Friday, December 12, 2014

Cyberbullying (http://cyberbullying.us/getting-teens-rethink-cyberbullying/)

Unfortunately, the rise of teen suicide is something that is ongoing. In this article it is addressed and challenged by getting kids to rethink. In the Baseline and Rethink System, one student took her use of technology and turned it into a tool to prevent suicide. She used a series of, "hurtful messages and measure (d) the adolescents’ willingness to post them on social media." The system also would "measure the test subject’s willingness, but if they agreed to post anything hurtful, it would alert them indicating “Hold on – that message that you are about to send, that may be hurtful to others."  Even though this may not be the "cure all" it is a step in the right direction.

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