Research/Scope of the Problem

In 2007, I volunteered at two Bay Area Middle Schools for a combined total of 35 hours. During this time, I held discussions about cyber bullying, lead activities, administered quizzes, and conducted interviews.
The Schools I worked in were:

Kennedy Middle School, Redwood City
6th-8th grade girls, (25 hours)


- La Entrada Middle School, Palo Alto
8th grade girls (10 hours)

out of 31 middle school girls:
-26 have been cyber bullied & 21 have admitted to cyber bullying someone else
- 29 have been distracted in class because of an email, text message or MySpace
-31 have read an IM conversation that was printed out and brought to school

2007 Study from the Pew Internet/American Life Project
About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities such as receiving threatening messages ; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having embarrassing pictures posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread onlin