Types of Cyberbullying
• Types of Cyberbullying :
In fact, texting and using social media is one of the top ways kids communicate with others. But just like any other social activity, the opportunity for bullying exists.
While there are a number of different ways kids are bullying others online, the majority of online harassment falls into one of six categories. Here are six of the most common methods of cyberbullying.
1. Harassment
2. Impersonation
3. Inappropriate Photographs
4. Website Creation
5. Video Shaming
6. Other Subtle Methods
1. Harassment
Harassing someone is a common method of online bullying. This type of cyberbullying occurs when someone uses one of these strategies to torment another person.
- ➡ Engaging in “warning wars.” Many internet service providers and social media sites offer a way to report a user who is saying something inappropriate. Kids use these report buttons as a way to get the victim in trouble or kicked offline.
- ➡ Participating in text wars or text attacks, which occur when bullies gang up on the victim and send thousands of texts. These attacks not only cause emotional distress but create a large cell phone bill if you don't have unlimited texting.
- ➡ Posting rude, mean, or insulting comments about the victim via the chat option of online gaming sites.
- ➡ Posting rumors, threats, or embarrassing information on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Sometimes teens and tweens also will engage in subtweeting and vaguebooking to harass someone in a more subtle way.
- ➡ Using text messaging, instant messaging, and email to harass, threaten, or embarrass the target.
- 2. Impersonation
A cyberbully also may impersonate another person, causing problems in that person's life. Here are some examples of ways cyberbullies pretend to be the person they are targeting.
- ➡ Change the target’s online profile to include sexual, racist, or other inappropriate things.
- ➡ Develop a screen name that is similar to the victim’s screen name and then post rude or hurtful remarks while pretending to be the victim.
- ➡ Pretend to be someone else in order to lure an unsuspecting person into a fake relationship. This type of activity is often called catfishing.
- ➡ Set up a social media account and post as the victim while saying mean, hurtful, or offensive things online.5 Actual photos of the victim may be used to make the account look authentic.
- ➡ Steal the victim’s password and chat with other people while pretending to be the victim. The bully will say mean things that offend and anger the victim’s friends or acquaintances.
- 3. Inappropriate Photographs
Bullying may include the use of embarrassing or inappropriate images. Here's a closer look at how cyberbullies may use photos and images to cyberbully others.
- ➡ Posting nude pictures on photo sharing sites for anyone on the internet to view and download.
- ➡ Sending mass emails or text messages that include nude or degrading photos of the victim. This behavior is often called “sexting,” and once the photos are sent, there is no way to control it. The photos can be distributed to hundreds of people within just a few hours.
- ➡ Taking nude or degrading pictures of the victim in a locker room, a bathroom, or dressing room without their permission.
- ➡ Threatening to share embarrassing photos as a way of controlling or blackmailing the victim.
- ➡ Using photographs to shame someone online. One common tactic teens use is to engage in slut shaming. This behavior involves shaming someone, usually a girl, for the way she dresses, acts, or the number of people she has dated.
A cyberbully also may impersonate another person, causing problems in that person's life. Here are some examples of ways cyberbullies pretend to be the person they are targeting.
- ➡ Change the target’s online profile to include sexual, racist, or other inappropriate things.
- ➡ Develop a screen name that is similar to the victim’s screen name and then post rude or hurtful remarks while pretending to be the victim.
- ➡ Pretend to be someone else in order to lure an unsuspecting person into a fake relationship. This type of activity is often called catfishing.
- ➡ Set up a social media account and post as the victim while saying mean, hurtful, or offensive things online.5 Actual photos of the victim may be used to make the account look authentic.
- ➡ Steal the victim’s password and chat with other people while pretending to be the victim. The bully will say mean things that offend and anger the victim’s friends or acquaintances.
Bullying may include the use of embarrassing or inappropriate images. Here's a closer look at how cyberbullies may use photos and images to cyberbully others.
- ➡ Posting nude pictures on photo sharing sites for anyone on the internet to view and download.
- ➡ Sending mass emails or text messages that include nude or degrading photos of the victim. This behavior is often called “sexting,” and once the photos are sent, there is no way to control it. The photos can be distributed to hundreds of people within just a few hours.
- ➡ Taking nude or degrading pictures of the victim in a locker room, a bathroom, or dressing room without their permission.
- ➡ Threatening to share embarrassing photos as a way of controlling or blackmailing the victim.
- ➡ Using photographs to shame someone online. One common tactic teens use is to engage in slut shaming. This behavior involves shaming someone, usually a girl, for the way she dresses, acts, or the number of people she has dated.
- 4. Website Creation
A bully may create a website, blog, or poll to harass another person. Here are ways cyberbullies use websites to bully others.
- ➡ Conduct an internet poll about the victim. Questions in the poll may vary including everything from who is ugly and who smells to who is dumb and who is fat.
- ➡ Create a blog about the victim that is embarrassing, insulting, or humiliating.
- ➡ Develop a website with information that is humiliating, embarrassing, or insulting for the victim.
- ➡ Post the victim’s personal information and pictures on a website, which puts the victim in danger of being contacted by predators. Spread rumors, tell lies, or gossip about the victim online through websites or blogs.
- ➡ Use information that was shared in confidence and make it public in a website or blog.
5. Video Shaming
The use of videos may be used for online bullying. These short clips are often extremely hurtful to the people being targeted. Here are some ways cyberbullies use videos to shame and humiliate others.
- ➡ Creating an incident that causes another person to become upset or emotional and then record the incident. This type of activity is often referred to as cyberbaiting. Teachers are a common target for cyberbaiting incidents.
- ➡ Downloading a video of something humiliating and posting it to YouTube in order to allow a larger audience to view the incident.
- ➡ Sharing a video via mass e-mail or text messaging to humiliate and embarrass the victim.
- ➡ Using a camera phone to video and later share a bullying incident, which may include one or more kids slapping, hitting, kicking, or punching the victim. Embarrassing moments are sometimes recorded and shared as well.
A bully may create a website, blog, or poll to harass another person. Here are ways cyberbullies use websites to bully others.
- ➡ Conduct an internet poll about the victim. Questions in the poll may vary including everything from who is ugly and who smells to who is dumb and who is fat.
- ➡ Create a blog about the victim that is embarrassing, insulting, or humiliating.
- ➡ Develop a website with information that is humiliating, embarrassing, or insulting for the victim.
- ➡ Post the victim’s personal information and pictures on a website, which puts the victim in danger of being contacted by predators. Spread rumors, tell lies, or gossip about the victim online through websites or blogs.
- ➡ Use information that was shared in confidence and make it public in a website or blog.
5. Video Shaming
The use of videos may be used for online bullying. These short clips are often extremely hurtful to the people being targeted. Here are some ways cyberbullies use videos to shame and humiliate others.
- ➡ Creating an incident that causes another person to become upset or emotional and then record the incident. This type of activity is often referred to as cyberbaiting. Teachers are a common target for cyberbaiting incidents.
- ➡ Downloading a video of something humiliating and posting it to YouTube in order to allow a larger audience to view the incident.
- ➡ Sharing a video via mass e-mail or text messaging to humiliate and embarrass the victim.
- ➡ Using a camera phone to video and later share a bullying incident, which may include one or more kids slapping, hitting, kicking, or punching the victim. Embarrassing moments are sometimes recorded and shared as well.
- 6. Other Subtle Methods
Methods such as subtweeting or vaguebooking as well phishing email programs can be used to bully and avoid detection. Here are just a few ways that cyberbullies engage in subtle forms of cyberbullying.
- ➡ Posting tweets or Facebook posts that never mention the victim's name. Yet the victim, the bully, and often a larger audience know who the posts are referencing.
- ➡ Using subtle posts and tweets to fuel the rumor mill while avoiding detection by teachers, administrators, and parents.
- ➡ Sending viruses, spyware, or hacking programs to the victim through email or text in order to spy on the victim or control their computer remotely.
Methods such as subtweeting or vaguebooking as well phishing email programs can be used to bully and avoid detection. Here are just a few ways that cyberbullies engage in subtle forms of cyberbullying.
- ➡ Posting tweets or Facebook posts that never mention the victim's name. Yet the victim, the bully, and often a larger audience know who the posts are referencing.
- ➡ Using subtle posts and tweets to fuel the rumor mill while avoiding detection by teachers, administrators, and parents.
- ➡ Sending viruses, spyware, or hacking programs to the victim through email or text in order to spy on the victim or control their computer remotely.
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