Research on my chosen idea

Possible research areas for my chosen idea:

• Internet safety
• Current awareness techniques into cyber bullying e.g. Plays, Assemblies
• Chatrooms/Social Networking
• News Stories
• Teenagers and the Internet
• Effects of cyber bulling
• Violence and Crime via bullying

A play has been written by Christian Kiley called ‘The Network’ to raise the awareness of cyber bullying. The play looks at real life consequences that social networking sites are having on today’s society. He uses the play to get across a serious message to students and parents and it will hopefully change the ways that social networking sites are used.
http://www.theatrefolk.com/authors/christian-kiley

Statistics taken from cyberbullying.us

·         33% of young people have been victimized by cyber bullying. Among this percentage, being ignored and disrespected were the most common forms of cyber bullying.

·         The primary cyber bullying location where victimization occurs is in chat rooms (56%). Following chat rooms, 49% are victimized via instant message and 28% via e-mail.

·         34% of young people who are bullied feel frustrated, 30% are angry and 22% feel sad.

·         41% of victims do not tell anyone in their off-screen lives about their abuse, but 38% did tell an online friend.

·         17% admitted to bullying another individual online.

·         Most offenders interviewed considered it fun or instructive; such as a way to strengthen their victims.

·         More than half of studies participants feel that cyber bullying is as bad, or worse, as bullying in real life.

As part of my research i also looked into Internet safety and found the following article on the BBC news website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/topics/safety-and-privacy/