Lessons on Cyberbullying
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Types of Cyberbullying

Flaming: Online fights using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language.
  • Example: Joe and Alec’s online exchange got angrier and angrier. Insults were flying. Joe warned Alec to watch his back in school the next day.
Harassment. Repeatedly sending nasty, mean, and insulting messages.
  • Example: Sara reported to the principal that Kayla was bullying another student. When Sara got home, she had 35 angry messages in her email box. The anonymous cruel messages kept coming — some from complete strangers.
Denigration. “Dissing” someone online. Sending or posting gossip or rumors about a person to damage his or her reputation or friendships.
  • Example: Some boys created a “We Hate Joe”  website where they posted jokes, cartoons, gossip, and rumors, all dissing Joe.
Impersonation. Pretending to be someone else and sending or posting material to get that person in trouble or danger or to damage that person’s reputation or friendships.
  • Example: Laura watched closely as Emma logged on to her account and discovered her password. Later, Laura logged on to Emma’s account and sent a hurtful message to Emma’s boyfriend, Adam.
Outing. Sharing someone’s secrets or embarrassing information or images online.
  • Example: Greg, an obese high school student, was changing in the locker room after gym class. Matt took a picture of him with his cell phone camera. Within seconds, the picture was flying around the phones at school.
Trickery. Talking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information, then sharing it online.
  • Example: Katie sent a message to Jessica pretending to be her friend and asking lots of questions. Jessica responded, sharing really personal information. Katie forwarded the message to lots of other people with her own comment, “Jessica is a loser.”
Exclusion. Intentionally and cruelly excluding someone from an online group.
  • Example: Millie tries hard to fit in with a group of girls at school. She recently got on the “outs” with a leader in this group. Now Millie has been blocked from the friendship links of all of the girls.
Cyberstalking. Repeated, intense harassment and denigration that includes threats or creates significant fear.
  • Example: When Annie broke up with Sam, he sent her many angry, threatening, pleading messages. He spread nasty rumors about her to her friends and posted embarrassing picture of her in a discussion group, along with her email address and cell phone number.