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HOW TECHNOLOGY HAS FACILITATED CYBER-BULLYING<\/h4>\n

2.0 Abstract<\/h2>\n

This paper outlines the findings of the research undertaking to establish how technology facilitates Cyber-bullying within a particular secondary school. The key findings demonstrate that teenagers use different technological platforms to abuse and cause harm<\/a> that leads to distress for many students. The research sample is a whole year group of Year 10 pupils from a Secondary High School. Two analysis strategies have been under taken to ensure that the correct data is obtained upon completion of this study. These include: questionnaires and interviews. Data was analysed and portrayed in different ways such as tables and figures and the use of content analysis. The results suggest that Cyber-Bullying is a very real issue in schools throughout UK and that strong Anti-Bullying Policies are required in Secondary schools in order to protect those students who are on the receiving end of such abuse.<\/p>\n

3.0 Introduction<\/h2>\n

The focus of this study is to
\nidentify how technology has facilitated Cyber-Bullying. The main emphasis is
\nidentifying the different types of technology being used against a group of
\nYear 10 pupils in a Secondary High School. Electronic bullying, online bullying
\nand\/or Cyber bullying are new methods of bullying involving forms of bullying
\ndefined as harassment using technology such as social websites (MySpace,
\nFacebook), email, chat rooms, mobile phone texting and cameras, picture
\nmessaging(sexting), IM(Instant Messaging) and blogs. The following document
\nwill analyse the responses from a group of Year 10 pupils in a Secondary High
\nSchool to identify the various technology being used during Cyber Bullying. The
\nstudy will compare and contrast the data acquired through questionnaires and
\ninterviews with the intention to update the Anti-Bullying Policy of the
\nSecondary High School of the findings from the study. The findings recognise
\nthat the number of teenagers who are on the receiving end of Cyber-Bullying is
\non the increase and recommendations need to be made to schools to stop the ever
\nincreasing use of technology to harm, abuse and intimidate other students in
\norder for them to continue with their education. \u00a0<\/p>\n

4.0 Project Aim and Objectives<\/h2>\n
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5.0 Scope and Rationale\u00a0 <\/h2>\n

The following description will
\nhighlight and describe the limitations and boundaries within the research
\nproject. The emphasis of the research project is on the technology used when
\nengaging in Cyber-Bullying. Cyber-Bullying is becoming more and more at the forefront
\nin affecting young peoples\u2019 lives in todays\u2019 society. The ability to
\nCyber-Bully is not only limited to mobile phones, Instant Messaging, chat
\nrooms, email and webcams but websites, video hosting sites, Virtual Learning
\nEnvironments(VLE\u2019s) and gaming consoles but other advancements in technology
\nare all responsible for engagement in Cyber-Bullying. This research project
\nwill aim to prove that technology, when used incorrectly, has a major impact on
\nthe lives of a cohort of students in Year 10. The project will only be
\nfocussing on the technology used and not the psychological, behaviours or
\neffects as a result of the findings.<\/p>\n

The technology industry is a fast
\ngrowing industry that has both a positive and negative impact on individuals.
\nAs technology is a large and vast part of everyday life the way we use this
\ntechnology and the research gathered through the use of questionnaires and
\none-to-one interviews will prove the impact that this has on both individuals
\nand groups. \u00a0The students will all be
\nasked to participate in a questionnaire for the purpose of the project to
\ncollect the primary data. In total there are 83 pupils in this year group. The
\ninterviews will be conducted with the consent of the students to gain further
\nunderstanding into the technologies being used during Cyber-bullying. The
\nconstraints on the research are that the actual topic of Cyber-Bullying has
\nonly been highlighted in the last decade and therefore accurate, concise and
\nrelevant information on this topic is in its infancy. <\/p>\n

The assumptions of the
\nresearch project will prove that when young people are able communicate through
\nthe use of technology there is no limitation on how, where and when
\ncyber-bullying is taking place. It will be down to the data and research gathered
\nto prove how technology facilitates Cyber-bullying within the group of year 10
\npupils.<\/p>\n

6.0 Literature Review<\/h2>\n

When trying to understand what
\nCyber-Bullying is, it is important to break this down further by trying to
\nestablish what the definition of bullying is. According to Elliot (2011:02)
\n\u2019Bullying is deliberately harming someone who is less powerful than you with
\nthe intention of causing pain\u2019. When exploring the exact definition of the term
\n\u2018bullying\u2019, what emerges is a slight difference of opinion between writers and
\nauthors. Askew (1989) follows a theme in his definition of power and a concept
\nof continuum by identifying bullying as behaviour which involves an attempt to
\ngain power and dominance over another. However, when comparing Askew (1989),
\nwith writers such as Herbert(1996) who both identify bullying as a way of being
\nhorrible and cruel to another child or group of children whereby the victim may
\nfind the behaviour embarrassing, hurtful or humiliating, and be frightened or threatened
\nby it and Rigby(1996), who states that bullying is a repeated oppression,
\npsychological or physical, of a less powerful person by a more powerful person
\nor persons. The themes of hurt, intent, repetition, duration, power and
\nprovocation are all vocabulary that can be pinned up upon the word bullying.<\/p>\n

What is clear in the
\ncomparisons between writers and authors is that experts in the field offer a
\nvariety of views of the term bullying, however when schools are devising
\npolicies in relation to the term bullying, they are encouraged by the
\nDepartment of Education(2014), to arrive and their own institutional
\ndefinition.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

More recently, research has demonstrated that advances in technology have provided a new means of bullying<\/a>. Cyber-Bullying can be defined as a form of covert psychological bullying conveyed through the use of electronic media, such as mobile phones and the internet, that is deliberately intended to harm another (Cowie and Jennifer 2007). It includes bullying by text message or mobile phone calling, by instant messenger services and social networking sites, by email, and by images or videos posted on the internet or mobile phones. Cyber bullying is completely different to other forms of bullying, firstly, cyber-bullying creates a sense of anonymity and a hidden identity that serves to distance the bully from the victim.\u00a0 Secondly, cyber-bullying reaches a far wider audience at a greater speed due to the advances of technology and the internet and finally people that are initially bystanders can easily become engaged in the cyber-bullying. The types of behaviour that bullies exhibit differs between Cyber-bullying and other types of bullying, for example intimidation, threats, harassment, name calling and insults, social exclusion or peer rejection, identity theft and publication of private information or images are all common within Cyber-Bullying. All of the information above establishes and gains what Cyber-Bullying is (objective 1). Despite the differences mentioned it is important to remember that Cyber-Bullying may form part of a relationship that includes offline and face-to-face bullying as well (Smith et al 2008).<\/p>\n

There have been several
\ncomprehensive studies in which technology and the youth have been the focus. New
\nresearch from Mintel (2013) informs us of the following of our UK teenagers: <\/p>\n