Cyberbullying Research Center Blog

160,000 Students Stay Home from School Every Day Because of Bullying. Really?

Justin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:33:32 +0000

At the Cyberbullying Research Center we strive to approach the issue of teen technology use and misuse from a data-informed perspective. Just to be clear, data doesn’t just mean bar charts. Over the last ten years we have formally surveyed over 12,000 middle and high school students, so yes, we have a lot of bar [...]

Bullying Law Summary Fact Sheet Updated

Justin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:31:47 +0000

We have just updated one of our most popular resources. You can find our latest bullying law fact sheet here. As you can see, all but 2 states now have bullying laws in place or scheduled to take effect in 2012. Most of these (35) include language about electronic forms of bullying while still relatively [...]

National Conference on Youth Cybersafety, Dallas, TX, March 3rd

Sameer — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:23:50 +0000

On March 3rd, I will be presenting at the National Conference on Youth Cybersafety in Dallas. I’ll be speaking about Cyberbullying Prevention and Response, and there are a number of really bright and seasoned experts covering a variety of other topics at this event. Adolescent brain development, legal issues, sexting prevention, social media use among [...]

What is the story with IsAnyoneUp.com?

Sameer — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:08:34 +0000

One of the Internet’s latest privacy controversies surrounds the rapidly-growing web site Isanyoneup.com. The site, which launched in late 2010, is essentially a hybrid of social media and amateur pornography – described by some media outlets as a blog for “Revenge Porn.” The blog features thousands of posts containing extremely explicit photos of naked men [...]

Cyberbullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard

Justin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:22:31 +0000

For those of you who didn’t see, I recently wrote a blog for Huffington Post UK to correspond with the cyberbullying event in London that I was a part of. Here it is: Teens have been bullying each other for generations. The latest generation, however, has been able to utilize technology to expand their reach [...]

Cyberbullying Event in London

Justin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:34:09 +0000

On Friday, 25th of November, I will be participating in a discussion at Birkbeck’s School of Business, Economics and Informatics at the University of London. (for more information about the event, click here.) There I will talk about what I have learned about how teens are using technology to cause harm to their peers, along [...]

Cyberbullying and Substance Use

Justin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:26:36 +0000

Much of our work over the last several years has focused on identifying the consequences associated with cyberbullying. We are especially interested in offline behaviors or experiences, as well as links to delinquency and school problems. And we are concerned with the outcomes of both targets and those who engage in cyberbullying. One particular problem [...]

Education Week Teacher Book Club

Justin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:13:40 +0000

One of the first things we learned in our earliest cyberbullying studies was that targets were not telling adults about their experiences. Even today, very few students who are cyberbullied talk with adults about what is going on. The concern we have heard from adolescents time and time again is that they are afraid to [...]

Pause Before You Post

Justin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:46:15 +0000

Technology is great and we know from our research that the vast majority of teens are using it safely and responsibly. But a few are creating problems for themselves or others by what they post online. That’s why we’ve partnered with Jostens to produce a number of useful resources for you to educate yourself or [...]

Law Enforcement Perspectives on Cyberbullying

Justin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:33:22 +0000

Much of our work to teach adults about what teens are doing online is directed toward educators or parents, but increasingly we are working with law enforcement officers – especially those assigned to a school setting (school resource or liaison officers). Like the others, police officers often find themselves in a difficult situation when confronted [...]