Cyberbullying

Abstract

For each issue of Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, the editor selects three to five health care sites containing high quality health care information on a given subject. The topic for each issue is very much dependent on the whim of the editor and the consumer questions that have crossed her desk. Sites used within the column are chosen based on the editor's personal experience and usage of the Internet. Each select site has been subjected to rigorous evaluation criteria.Evaluation criteria include: reputation of the producer=publisher of the site; bias; content and scope of information provided (including types of information provided -general overviews or specific conditions, treatments, etc.); intended audience (professionals, adults, teens, or children); currency of site updates; and viability of links. Dead links and changing URLs are a problematic reality of Internet usage. The selected sites have exhibited stability in providing long-term access to quality information.Columns begin with a brief discussion of the topic. In addition to the selected sites, other resource sites and URLs may be included in the discussion. Following the discussion, the main page of each select site will be reproduced, including site title and URL for bookmark purposes. The second page will summarize producer information, content, search options, audience, and noteworthy items. JCHI Editor's Select Sites are printed on two facing pages so they can be used as guides beside computer terminals.Website and topic suggestions for the JCHI Editor's Select Sites column are welcome. Send suggestions to:It has been reported that nearly half of all teenagers have, at some point, been the victim of cyberbullying, with a large number being young girls. 1 The website stopcyberbullying.org defines cyberbullying as ''when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor.'' 2 While bullying is not a new phenomenon, the lack of supervision and the anonymity that is afforded by use of the Internet and mobile technologies magnify cyberbullying that much more.Spotting someone who is being cyberbullied is akin to one who is being physically bullied. Often the child or teen does not want to attend school, might become withdrawn or depressed, skip school, does not eat, or use the computer. The lasting effect of cyberbullying can be severe for both the victim and the bully. According to stopbullying.gov, the effects of cyberbullying could lead to the use of alcohol and drug abuse. Kidshealth.org <http:// www.kidshealth.org> reports that anxiety and stress-related disorders could ensue. In addition, the HealthLines section of the Winter 2011 issue of NIHMedlinePlus the Magazine <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/magazine/ issues/winter11/articles/winter11pg24-25.html> highlight...

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