Here’s a sign of our techie times. According to a recent article on VnuNet.com, the traditional playground bully is increasingly using SMS text messaging as a high tech way to harrass their targets via computer, cell phone or wireless mobile device.<\/p>\n
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Text messaging and email are increasingly being used to bully children, according to research carried out over a four-year period.<\/p>\n
A survey of more than 11,000 children found that nearly 15 per cent had received nasty or aggressive messages via email or SMS.<\/p>\n
The findings were presented to the British Psychological Society by Nathalie Noret of York St John’s University College.<\/p>\n
“Acknowledging the high prevalence of this kind of bullying is important because most interventions in schools are based on the assumption that bullying is physical or face-to-face,” she said.<\/p>\n
The British Psychological Society will also be told that the York researchers noted a steady increase in children being the victims of such bullying.<\/p>\n
The survey found that girls were more likely than boys to report being bullied by email and SMS.<\/p>\n
“Teachers and parents need to realise that a child’s mobile phone or computer isn’t just a communications tool; it is also a way for a bully to reach children in their own home,” said Noret.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Here’s a sign of our techie times. According to a recent article on VnuNet.com, the traditional playground bully is increasingly using SMS text messaging as a high tech way to harrass their targets via computer, cell phone or wireless mobile device. From the article — Text messaging and email are increasingly being used to bully […]<\/p>\n