Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A new survey has found that one fifth of secondary students have taken part in online bullying, with teenage boys being more likely to have done so than girls. The survey, released in conjunction with Safer Internet Day, also discovered three in ten secondary students have witnessed something online that has either concerned, upset or frightened them…A separate report was also released at the same time by Action for Children. Research for their study found that 60% of students who admitted to online bullying said they did so in order to fit in with a social group, and 43% said they did so in order to prevent themselves from being bullied online. Other reasons for online bullying included peer pressure and feeling unhappy.”(more)