The answer in this situation is easy: No. What is difficult, though, is finding answers on to how to stop cyberbullying. It requires patience and fortitude to do so, that is, in our working to get a better grip on the problem and what underlies it and on the perpetrators and what drives them. It requires empathic understanding: not to be confused with sympathy or compassion, but with the ability and willingness to probe into emotional, psychological layers.
This blog is about how the rapidly evolving world of media and technology is affecting us. It’s about stepping back. Looking at the upside, downside, and any other side we don’t usually see. And asking what does it all mean, how does it really matter.
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Freedom (2) Cyberbullying and its Consequences
The answer in this situation is easy: No. What is difficult, though, is finding answers on to how to stop cyberbullying. It requires patience and fortitude to do so, that is, in our working to get a better grip on the problem and what underlies it and on the perpetrators and what drives them. It requires empathic understanding: not to be confused with sympathy or compassion, but with the ability and willingness to probe into emotional, psychological layers.
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