What is Cyberbullying?
The following definition is taken from new guidance developed for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) by Childnet International, in consultation with the DCSF Cyberbullying Taskforce
“Cyberbullying can be defined as the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), particularly mobile phones and the internet, deliberately to upset someone else. It can be an extension of face-to-face bullying, with technology providing the bully with another route to harass their target. However, it differs in several significant ways from other kinds of bullying: the invasion of home and personal space; the difficulty in controlling electronically circulated messages; the size of the audience; perceived anonymity; and even the profile of the person doing the bullying and their target.”
Safe to Learn: Embedding Anti-Bullying work in schools
This guidance may be ordered or downloaded from Teachernet http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/
Further Information
To find further advice on cyberbullying and how to deal with it try visiting Childnet’s Digizen website where a new specially produced film “Let's Fight it Together “ is available, together with associated teaching resources http://www.digizen.org/
The Department for Children, Schools and Families [DCSF] has also published guidance on dealing with cyberbullying please click on the attachments below to download a copy.
