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Bullying

Bullying is when a person is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions by others (one or more).

Bullying can go on for a long period of time – even years – if no-one intervenes. Bullying may cause long term effects for the person exposed to it.

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  		Mobile phones and the Internet can be great tools, but they can also be used to send negative messages, images and movies that hurt others. This means that potential victims can be reached any time and place – also in the privacy of their own home.

Mobile phones and the Internet are also often used to send negative or hurtful messages that are not directed at the same person every time. It’s so easy to post a negative
comment to a forum or send a negative SMS. Research suggests that not seeing the reaction of the recipient makes it easier to write mean and hurtful things. 


Did you know?

15 per cent of young people between the age of 8 and 18 say that they have received a threatening or scary message on their mobile phone at least once. 23 per cent of the oldest in this group say that this has happened to them. In just over half of the instances the messages came from people they know.

8 per cent say they have experienced bullying via the mobile phone while as many as 32 per cent say they know someone who has experienced this.

15 per cent of those aged between 8 and 18 have received messages that have bothered them. This figure rises to 22 per cent in the group aged between 17 and 18.

Source: Safe use survey 2008 (Norwegian Media Authority)


13.5 per cent of young people between the age of 15 and 18 have found demeaning information about themselves on the Internet, for instance on blogs or home pages.

Source: The survey ”Young people and privacy” 2007, (The Norwegian Data Inspectorate)


The Norwegian Mediation and Reconciliation Service experience an increase in the number of cases where children or young people have been threatened or bullied online. according to the police, many cases of physical violence starts out online.

 

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