Statistics


 * STATISTICS OF CYBER BULLYING **

Who is cyber bullying? Who is being cyber bullied?

 These questions were asked by a group of researchers at Selcuk University in Turkey. The reserchers then went to // the Faculty of Education // and 666 students aged 18-22 were asked about their internet habits.

These are some of the findings:


 * 22.5% of the students reported engaging in cyber bullying at least once
 * 55.3% of the students reported being victims of cyber bullying at least once in their lifetime.
 *  Of the 22.5% of respondents who reported engaging in cyber bullying at least once
 * 3% were identified by the author as a “pure-bully” (a perpetrator of cyber bullying but has never been bullied)
 * 19.5% labeled “bully-victims” ( perpetrators and victims of cyber bullying)
 *  Of the 55.3% of victims
 * 35.7% of the students labeled as “pure-victims” (never perpetrated cyber bullying, but were themselves bullied)
 *  41.7% of students reported that they had never engaged in or been exposed to cyber bullying
 *  3.5% answered “yes,” when asked if they would participate in cyber bullying in the future
 * 15.3% answered “I am not sure,”
 *  81.2% answered “no.”

And this data is about University Students in a Faculty of Education….

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal;">In 2004, i-SAFE America, an internet safety education foundation, surveyed 1,566 students from grades four to eight from across the United States to find out their experiences with bullying online. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: normal;"> The survey found:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> 57% of students said that someone had said hurtful or angry things to them online
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">13% saying it happens "quite often"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> 53%( of students admit saying mean or hurtful things to someone online
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">7% admit to doing it "quite often
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> 35%) of students have been threatened online with
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">5% saying it happens "quite often"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> 42% have been bullied online
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">7%, saying it happens "quite often
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">20% have received mean or threatening e-mails

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