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Strategic Partnerships for school education 2019-1-PL01-KA201-065137
Project: Teacher4.0 - comprehensive method of implementation of Industry 4.0
concept into didactic practice in primary and secondary schools

There are lots of different types of cyberbulling (Schuster,2020):

Trolling: intentionally posting provocative and insulting messages about sensitive subjects, such as
racist and sexist material, in order to elicit a response.

Flaming: sending provocative messages to start an argument/ a fight.

Harassment: specifically targeting an individual or group with persistent actions meant to make the
receiver(s) frightened or scared.

Cyberstalking: tracking down someone’s personal and private information and using it to make them
afraid, texting them hundreds of times a day to let them know you are watching them, ‘creeping’ on
their social media accounts to learn where they are so you can show up uninvited.

Catfishing: stealing someone’s online profile or setting up fake profiles to trick others into starting
online relationships. This form of cyberbullying can also be used to spy on, shame, or manipulate
children, teens, and even adults.

Fraping: impersonating someone or logging in to their profile to post inappropriate content. This is a
serious offense and could be subject to criminal law.

Griefing: abusing and angering people in online games.
Outing: publicly sharing someone else’s personal, private, or embarrassing information, photos, or
videos. This can be very damaging, especially amongst children and adolescents, who may not react
compassionately.

Roasting: when an individual or, usually, a group, gangs up on an individual online until the victim
“cracks.”

The effects of cyberbullying can be dire, leading to low self-esteem, depression and mental trauma.
Like other forms of bullying, it can lead to long-term consequences that affect a victim’s whole life.
Raising students’ awareness about the different types of cyberbullying and educating them how to
save themselves from its hazards, could minimize its negative effects.

The teacher should be well aware of the flagwarning signs which indicate a student who is being
bullied online:

Cyberbullied children appear more lonely or isolated. They may withdraw from their friends or feel
as if they can’t trust anyone.
Sometimes, students change their friendship group unexpectedly. They may no longer want to
spend time with the friends who have bullied him or her.

Cyberbullied children become withdrawn, anxious, sad, or angry.

This project has been funded with support from the European
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