Surveys and Statistics on Cyber Bullying

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In today's post, we will take a closer look at the surveys which had been done and showing us some really interesting statistics on cyber bullying. This survey was done back in 2003-2004 by i-SAFE Inc America who surveyed the students across the country about this new topic back in those two years, Cyber Bullying. It has become a favorable topics amount students instead of adults.

This Survey was done by 1,500 students between grades 4-8 reported:

• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
• 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
• 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.
• 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
• 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.

Image Obtained From: (http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying)

Also, a 2006 survey by Harris Interactive reported:

• 43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyberbullying in the past year.

Similarly, a Canadian study reported and found:

• 23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail
• 35% in chat rooms
• 41% by text messages on their cell phones
• Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.

Another Interesting Graph reported:

Image Obtained From: (http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying)

Reference: i-SAFE Inc American, Wikipedia [Online] Retrieved on 26th February, 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cyber-bullying

http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying