
(Source: The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use)
Blog
A shared online journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies
Cyberbullying
Sending or posting harmful or cruel text or images using the Internet or other digital communication devices
Cyberstalking
Harassment that include threats of harm or is highly intimidating
Denigration (Put-downs)
Sending or posting harmful, untrue or cruel statements about a person to other people
Exclusion
Actions that specifically and intentionally exclude a person from an online group, such as exclusion from an IM “buddies” list
Flaming
Sending angry, rude or vulgar messages directed at a person or persons privately or to an online group
Harassment
Repeatedly sending a person offensive messages
Masquerade
Pretending to be someone else while sending or posting material that makes that person look bad, or puts that person in potential danger
Outing and Trickery
Sending or posting material about a person that contains sensitive, private or embarrassing information, including forwarding private messages or images. Engagement in tricks to solicit embarrassing information that is then made public.
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