Bystanders

Megan Humiston
Bystanders and Bullying The purpose of this article was informing people about bullies and bystanders and their roles in bullying. Actions of both bystanders and the bullies themselves is the main focus of the article because she provides evidence bystanders are doing as much harm as the bullies by not helping the victim. This results in just as much being done to the victims by the bystander. Not a specific recommendation is given but most likely the problem could be solved by getting help from an elder person. Finally, a conclusion that could be made from this article is that is that bystanders can be very helpful in the situation. It was stated that a bully will feel less intimidated if think someone could try to expose them. Bystander roles, Bully prevention, Instigation "Bystanders and Bullying." //Bully OnLine//. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. . Carson Lambert Bullies: Innocent Bystanders This article was written to inform people that the role of bystanders in bullying situations is crucial when stopping the bullying, or creating/continuing the bullying. It has been proven that bullies are often tempted or encouraged to bully kids even more when they have an audience of bystanders. If bystanders stand and watch, or do nothing at all, they are also a cause of the harassment. The author recommends that, even though it is difficult, bystanders should stand up for the victim, or tell the bully to stop. It has been proven that half of all bullying incidents would never have occurred if a bystander had spoken up. Tags: The Golden Rule, Initiative, Causes of bullying "Bullies: Innocent Bystanders." //Www.pbskids.org//. Castle Works, Inc., 2005. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. [].

Caylie Asmonda

[|Bystander] This webpage was created to show how the behavior can affect bullying. By focusing on the different types of bystanders the author shows how the differences in behavior change the situation. The types of bystanders and organized between positives and negatives. The author suggests that adults talk to children about how to be a helpful bystander rather than a hurtful one. The author that if knew how to become helpful bystanders they can help stop bullying Tags: Types of bystanders, Effects, Instigation Eyes on Bullying. "Bystander." //Eyes on Bullying//.

Cameron Scott 

Megan Humiston Bystanders’ Role In Bullying ====This article provides evidence of what a bystander is and how they react to the situation at hand. The author focuses the piece on things such as what a bystander is, what is so wrong about bystanders and how do you intervene in situations. Evidence is provided such as what you should do if a bullying situation is occurring and that you’re actually hurting the victim by standing there and watching the act taking place. The problem that the article includes is that most people do not want to intervene and actually do just stand there and do nothing. The solutions through out the article are that bystanders should intervene because it is every important to the situation. From this, a conclusion can be made that even if you don’t want to intervene yourself, you at least need to find some sort of help. ====

Carson Lambert
=Bullying and the Bystander Effect (WARNING: May not be available on school computers, but is accessible at home) = ==== The main purpose of this article was to exploit what is wrong with the “anti-bullying” campaign, and to offer an alternative view of a bystander’s position in bullying situations. The author explains that the clever slogans on posters and wristbands, along with the cheesy anti-bullying assemblies that were introduced to schools, actually do nothing at all. Then, the author proves through testing that most bystanders in a bullying situation won’t stand up for the victim for three reasons; the theory of Diffusion of Responsibility, Schadenfreude, and fear. This article almost seems to motivate readers to stand up against bullying because the author accuses all bystanders of being “ineffective”, thus challenging competitive readers to take initiative and prove the author wrong. It is concluded that making bystander interventions the basis for anti-bullying campaigns is deplorable, and that victims need to learn to stand up for themselves, because no matter what, not everyone is going to be "nice" to eachother. ====

Tags: Bystander effect, diffusion of responsibility, courage, fear
"Bullying and the Bystander Effect." //Www.emergingcenter.wordpress.com//. 22 Feb. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. [].

Amber Ruther [|Subway Attack Illustrates Bystander Effect: Passengers Watched Man Brutally Attack Dozing Passenger with Hammer]

The author wrote this article to inform the online community about the bystander effect and give two examples of it in real life events. The focus is that bystanders will rarely take action when in a crowd because they will expect someone else to do so. The two examples of this are when a man brutally attacked a dozing stranger with a hammer in a Philadelphia subway, and when a woman named Kitty Genovese was stabbed, then the attacker left and returned to finish the attack because it appeared no one would stop him. In both cases, there were many bystanders, and the deaths would have been preventable had the bystanders intervened or called for help. In conclusion, it states that the bystander effect is a general psychological response that sometimes is an obstacle to social responsibility. Tags: Bystander effect, bystander apathy, emergencies, psychology, Kitty Genovese

Lovik, John Leonard. "Subway Attack Illustrates Bystander Effect: Passengers Watched Man Brutally Attack Dozing Passenger with Hammer." //Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network//. Suite101.com. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. .

Amber Ruther [|Bystander Apathy - It's None of My Business!]

The purpose of this article is to increase awareness in the online community of bystander apathy, to describe an example of it (the Kitty Genovese murder), and to show it in action by describing experiments done by the author. The main focus is that bystander apathy is when someone chooses to follow the group rather than their own instincts or judgment, and that it can be very dangerous. In the author's first experiment, a student was placed in a room listening to what he believed was a live audio chat with multiple people but was actually a prerecording. One of the speakers had a "seizure", and because the student thought others could hear it too he did not go for help. The second experiment involved several students in the same room filling out a questionnaire, several of whom were actors told to remain calm. Convincing "smoke" was pumped in through the vents, but when the students saw the actors not react to it and just continue calmly filling out the questionnaire, they did the same. Apparently, they would rather risk their lives then break rank. In certain situations this could obviously have dire consequences, such as the Kitty Genovese murder where bystanders who could easily have saved the woman did nothing to prevent it. The author wants to educate people about bystander apathy by doing things such as sharing the results of those experiments, and make people more aware of it. The author concludes that we must not assume that the decisions of others should be our own. Tags: Bystander apathy, bystander effect, emergencies, psychology, Kitty Genovese

Tyrrell, Mark. "Bystander Apathy - It's None of My Business!" //Uncommon Knowledge//. Uncommon Knowledge LLP. Web. 14 Feb. 2011. [].

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