This is a presentation I did to middle school youth at the Crossing event in the Dakotas conference.

1. Social Networking
and Cyberbullying
Paul O’Briant
paul@obriant.net
www.21stCenturySheep.com

2. Social Networking

3. What Makes Media Social?

4.  Facebook
 845 million active
users
 US population 313
million
 12 million United
Methodist world-wide
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10.  What is bullying?
 What is
cyberbullying?
 How are they the
same and different?

11. Cyberbullying
Vs.
Digital
Drama

12. Don’t let any foul words come
out of your mouth. Only say
what is helpful when it is
needed for building up the
community so that it benefits
those who hear what you say.
Ephesians 4:29

14. Questions
 Close your eyes and raise your hand if you
have ever felt like you have been
cyberbullied.
 Close your eyes and raise your hand if you
have ever cyberbullied someone.

15. Defend the weak and
fatherless; uphold the cause
of the poor and the
oppressed. 4 Rescue the
weak and the needy, deliver
them from the hand of the
wicked
Psalm 82:3

16. How can you protect yourself?
 Have strong passwords
 Don’t share passwords
except with parents or
trusted adults
 Don’t participate in digital
drama

17. How should you respond?
 Don’t respond to the
bully
 Block the bully
 Log off
 Change password
 Keep the evidence
 Stand up for others
 Tell a trusted adult

18. Cyberbullying – You Can’t Take It
Back

20. Social Networking
and Cyberbullying
Paul O’Briant
paul@obriant.net
www.21stCenturySheep.com