Bullies and Cyberbullies
108 views · Published 4 August 2014 · 1:34:52 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Schoolyard bullies have been with us since Hercules in ancient Greece. But now a new 21st century form of bullying has appeared: cyber-bullying. Although it doesn't use physical force, it has proved just as damaging. Following recent suicides of student victims of bullies and cyber-bullies, attitudes toward bullying have changed. Instead of dismissing bullying behavior with a shrug “Boys will be boys,” Massachusetts school districts are now required to develop plans to address bullying. Panelists Elizabeth Englander, Tracy Vaillancourt, and Odds Bodkin join moderator Sasha Helper to examine the phenomenon of bullying today through the lenses of psychology, neuroscience, and culture in order to broaden our understanding of the dangers this aggressive behavior poses and the effectiveness of the proposed responses to it. How is bullying different today? What can we learn from accumulated experience and from the modern discoveries of neuroscience about the impact of bullying on both victims and victimizers? How can this destructive behavior be changed?
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