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Investing in Youth > Braga > Portugal > 24.11.11
Teresa Sofia [email protected]
"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
REAL LIFEYout
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Megan, 13 y-old
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/11/15/the-power-of-deception-online/
REAL LIFEYout
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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...
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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 [email protected]
Thank you very much
for your attention