by Cyberbully Advocate | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Educators, Featured, sexting, sexting laws
Last spring, Brush High School (Brush, Colorado) assistant principal Bradley Bass was alerted to a student sexting issue at his school. He and secondary schools director Scott Hodgson looked into it. They talked to some students who were reportedly involved, and...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Dec 7, 2022 | digital self-harm, journal article, Journal Articles, Publications, research, suicide
Background Research on digital self-harm – the anonymous online posting, sending, or otherwise sharing of hurtful content about oneself – is still in its infancy. Yet unexplored is whether digital self-harm is related to suicidal ideation or suicide attempts.Methods...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Dec 7, 2022 | bullying, cyberbullying, empathy, journal article, Journal Articles, parenting, Publications, research
Bias-based cyberbullying involves repeated hurtful actions online that devalue or harass one’s peers specific to an identity-based characteristic. Cyberbullying in general has received increased scholarly scrutiny over the last decade, but the subtype of bias-based...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Nov 7, 2022 | Educator Favorites, Educators, Evergreen, media literacy, PDF Overlay, prevention, Resources
(For a formatted .pdf version of this article for distribution, click on the image above [or click here]). Media literacy is best defined as the ability to access, create, analyze, and evaluate messages in a variety of forms. Anyone can post nearly anything at any...
by Cyberbully Advocate | Nov 7, 2022 | Blog, Educator Favorites, Featured
Youth are accessing a remarkable number of mediums (often at the same time!), and are constantly exposed to a wide and deep array of content. This spans the gamut from texts and notifications, to TikTok videos and Snap(chat) stories, to Twitter Spaces and Discord...
