investing in youth

Investing in Youth > Braga > Portugal > 24.11.11

Teresa Sofia Castroteresa.sofia.castro@gmail.com

"Youth, episodes of

perspectives for research"

online violence:

1) Do you have a mobile phone?

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2) Do you have a personal computer / laptot?

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3) Do you have a public profile in a SNS (social networking site)?

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vital means of self-expression

central part of their social lives

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Misuse

Bully

Harass

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+/- 20% reported experiencing cyberbullying @Cyberbullying Research Center

1 in 10 teens have cyberbullied someone online or by text message @Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

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Annie, 14 y-old

FICTION

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http://www.parentdish.com/2011/07/14/girl-gets-suspended-for-cyberstalking/

Leslie, 12 y-old

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Megan, 13 y-old

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/11/15/the-power-of-deception-online/

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Hope, 13 y-old

REAL LIFE

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1161112/Teenager-commits-suicide-sexting-nude-photo-boyfriend-life-misery.html

Jessica, 18 y-old

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http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/abusos-sexuais-detido-pj-tvi24/1269872-4071.html

http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/sociedade/pj-internet-menor-pedofilia-detido-tvi24/1266268-4071.html

http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1938030&seccao=Sul

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“Welcome to social cruelty, 21st century style”in Willard, N. (2006) Flame Retardant: Cyberbullies torment their victims 24/7. Here’s how to stop the abuse, p.55.

No one can hide

ICT skills

Identity management: anonymity vs. multiplicity

Deindividuation

Unpredictable proportions

Absence of barriers: geography, time, language

Diversity of media

Inhumane

No face-to-face interaction

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What is online violence?

the border between opportunity and threat fades

new kind of violence

hybrid and liquid universe of network

1. Perverse, negative, hostile, deliberate and repeated behavior 2. Through the use of information and communication technologies 3. Affects the victim through physical, moral, psychological, emotional and relational, economic, social ...

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Trends to reflect about…

Children are accessing the Internet increasingly younger

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Most of the times parents are not aware that their children are in situations of risk

Trends to reflect about…

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Although there are fewer episodes of violence online than those that occur offline, that doesn’t mean they are still less of a concern...

Trends to reflect about…

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On the web everyone and everything is traceable and can easily be used against us by ill-hearted people

Trends to reflect about…

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What you share online may put you in a fragile place of risk and insecurity. Think before you post

Trends to reflect about…

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What adults regard as risks (for example, meeting strangers), children often see as opportunities (for example, making new friends)

Trends to reflect about…

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Internet is not only about the risks, it is also a ladder of opportunities, and though children will always have to deal with online risks, this doesn’t necessarily result in an experience of harm

Trends to reflect about…

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How will you create

a positive world online?

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Investing in Youth > Braga > Portugal > 24.11.11

Teresa Sofia Castroteresa.sofia.castro@gmail.com

Thank you very much

for your attention