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Many students are embarrassing and bullying their teachers online, by taunting or irritating them, then filming such incidents with mobile phones and posting the clips online.
And these students do so out of peer pressure or for a thrill, said psychologist Nicholas Lim yesterday, at the release of this year's Norton Online Family Report.
"Most of the time, they want to feel a sense of belonging among their peers and something like this also gives them a sort of thrill," he explained.
The report revealed that three in 10 teachers here have been a victim or know another teacher who has fallen prey to this growing pheno menon, called cyber baiting.
Three in five teachers said that being friends with their students on social networks exposed them to such risks.
Still, three in four said that they would still do so, as it helps them reach out to their students beyond the classroom.
Another worrying trend is that one in four children here admitted to visiting websites with adult content when their parents were not around.
This is higher than the global average of one in 10.
Almost 20,000 respondents across 24 countries were polled for the report, of which almost 800 were from Singapore.
The respondents were made up of children, parents and teachers.
And these students do so out of peer pressure or for a thrill, said psychologist Nicholas Lim yesterday, at the release of this year's Norton Online Family Report.
"Most of the time, they want to feel a sense of belonging among their peers and something like this also gives them a sort of thrill," he explained.
The report revealed that three in 10 teachers here have been a victim or know another teacher who has fallen prey to this growing pheno menon, called cyber baiting.
Three in five teachers said that being friends with their students on social networks exposed them to such risks.
Still, three in four said that they would still do so, as it helps them reach out to their students beyond the classroom.
Another worrying trend is that one in four children here admitted to visiting websites with adult content when their parents were not around.
This is higher than the global average of one in 10.
Almost 20,000 respondents across 24 countries were polled for the report, of which almost 800 were from Singapore.
The respondents were made up of children, parents and teachers.
