Cyberbullying in schools - we really need your help, Thanks

EOG1980

We are Patricia and Emmanuel and we work in the University of Limerick.

We are interested in researching cyber bullying in secondary schools in Ireland. By this we mean bullying that happens by using technology like mobile phones or computers. The results of this research will help others who may be the victim of this kind of bullying.

So that we can find out more about this, if you are a second level student we would appreciate if you could fill out this questionnaire. It will only take a few minutes and if you do we will be most grateful. We know that ye are probably very busy so if you can't no bother and thank you for you kind attention.

If you do wish to take the survey please click on the link below. Thanks again.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FAZcJlx_2bVLzRruydcvEdVA_3d_3d

Gavin "shels"

Done it there.;)

Fad

Do your own work FFS, if you want people to take the survey, pay them.

PurpleFistMixer

Ah Fad... if you're planning on going to TCD, prepare to be emailed several times a week with surveys from the psychology department/every other department. Also, you can't do your own work when it's a survey, unless you intend they themselves fill out the same survey over and over...

EOG1980

Gavin and all those who have filled it out so far, thank you very much.

Fad, I hope you understand that we are conducting this research to help provide support to young people who have been the victim of cyberbullying. I hope we have not offended you with the request but the more people that respond the more we can help them.

Kind regards,
EOG1980

sdanseo

Done. I'm out of School and 20, but I filled it in as a 18yo sixth year exactly as I would have done at the time.

Fad wrote: »

Do your own work FFS, if you want people to take the survey, pay them.

Don't be so antisocial, it's a college research project and the results may actually be published and do some good. Opinionated, angry and frankly shít-stirring posts like that don't belong here tbh.

Daemos

Done

Fad

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Ah Fad... if you're planning on going to TCD, prepare to be emailed several times a week with surveys from the psychology department/every other department. Also, you can't do your own work when it's a survey, unless you intend they themselves fill out the same survey over and over...

Im just curious as to why some but not all surveys get deleted here........

K4t

Fad wrote: »

Do your own work FFS, if you want people to take the survey, pay them.

What's up with you today :rolleyes:

Fad wrote: »

Im just curious as to why some but not all surveys get deleted here........

It's for a good cause.

Fad

K4t wrote: »

What's up with you today :rolleyes:

It's for a good cause.

I'm really not sure:mad: Mocks next week/everyone has an off day........

Thats debatable, I'm slightly when it comes to surveys about Cyberbullying etc, give my principal more ammo to put talks for parents on, and my parents (MUM!) to sart worrying about the woes of the internet.

To make it up to the OP I will do the survey:eek:

K4t

Calm down, they're just exams at the end of they day. Have a hot cocoa for yourself or something

Fad

K4t wrote: »

Calm down, they're just exams at the end of they day. Have a hot cocoa for yourself or something

Thank you K4T.............

Fad gets offa the internetz...........

PS:Survey done:)

Done.

Delta Kilo

Fad wrote: »

Thats debatable, I'm slightly when it comes to surveys about Cyberbullying etc, give my principal more ammo to put talks for parents on, and my parents (MUM!) to sart worrying about the woes of the internet.

Very good point. Never thought about that one. The last thing we need is more scaremongering and pseudo-scientific statistics telling our parents about how bad the internet is. Next thing, I'll have no internet.:mad::mad:

EOG1980

Thanks to everyone who has so far filled in the survey, it is greatly appreciated. The more people the better.

The purpose is to develop supports for cyberbullying specifically in Ireland. So for those who are concerned about the impact of the research, it should inform principals and parents etc. of the necessary supports. Thereby the phenomenon of cyberbullying etc., which is already in the public domain, should not be sufficient ammo for anyone to complain about the internet or cut off anyone's access.

All of the findings and suggested supports will be posted here when it is finished and available for all.

PurpleFistMixer

Fad wrote: »

Im just curious as to why some but not all surveys get deleted here........

Generally I would delete mindless/pointless/irrelevant surveys, this one seems to be for a good cause and the poster is going about doing it in a relatively thoughtful manner. One of the advantages of having people dedicated to moderatorship of a particular board is that they can individually review threads and decide what should and shouldn't be deleted.

(So what K4t said. : p)

Personally I like filling in surveys... >.>

Aisling(",)

done and dusted

Mario007

EOG1980 wrote: »

The purpose is to develop supports for cyberbullying specifically in Ireland.

i love the way this sentence sounds...supports for cyberbullying:D

btw i agree with fad, another survey about how internet is harmful will once again start off the discussion about taking internet away from young kids and banning every possible site on school computers.

Fad

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Personally I like filling in surveys... >.>

Of course you do, but you live in my computer:)

tracker-man

Survey Done

djcervi

Done

bythewoods

Done.

Gender?
Female.

School?
All boys.

Aha, I love that.

p1akuw47h5r3it

jus done der

happydayz182

done...man that was tedious

EOG1980

I just want to thank the few more people who contributed, it is really appreciated.

IMakeNoSense

Good survey... deals with important matters

Des23

Finito

cautioner

I ate my crayon

EOG1980

Thanks again to all those who have filled it out, it is really appreciated.

Piste

I don't know if you're doing it on purpose or what's happening EOG1980 but you keep posting "a" in this thread, if it's on purpose to get the thread more views then please stop.

EOG1980

Another few people have submitted responses, so thank you again

~Candy~

done..hmm...i kinda went off topic alittle, i went on about haters on youtube =X

ZB

I just wanted to thank all those that have contributed so far. Unfortunately we still need a few more to fill out the survey if you have time or know anyone else that would help us in our research to help support vulnerable students who are being bullied in this manner. Thank you

Finical

Done it there although with not much detail.

*MUST GET BACK TO STUDY*

highlydebased

Filled it out.

ZB

Thanks again for those who have filled it out. Your time is greatly appreciated.

spurious

Do you want any input from teachers who have dealt with cyberbullying cases?

ZB

We are also conducting a similar study examining teachers' experiences of cyberbullying if you want to follow the link below or pass it on to your colleagues:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9Q3B62L

Thank you for your inquiry spurious

Professional Griefer

Done.:)

fufureida

I don't mean to sound insensitive... But I seriously think cyber bullying isn even half as bad as 'real life' bullying... I'm saying this from experience... I recieved text msgs before saying ' haha paki bitch curry ****...' and u know the drill... I just laughed at them... Are people that feeble hearted these days that's textual 'bullying' bothers them so bad...?

I'm not saying anyone deserves
this... IMO I find it sorta pathetic when someone takes a msgs that's says something like ' haha fat bitch lol x ' intimidating... It's just... I don't get it.

Leeg17

Done, as if I was in secondary school (am only in 1st year college, and probably younger than a few LC people are now)

ZB

Thanks again to all those who have since filled it out. It is greatly appreciated.

randylonghorn

fufureida wrote: »

I don't mean to sound insensitive...

Tbh, that's exactly what you do sound.

You're absolutely entitled to your opinion, but there's no need to slap people around the head with it!

In my experience, what flows off one person like water off a duck's back will seriously upset another; and yet, that second person will be puzzled by why the first person is upset by something else ...

Such is the magical / frustrating variety of life and that weird breed of creatures called humans who are the principal players on the stage ...

fufureida

Yeah true u gotta a point I guess ppl just don't get why others may get bothered by certain stuff. All problems are problems.. Big or small. I still think Cyber bullying just can't be as bad as face to face abuse... Speaking from experiences ofcourse... I think the source should be addressed because
u can't stop every a-hole in the world... People need help in order to build better self confidence and basically not care what some jackass says... Confidence is so important... And remembering that every bully is just an insecure ****.

tian shi

fufureida wrote: »

I don't mean to sound insensitive... But I seriously think cyber bullying isn even half as bad as 'real life' bullying... I'm saying this from experience... I recieved text msgs before saying ' haha paki bitch curry ****...' and u know the drill... I just laughed at them... Are people that feeble hearted these days that's textual 'bullying' bothers them so bad...?

I'm not saying anyone deserves
this... IMO I find it sorta pathetic when someone takes a msgs that's says something like ' haha fat bitch lol x ' intimidating... It's just... I don't get it.

To be honest,IMO while being called a paki Bi*ch is very serious(And having a chinese wife,i hate racists) However,it is different to sustained campaign's of cyber bullying. some people get bombarded constantly with sick,hideous remarks. I have known a person who took their own life as a result of it. Another point to remember is that not everyone is as strong as you, and may not have enough self confidence to let these insults roll off.

anyway,
恶霸是屁眼/bullies are as*h*les

fufureida

It might have been a serious issue for me years ago but now I litterly laugh if ppl say anything like that to me. Thing is I've been called every type of paki Muslim slur I can think of for yeeeears now and yeah wen I was 13-15 it used to bother me.. It eventually happened so much I.. Just didn't care anymore. I knew I had a family by my side and friends. Nothing else matters.

In fact a few days ago a friend of a friend added me on facebook... Seemed nice at first turned out to be perverted and racist. So I deleted him. I was really annoyed because something like that hadn't happened in ages, so I was like WTF grow up...

I have received racial abuse from teachers in the past too... She only got suspended for 10 days for what she said...:/

But yeah I guess ur right. I didn't think about it that way but bullying of all sorts is bad.. Especially when the other is being affected.

randylonghorn

fufureida wrote: »

I still think Cyber bullying just can't be as bad as face to face abuse...

I can see your point, certainly ... you can click on the tab and close the page, etc., etc.

Consider this scenario though (and I'm just pulling it off the top of my head, btw) ... person regularly opens their Facebook (or whatever) account to find horrible comments left by a number of others.

Now, on the one hand, delete / report / close. On the other hand, s/he is thinking: "Who else read that?" (At least face-to-face, you *know* who was there!).

Maybe the accounts are anonymous, so s/he doesn't know who it is.

It could be someone, or a group, who give him / her a fake smile in school every day. That's unsettling, and makes for paranoia.

See where I'm going with this?

stainluss

Bullying needs tlo be taken more seriously, I mean intervention by the gardaí.

I saw the case where the police got involved after the girl had died. Too late.

If the gardai got involved, bullies would be too scared to do anything. Most of these guys are pussies outside of their group, theyre only tough when its 4 or 5 against 1.

Whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger in the end:)

fufureida

Yeah I agree. My ten year brother got beaten by a guy in his 30's on day when he was out on the front lawn skate boarding... Me n my mum were inside making dinner and the smoke hood was open so we didn't hear anything either... It was shockin to think somethung like that happened 3 foot outside our house.

Told the Garda and they did f all like litterly nothing. My brother had bruises and a broken rib to prove what happened. All the Garda did was say 'u do tae kwon do why didn't u defend urself. I was like WTF?

ZB

Again, I would like to thank all those you have replied since my last post; it is really appreciated.

aine92

done! I think most my answers were the same though, hope they're useful!