CLASSROOM BULLIES MOVE INTO CYBERSPACE
Cyberspace is replacing the common room and the school
social as the power base in girls' schools, with students
using e-mail and on line "chat rooms" to bully and harass
other students.
... psychologists Ms Jenny Ricketts and Ms Joan Beckwith.
They surveyed 180 Year 7 to 10 students at a Melbourne
girls' school and found that while name-calling and
spreading rumours are still the most common forms of
harassment, more girls are turning to technology to
intimidate their classmates.
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-- Glen Turner Network Specialist Tel: (08) 8303 3936 Information Technology Services Fax: (08) 8303 4400 The University of Adelaide 5005 Email: glen.turner@adelaide.edu.au South Australia