Digital Smarts - Preventing Bullying in the Digital Age – Reporting is Key

As Amy Williams reports in her blog post “What Bullying Looks Like in the Digital Age and How to Prevent It,” a big problem with bullying is that it is being underreported. She writes: “Recent studies show that an astonishing half of workplace bullying and 40 percent of school bullying will go unreported. Whether this is because of insensitivity toward the issue, a normalization of the practice in our culture, or simply an inability to identify it, something must be done to rectify the situation.” She feels that the most obvious way to prevent more bullying is to say something if you see something. This is an important topic of discussion for kids and adults alike yet again.