Hardy Girls Healthy Women Empowering girls with knowledge, critical thinking skills, and a platform to drive social change

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1 Girlfighting Goes Online: Cyberbullying (And What You Can Do About It) Emily Brostek, MPH, CHES Training Institute Manager, Hardy Girls Healthy Women Join us on Twitter: #hghw Hardy Girls Healthy Women Empowering girls with knowledge, critical thinking skills, and a platform to drive social change Strength based approach to working with girls Informed by girls voices What we do Listen to girls to understand their lives in social and relational contexts Create safe spaces or hardiness zones Offer programs that build allies and coalitions Provide access to strong, caring adults or muses Empower girls to think critically and create change 1

2 Overview Introductions Overview: All about cyberbullying Activity: Cyberbullying scenarios What can we do? Next steps: Bringing it home Media Use and Kids 8-18 year olds spend 7.5 hours/day using entertainment media Can pack 10 hours and 45 min of content into those 7.5 hours with media multitasking year olds get close to 12 hours/day of entertainment media Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds. Kaiser Family Foundation Social Media 2

3 Social and Emotional Experiences Online What are girls doing online? What are their social and emotional experiences? Good Bad In between Are people your age mostly kind or mostly unkind to one another on social network sites? % of teens and adults who use social media teens (n=623) adults 18+ (n=1047) People are mostly kind 69% 85%* People are mostly unkind 5% 20%* Depends 5% 11%* Don't know 1% 4% Refused 0% 1% 9 3

4 Have you, personally, ever had an experience on a social network site that % of teens who use social media (n=623) Yes No Made you feel good about yourself Made you feel closer to another person 58% 65% 34% 41% Resulted in a face to face argument or Ended your friendship with someone 25% 22% 74% 77% Made you feel nervous about going to 13% 87% Caused a problem with your parents Resulted in a physical fight with Got you in trouble at school 13% 8% 6% 87% 92% 94% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 6/26/ Cyberbullying in the News Cyberbullying: The Numbers 15% of teens report someone has been mean or cruel to them online in the past year Nearly 4 in 10 social network users have been cyberbullied, compared to 22% of online teens not on social networks Over a third of teens report seeing online cruelty & meanness online frequently (12%) or sometimes (29%) Girls are more likely to be bullied than boys (38% versus 26%) 4

5 Girlfighting Relational aggression, or mean girl behavior Girls will be girls Girl Fighting in the Media Defining Cyberbullying Cyberbullying: Using digital media tools such as the Internet and cell phones to deliberately upset or harass someone else Digital harassment typically occurs within a relationship 5

6 Examples of Cyberbullying Sending mean, harassing messages through social media or text messages Spreading false information about someone online Creating a fake profile to impersonate another student Spreading embarrassing photos, videos, or lies Cyberbullying Scenarios Read your scenario in your group. Discuss: Has this kind of thing ever happened to girls you know? How or when does this happen? What are some of the ways the victim might respond? Signs of Cyberbullying Sudden withdrawal from technology Changes in mood, emotions acts withdrawn, depressed, moody, anxious Loses interest in school Changes eating or sleeping habits Avoids activities once enjoyed From the National Crime Prevention Council 6

7 What Can We Do? Create a safe space where girls can come talk about their concerns Stay up to date on the latest technology Learn the warning signs and educate peers, parents about them Teach conflict resolution and anger management skills Know how to access key community services (counseling, crisis, etc) Engage girls in the solution! Engaging Girls in the Solution Talk to Girls! Ask: Why do you use social media? Have you ever been mean to someone online, or had someone be mean to you? Why do you think this happens? What did you do when you saw someone being mean to someone else online? What would you like to see change? Engaging Girls in the Solution Making Changes at Your School Ask girls to help create a policy for your school Work with students to create an antibullying, anti-cyberbullying pledge Empower girls to be upstanders not bystanders 7

8 Engaging Girls in the Solution Educating Other Students Empower girls to educate their peers School assemblies Clubs Educational materials Engaging Girls in the Solution What Can You Do At Your School? 8

9 Questions? Cyberbullying Tools & Resources Common Sense Media LMK: Girl Scouts NetSmartz StopBullying.gov Thank you for your participation! /traininginstitute Questions? Comments? Contact Emily Brostek, Training Institute Manager 9