Most recent public comments by Katie Robertson https://nowcomment.com/users/12396 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297497 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297497 The graphs are a little confusing to me. I am having a hard time drawing a conclusion from the data. It seems like cyberbullying is pretty evenly spread amongst the different users of internet. The only one that really stuck out to me was the higher proportion of cruel online behavior reported by females. This doesn't surprise me as I think about the scrutiny women are under in other public mediums, like politics or the red carpet, where their appearance is constantly brought under comment and ridicule at a much higher rate than their make counterparts. Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:53:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297496 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297496 Particularly among adolescents, I think it is easy to do terrible things if the trade-off is acceptance amongst peers. I also think the digital medium makes it feel less "real" so kids say things they would never say to a person's face. You can see this same behavior in adults, just check out the comments of virtually any article, youtube video, famous persona's facebook or twitter. I think it doesn't feel like your words are landing on a real person. It must make the bully feel powerful and excited about the approval of other peers. Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:48:04 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297494 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297494 It must feel pretty terrible to be a victim of cyberbullying, It must feel like you can never escape the abuse. It used to be getting home from school and turning on the TV or computer could provide the relief of an escape, but now the abusers even lurk in these relaxing past times. When adults don't know how to protect you, it must feel very hopeless, like you either deserve the abuse or the world is set up to abuse you and you better get used to it as there is no way to stop it. Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:45:16 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297493 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297493 I agree that parent involvement is one of the most important tools in preventing inappropriate online behavior. This will require many parents to educate themselves on the new forms of social media popular amongst their kids' generation. Not all parents have the luxury of time and resources to do this, so it would be even better if schools had an anti-cyberbullying curriculum like the regular bullying ones I remember from school. Also clear school consequences to deter cyberbullying behavior. Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:42:28 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297492 https://nowcomment.com/documents/29296?scroll_to=297492 Cyberbullying is the next generation of bullying, where people can attack each other through online mediums and wreak havoc on each other's emotional wellbeing virtually. Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:39:39 -0500