Is there a difference between face to face bullying and bullying on SMS/MMS?
- How about when the bullying takes place on the Internet?
- On a social networking site?
- Or on YouTube?
Is bullying worse when you don’t know the perpetrators, or is it the other way round?
What can teachers, fellow students or parents do about bullying at school or online?
Work in groups: Make five rules for how you want interpersonal relations to be in your class. Focus in particular on the use of Internet and mobile phones.
Find out what rules or sanctions different social networking sites have to avoid bullying and harassment. Do you think these rules work?
Use the media to find examples where mobile phones or the Internet has been used as an arena for bullying. What was done to stop the bullying in the different cases?
What should a person do if he or she is made aware of digital bullying?
