Focus Group Table

Cameron Smith

Category Sub-Category # of
Quotes
Witnessing bullying via -Receiving sexual pictures via Snapchat 1
social media -Receiving explicit messages via Snapchat 3

Issues when reporting -Bully’s identity disguised online 5

bullying over social media -Reporting bully is intimidating when friends 1
with bully

Ways to handle bullying -Physical retaliation: slapping the bully 3

-Peaceful attempt at reporting the bully 3
-Teachers suggest defense using words 2

Online bullying prevention -Taking caution when choosing followers on 4

social media
-Blocking users to avoid harassment 4
-Parental figure prohibiting child’s social media 1
use

Bullying past adolescent -Carries into adult world 5

age -Bullying shifts from educational environment 4
to working environment with age
-Witnesses parents being bullied at 1
professional place of work
-Bullying knows no age 3
-Continuing to be bullied during K-12 3
educational career

Bullying occurring in -Intervening of a teacher prevents bullying 3

school -Verbal defense in classrooms in common 4
-More bullying on the playground than 5
anywhere else
-Playground activities increasing adrenalin and 1
aggression
Gender roles in bullying -Physical bullying continues to trend in boys 5
-Verbal bullying continues to trend in girls 5
-Girls bullying over longer span of time than 5
boys
-Hating opposite gender in general 4
Bystander effects -No intervention/watching bullying is as 3
harmful as bullying
-Bystander Intervention effectively promotes 5
standing up for others