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Digital Dating Abuse Among Teens: Our Research, and What We Must Do
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and we’re doing our part to help equip and empower young people to make wise decisions in their romantic relationships. Most recently, we published a...
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A Teen’s View of Social Media in 2020
I recently met a high schooler named Eve, and appreciated our conversations about all things related to social media, identity, loneliness, affirmation, and purpose. I thought she would be an ideal...
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Coronavirus, Online Learning, Social Isolation, and Cyberbullying: How To...
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has taken the world by storm and disrupted so many aspects of our lives. As an educator, I’m always thinking about how historical phenomenon might affect (in positive and...
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Helping Families Manage Increased Screen Time During a Global Pandemic
The spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic has created plenty of anxieties for parents trying to balance work and family responsibilities amid ever-changing uncertainties. In this unprecedented time...
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Boys Are More Likely To Experience Dating Abuse Online, Study Says – February...
A recent study from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) found that a quarter of teens nationwide have reported experiencing some form of online abuse, and that boys are most affected. Teen digital dating...
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Bullying, Cyberbullying, and LGBTQ Students
Bullying that specifically targets youth and young adults based on their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression has been a problem for decades. The increased utilization of technology among...
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Eight Fun Student Engagement Ideas During COVID-19 and Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected the way educators across the world instruct, support, encourage, and relate to their students. We know this will continue until at least the end of the...
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Bullying Assembly Programs – What Schools Need to Know
For decades now, schools have been organizing assemblies to address bullying, substance abuse, and a variety of other student issues. Perhaps like me, you remember sitting through them during middle or...
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What the Best Bullying and Cyberbullying Assembly Speakers Do
I have recently shared the most important considerations for schools planning to host bullying assembly programs according to research. Now, I wanted to turn your attention to bullying and...
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Pandetiquette: Keeping the “Social” in Social Media During Times of Profound...
I’ve found myself unfriending, unfollowing, and muting more and more people on social media lately. Given the political situation in the United States (and in my home state of Wisconsin) over the last...
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Pandetiquette: Countering Misinformation in the Information Age through Media...
In Part 2 of this series I call “Pandetiquette,” where I offer my thoughts on how to put the social back in social media (Part 1 here), I want to address the issue of misinformation. When I first...
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Digital Citizenship in 2020 and Beyond
Digital citizenship has been defined as helping youth “practice respectful and tolerant behaviors toward others” online. With the ubiquitous growth in personal device and social media use among youth...
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Social Media, Cyberbullying, and Online Safety Glossary
In our Glossary below, we define the terms you need to know in the realm of social media, cyberbullying, and online safety, so that you are increasingly informed about technological jargon as you work...
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Defund the Police? Implications for Cyberbullying Prevention
As someone who teaches criminal justice in a university setting to many future law enforcement officers, I was appalled by the treatment of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police...
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Current Efforts to Curtail Teen Sexting Not Working
The current global pandemic has greatly constrained the way people are able to interact with each other. Schools in the U.S. moved to online learning mid-March and health safety guidelines continue to...
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Cyberbullying Videos to Use in Presentations
Sameer and I regularly give presentations to students about the importance of using technology safely and responsibly. Due to time and resource constraints, this is often done in large school...
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Trauma, Bullying, and Cyberbullying
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the felt experiences of youth who have to deal with bullying at school or online, and how it may have a traumatic effect on some of them. One might argue that...
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Law Enforcement Perceptions of Cyberbullying: Evolving Perspectives
By Justin W. Patchin, Joseph Schafer, and John P. Jarvis Cyberbullying – using technology to intentionally and repeatedly engage in bullying behaviors – has gained considerable public attention over...
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Bullying and Delinquency: The Impact of Anger and Frustration
By Charern Lee, Justin W. Patchin, Sameer Hinduja, and Alexandra Dischinger Few studies have explored whether individuals who are bullied at school or online are more likely to engage in delinquent...
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Cyberbullying Scripts for Parents to Promote Dialog and Discussion
By Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin Provides parent/teenager “scripts” to promote dialogue and discussion about cyberbullying. Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J. W. (2020). Cyberbullying Scripts for...
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