Cyber-Bullying - What Are The New Technologies? |
| TELEPHONE CALLS, VOICE MAIL MESSAGES, TEXT MESSAGE |
| -- Voice and text messages can be left on standard telephones, mobile (cell) phones, Personal Digital Assistants, two-way pagers, and the like, as well as via e-mail and the Internet |
| E-MAIL and INSTANT MESSAGING |
| -- Respectively, delayed and real-time/live text message on your computer. It is estimated that over one million text messages are sent daily in America alone. |
| DIGITAL IMAGES |
| -- From cameras and cell phones |
| CHAT ROOMS, MESSAGE BOARDS and NEWSGROUPS |
| -- Live chat and postings |
| DEDICATED WEB SITES |
| -- Hostile and defamatory personal Web sites are being created targeted at one individual, and other "polling" Web sites keep track of derogatory votes cast by students against other classmates. These sites are generally covered by our Constitutional right to freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech becomes harassment when one person is zeroed in on continually, and the attack becomes a burden to that individual and renders that person incapable of normal functions. |
