{"id":290,"date":"2010-11-18T19:59:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T03:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2010-11-22T07:09:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T15:09:08","slug":"cyberbullying-video-in-times-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/cyberbullying-video-in-times-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Cyberbullying Video Makes it to Times Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a>By Lynette T. Owens<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, we ran a video contest called \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d<\/a> with the goal of engaging and educating young people on various topics related to their Internet safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/a>One of the winning videos called \u201cPull the Plug on Bullying\u201d<\/a> is now showing through the month of November on the CBS Superscreen in New York City\u2019s Times Square (once an hour, 18 hours a day). \u00a0If you\u2019re in New York this month, take a cab to 42nd<\/sup> Street and 7th <\/sup>Ave., walk west, and look up. (See below.)\u00a0 Thanks to our friends at Web Wise Kids<\/a> for bringing us the opportunity to do this.<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This video was created by two teens, Matt Bendo and KJ Proulx (pictured above in the Windsor Star<\/em>), from Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada.\u00a0 As this week is National Bullying Awareness week in Canada, the video has also been circulated in the media throughout the country. (See stories in the CBC<\/a>\u00a0and the Windsor Star<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

While we have deliberately put effort into drawing attention to the video and more importantly to the message it sends, I think the real appeal is that it was created by\u00a0two teens.\u00a0 In 36 seconds, Matt and KJ portray the impact of cyberbullying and more importantly the need for young people to take action if they see it or are a victim of it.\u00a0 \u00a0I use this video (along with others from the contest) in presentations to different kinds of audiences for that reason.\u00a0 It gets the point across.<\/p>\n

I firmly believe there is a positive impact to involving youth in the process of trying to keep them safe online<\/a>.\u00a0 The Internet is a medium that millions of young people around the world are embracing in ways that many more parents and teachers still don\u2019t fully understand (and fear).\u00a0 Their generation is heavily defined by their participation in social networks and their appetite for digital gadgets.\u00a0 Their attitude towards and deep familiarity with technology gives them a perspective on it that we need to include when we work on solutions to keeping them safe online.\u00a0 And what teen wants to listen to another lecture from an older person?\u00a0 Give them a turn on the stage, and their peers are more likely to listen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

See all the winners and finalists of the \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d<\/a> video competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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