Cyberbullying and the Bystander - Bullying - Australian Human ...

227Personally I am not a big an of bullying, never really had it as i always had fairly large siblings to look after me, the most i got was a sinister comment, i feel forthose who do, often i know a few people who do get teased and i just talk to them about it how they feel etc and tell the others to lay off and try to reason. Like itmay sound like a typical answer, but in my eyes i have nothing to lose and even if i may not win least it makes them smile that someone cares about them. Theworse thing i think about cyber bullying people often think its not visible but its just being a "bad bloke" and often its quiet easy to find, like a female friend told meabout trouble she was getting the other night and it was actually just pretty simple to tell guys to lay off and they did, but i view bullying where you cant be seen isjust shameful.However to tackle it i would suggest social network advertisement's to get across the message it can do to an individual, some rather shocking messages, whileothers to show how they can deal with it talk to friends and go to get help. Like i saw a gov pole have you been bullied, i think that was an actual brilliant idea as itshows how many people are and friend's responses.2282291) The trouble with cyber bullying is you often don't see it happening. If I was aware that someone was cyber bullying, I would definitely try to stop them, becauseno one deserves to be treated that way and feel alone.2) I would try to make it about how its ok to tell someone if you are being bullied (cyber or not cyber) through using the technology people are cyber bullied through,to try get my message across. So I would use social networks, maybe through mobile phone messages, and general internet advertising.1. If you saw someone being cyber bullied, would you do something about it? What would you do and why? If not, why not?I think you have to analyse the situation, it's really easy to say "yes i would step in and defend the person at the timeetc", but it's hard I think. With peer pressurerising I think it would be very easy for the bullies to move onto the person defending the victim or sometimes people may not no the person being bullied very welland join as a spectator, and thus justifying not helping the victim (assuming this is a real time situation) but generally yes I would help the person. Afterwards Iwould also support the person, but situational again, if you know someone who knows the victim better I think it would mean a lot more if a close friend talked tohim.2. If it was your job to create a campaign to encourage students to take positive, effective and safe action when they see cyber bullying, what would you create?What media would you use for your campaign? (eg social networks, TV ad etc)TV ads are good, but I think social network awareness has really taken off recently. Campaigns in the form of pages or events on facebook such as "To Write Loveon Her Arms (which promotes against depression, suicide, drugs etc) are very successful as they have a modern look and name, and the info is only a click away.Facebook is becoming more and more accessible these days (computers, laptops, mobile phones, tablets etc) and I think in the form of a page or event a cyberbullying campaign would work well, however advertisements on social media generally do not.Page 170 of 197