Our case study's name is: Kylie Kenney

"Cyber Bullying Statistics." //Cyber Bullying Alert//. 27 Oct. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. .


 * Girls more likely to be cyberbullied than boys (5)Facebook and Myspace are examples of the kinds of websites where the bullying originates, but it can go to other sources too such as email, texting, instant messaging, etc. (5) (6)
 * Direct correlation between the amount of time girls spend online and the chance that they will be cyberbullied
 * Begins in grades six through eight and is at it's highest intensity, but may continue into high school as well. (5)
 * Begins in grades six through eight and is at it's highest intensity, but may continue into high school as well. (5)

Yamane, Marisa. "Bill to Provide More Protection to Cyberbullying Victims." //Khon 2//. Inergize Digital, 13 Feb. 2012. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. .


 * A bill is moving through legislation to protect anyone, of any age, who is or has been a victim of cyberbullying (8)
 * The average age for someone who is being cyberbullied is 9 to 14. (5)
 * <span style="color: #f27417; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From students surveyed, 90% admitted to having their feelings hurt online. (5)
 * <span style="color: #f27417; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">From parents surveyed, less than 15% knew anything about cyberbullying, or if it currently does or has ever effected their child. (7)
 * <span style="color: #f27417; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The new law is to go into place in Hawaii, but it is expected to give other states and possibly the federal government ideas about their own cyberbullying laws and regulations. (8)
 * <span style="color: #f27417; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The law makes first and second offenses of cyberbullying misdemeanors, but the third a felony.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vandebosch, Heidi, and Katrien Von Cleemput. "Cyberbullying among Youngsters: Profiles of Bullies and Victims." //New Media & Society//. SAGE Publications, 24 Nov. 2009. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. <http://nms.sagepub.com/content/11/8/1349.abstract>.


 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullies are often younger in age, and have been bullied over the internet or witnessed bullying over the internet previously. (6)
 * <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullying victims are often less popular and more dependent on the internet; more likely to take risks on the internet (5)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jackson, Drew. "Profile of the Victim of Cyberbullying." //About Cyberbullying//. 18 Apr. 2005. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. <http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/04-05-wt2/www/D_Jackson/victim.htm>.


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Victims of cyberbullying are equal between genders (5)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">More likely after age fourteen than before (5)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">May also be victims of traditional bullying (5)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tend to be isolated, depressed, worri ed, unhappy, fearful (5) Feel ashamed that they cannot cope with the bullying.(5)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Higher chance of being nuerotic or having psychological issues

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nauert, Rick. "Psychological Profile of Teen Cyberbullies | Psych Central News." //Psych Central//. Psych Central, 6 July 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. <http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/07/06/psychological-profile-of-teen-cyberbullies/15344.html>.


 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Characteristics of victims include: living with people other than your two biological parents, difficulties in emotions, concentration, behavior, and getting along with others, recurrent and unreasonable body pains, sleeping difficulties, and not feeling safe at school. (5)
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Characteristics of bullies include: difficulties in emotions, concentration, behavior, and getting along with others, frequent intoxication, headache, and not feeling safe at school. (6)
 * <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Someone can be both a cyberbully victim, and a cyberbully, at the same time but under totally different circumstances. (7)

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Goodman, Tammy Blythe. "Cyberbullying: Portrait of a Cyberbully." //Help Protect Your Child's Online Reputation From Damage//. SafetyWeb, 10 Sept. 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. <http://www.safetyweb.com/blog/cyberbullying-portrait-of-a-cyberbully/>.


 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbully victims tend to experience depression, withdraw, and anxiety. (5)
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullies tend to be one in five general types: (6)
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Female: Girls start rumors, while boys post cruel pictures and/or videos. Most cyberbullying is initiated by girls, although boys may join in or possibly become the main aggressor.
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet Obsessed: Spending hours on the computer, may close their internet monitors when parents walk by.
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dictators: Enjoy having control over others
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aggressors: Show aggressive behavior to peers that is repetitive and intentional
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anxious: Experiencing high levels of social anxiety

<span style="color: #fce091; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Riccardi, Ken. "TechLearning: Cyber Bullying: Responsibilities and Solutions." //TechLearning//. New Bay Media, 1 Sept. 2008. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. <http://www.techlearning.com/article/cyber-bullying-responsibilities-and-solutions/45345>.


 * <span style="color: #fce091; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is no federal law requiring all states to have a policy about cyberbullying (8)
 * <span style="color: #fce091; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Will be difficult to pass a law on cyberbullying that won't infringe on freedom of speech (8)
 * <span style="color: #fce091; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Several states, including New York, Oregon, South Carolina, and New Jersey have laws prohibiting cyberbullying whether it be throughout the entire state, or just a requirement for school districts. (8)
 * <span style="color: #fce091; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most cyberbullying laws are at the level of a school board requirement but they can only be acted upon if the comments or bullying can interfere with school, learning, class, etc. (8)

<span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cyberbullying.info." //Cyberbullying Example//. Chris Webster, 2004. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. <http://www.cyberbullying.info/examples/msg_detail.php?eg=kyliekenney>.


 * <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kylie Kenney's cyberbullying began when she was 15. (case study)
 * <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Classmates created a website called Kill Kyle Incorporated, and on the website posted threats and homophobic comments. (case study)
 * <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Created screennames similar to Kylie's and talked to her friends in the account saying nasty and hurtful things. (case study)
 * <span style="color: #0081ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kylie was homeschooled until she transferred to a new high school. (case study)

<span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cyber Bullying Law Policies." //Cyber Bullying Alert//. 8 Oct. 2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2012. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/cyber-bullying-state-laws-and-policies/>.

> Arkansas law gives permission to school administrators to punish students for bullying, even if the incident does not happen on the school ground. (8)
 * <span style="color: #b12a2a; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The states that currently have laws against cyberbullying include: Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, New Jersey, Oregon, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont (8)
 * Only 18% of all states have cyberbullying laws, leaving 41 states without protection from or reprimandment for cyberbullying.
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Idaho law gives a requirement that all students who bullied someone over the computer or telephone have to be punished at the school level. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Iowa passed several laws that require schools to have an anti-cyberbullying policy, and the punishment for cyberbullies. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">New Jersey laws were amended to illegalize cyberbullying, and punishment for this would be delivered at the school level. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The laws of Oregon are very specific to what constitutes as cyberbullying and only allows punishment if it affects the victim in a school environment or interferes with learning or classroom activities. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Laws against cyberbullying in Missouri are the strictest and came into place after the Megan Meier suicide case. The state created a task force that only deals with cyberbullying and has upgraded the crime of cyberbullying to a Class D felony. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">New York created a system to investigate claims of cyberbullying (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullies will be charged in family court as juvelile delinquents in Rhode Island. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vermont fines cyberbullies $500 per case. (8)
 * <span style="color: #cd5050; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vermont fines cyberbullies $500 per case. (8)

<span style="color: #a0ff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Cyberbullying: Understanding and Addressing Online Cruelty." //ADL//. Anti-Defamation League, 2008. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/cyberbullying/>.


 * <span style="color: #a0ff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cyberbullying victims face depression, difficulty making friends, loneliness, poor academic standing, low self esteem, truancy, and even suicide. (5)
 * <span style="color: #a0ff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Online violence can lead into hate groups and bias-based violence. (7)

<span style="color: #1a77c1; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zifcak, Nicholas. "Bullying Rampant in Cyberspace." //The Epoch Times//. Epoch Times International, 21 Aug. 2006. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-8-21/45156.html>.


 * <span style="color: #1a77c1; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Classmates created a website that was called 'Kill Kylie Kenney' telling her she should die (case study)
 * <span style="color: #1a77c1; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Someone stole Kylie's ID and sent messages to her friends, asking them out and saying lewd things. (case study)
 * <span style="color: #1a77c1; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since everyone in school knew about the website, she had to transfer to a different school in the end of her eighth grade year, but the cyberbullying moved with her. Eventually, she was homeschooled. She began at her current school at the beginning of her freshman year, and although the bullying continued it was not nearly as bad, so she continued at that school. (case study)

"Stories of Cyber Bullying." //Cyber Bullying Alert//. Cyberbully Alert, 13 Oct. 2008. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/10/stories-of-cyber-bullying/>.


 * Kylie Kenney is from Vermont (case study)
 * Bullying took place from middle school (8th grade) to her sophomore year of high school. (case study)
 * The website her classmates created included threats and homophobic comments (case study)
 * Police filed charges against all individuals involved. (case study)