Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Cyberbullying Case Study 1

Diana has been receiving abusive SMSes from people she doesn't know. This will cause her to be paranoid, scared and confused. This might result in her being afraid to leave her house as she might be afraid that the SMSes might be a prelude to physical abuses from the unknown sender. This will in turn affect the other aspects of her life. Eg. Her social life and academic performance.

As Diana's friend, we will tell her not to delete the message as in the event that there is a need to inform the police, there will be evidence. We will then inform the teacher about the SMSes. The teacher can then take steps such as informing the school about the SMSes and how such 'pranks' will affect the victim. Hopefully this will be a wakeup call for the prankster.

If such SMSes continues, we will advise her to go to the police. But most importantly, we must assure her that there are people around her who care for her and she should not be afraid or affected by such messages.

Contributed by: Ai Chuin, Candy, Diana, Mabelene, Kogi and Jia Lei

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