Cyberbullying Resources
For Kids and Young People
Shrink the cyberbully! (US): a game for younger kids.
Stop Bullying Now (US): An initiative of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the site provides strategies and activities around the subject of bullying, including cyberbullying.
Str8tlk (Australia): link to parents advice about bullying via mobile phones, provided by the Australian Mobile Telephone Association (AMTA).
Childline (UK) has compiled a set of resources including a downloadable “bully diary”. The site also includes stories and research.
Bullying No Way! (Australia): Has information and tips to combat cyberbullying.
Need2Know (UK): advice and case studies about bullying.
Need2Know (UK) (part 1 and part 2): advice about cyberbullying, with links to a quiz, videoclips, and other resources.
‘Laugh at it and you’re part of it’ (UK): UK government site providing advice to young people on a range of issues, including cyberbulling.
StopTextBully (UK): has tips against mobile phone cyberbullying.
For Parents and Carers
Str8tlk (Australia): link to parents advice about bullying via mobile phones, provided by the Australian Mobile Telephone Association (AMTA).
Bullying No Way! (Australia) Has information and tips to combat cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying.org (Canada): This site has a quite extensive range of tips and facts, and a good glossary of terms.
The Coalition to Decrease Bullying Harrasment (South Australia): has produced an advisory leaflet for parents and carers.
For Teachers
National Safe Schools Framework (Australia): The Framework consists of a set of nationally agreed principles for a safe and supportive school environment and includes appropriate responses which schools can adopt to address issues of bullying, violence, harassment, and child abuse and neglect. The NSSF Resource Pack provides further information.
*Highly recommended* Digizen (UK): Childnet International, in collaboration with the UK Department of Children, Schools and Families, has produced an excellent range of resources addressing the problem of cyberbullying. These include the Digizen website, a six minute videoclip and supporting teaching materials.
WiseuptoIT (NetAlert, Australia): ‘Lauren’s Ordeal’ a brief video clip about being bullied in cyberspace. This site also has clips relating to spyware, meeting online friends, and cyberstalking.
Bullying NoWay! (Australia): has links to case studies, draft policies and other resources relevant to Australian schools.
SOFweb (Victoria, Australia): advice and policies provided for the Victorian education department from the Student Wellbeing Branch.
Curriculum Materials Information Services (Western Australia): provides advice and references to materials on the subject of cyberbullying (from the Department of Education and Training).
Other Information resources
Videos
'Let's fight it together' (UK): From Childnet's Digizen website
The National Crime Prevention Council (US) has several videos as part of its public information campaign against cyberbullying.
Netsmartz (US): The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and provides a range of resources including video clips.
‘It was just a joke’ (Poland): From a Polish internet safety site – in Polish, but the meaning –and the impact - is unmistakeable.
Beatbullying (UK) YouTube channel: has links to various videos, including celebrities and those produced by schools.
Research
‘Cyberbullying’: Anti-Bullying Alliance (UK) research report 2005 (executive summary)
‘Cyberbullying and Online Teens’: Pew Internet and American Life Project, 2007
‘Cyberbullying – An old problem in a new guise’ (author’s version) Marilyn Campbell, Queensland University of Technology, 2005 (Australia)
‘Teens and Cyberbullying’: Harris Interactive, conducted for the National Crime Prevention Council (US), report released 2007
‘Cyberbullying: Our Kids’ New Reality’: Kids Help Phone, Canada, conducted 2007
The National Council against Bullying (Australia) website also has a large number of conference papers and research on bullying.
In print
Peoplemaking*: An Australian site, offering a range of books relating to bullying (including cyberbullying)
(* Note, ACMA has not read or evaluated all of these texts, so this reference cannot be taken as an endorsement of the books offered on the Peoplemaking site, or a recommendation that they should be purchased through this provider.)