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Byte-sized guide for parents on how they can keep their children safe online this summer
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, cyberbullying, privacy, research/study, threat
Summary | Parents want their kids to be safe online during the summer. A research shows that 8 to 16-year-old kids will spend about 130 hours on social media during the summer break. The article offers some tips to keep children safe (e.g. privacy and location settings, play together, how to deal with trolls and sexting, get children to play outside).
Image Description | Photograph of a kid holding a tablet of his/her lap, a kid's hand on a lapop, video about the Pokemon Go game, hand holding a smartphone, Minecraft characters, a little boy hiding his face, young woman making a face, two hands holding a smartphone, a child using a tablet.
Image Tags | female(s), game, hand(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
Lehrer schreiben Manifest gegen verrohte Schüler
(Teachers write a manifesto against brutal language)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 6.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | brain, cyberbullying, language threat, school, social media, youth
Summary | Many German schools now report an increase in vulgar hate language among the students. They see the cause in the increased amount of hate language online on social media. This leads to less tolerance towards people with other opinions and more aggressive discussions. Neurological psychologists say that violent language influences the brain so that individuals who are exposed to it more readily use physical violence against others.
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The Latest Celebrity Diet? Cyberbullying
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 12.10.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, privacy, social media
Summary | Celebrities are using social media to discuss personal issues with their friends/lovers/family. They behave like online harassers since they use social media to publicly humiliate other people they know. Some of celebrities' cyberbullying characteristics are: secret recordings, sexual humilitation, revenge porn, and mob deployment.
Image Description | Photograph of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, and screenshot of one of Kim Kardashian's tweets.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), Twitter
Digitale Selbstverteidigung
(Digital self-defence)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 21.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, law, privacy, research/study
Summary | The anonymity of the internet allows for many dark deeds. Poeple should know how to quickly identify fake news, manipulated photographs, and what the legal ramifications of cyberbully (threats or slander) are. Users should also know the full potential of Facebook searches and how to stay anonymous on the internet - a series of tutorials is provided.
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