What are the risks of student cyberbullying?

"The team found that an alarming number of students, almost one in three admitted to being bullied at school. They also found that parental involvement in monitoring internet activity is low among this group with about a third of middle school and 17% of high school students reporting that their parents monitor their internet. Overall, the researchers found that students had little or no knowledge of internet safety...."

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-student-cyberbullying.html

Kite, et al. (2013). "Cyber threats: a study of what middle and high school student know about threatening behaviors and internet safety." Int. J. Social Media and Interactive Learning Environments.

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