"Psychological Bullying" by Aroa, Nerea, Óscar & Sabela

Psychological Bullying

By: Óscar Fuentes, Aroa Rodríguez, Sabela Seco and Nerea Veiga.

Table of Contents 1.​ ​Introduction

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2.​ ​What is Bullying?

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3.​ ​Psychological Bullying

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4.​Our ads

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a. Bullying

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a. What is Psychological Bullying?

2 b. How do bullies act on Psychological Bullying?

3 c. How does Psychological Bullying affect to victims? 3 a. Catchy Phrases b. Advertising Techniques c. Short Fil​m

5.​ ​Conclusion

6. ​Bibliography

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1.Introduction a. Bullying We are going to talk about Bullying because it is an important thing that we all have to be concerned about. We think our teacher selected Bullying as our theme because most teenagers that can be an active part of bullying aren’t conscious of what they do.

2.What is Bullying?

Bullying is any kind of aggression to an equal.

It can be verbal, social,

physical, cyber bullying and psychological bullying. We are going to work on Psychological Bullying at schools.

3.Psychological Bullying We chose Psychological Bullying because we think that it is the most painful and it is too difficult to forget.

a. What is Psychological Bullying?

Psychological Bullying involves the repeated and intentional use of words or actions which can cause psychological harm. Psychological bullying is similar to playing mind games. Malicious rumours are an insidious form of this bullying which attacks a person’s self-image, while hurtful facial looks expressing aggression and/or dislike are more subtle but equally damaging. This type of bullying intended to cause severe emotional distress is more prevalent among girls.

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b. How do bullies act on Psychological Bullying?

One of the most common tactics used during psychological bullying is to personally attack people. When this happens, the ​bully may make jokes about some weakness or physical flaw in an individual. This is often done in front of other people for comedic purposes, or as a way to elevate the bully above his victim in the eyes of his peers.

c. How does Psychological Bullying affect to victims?

Psychological Bullying can be really intimidating for its victims causing them psychological harm and leading them to suicide.

Sometimes people may feel as though they've been abused because something happened that hurt them emotionally, but it would generally only qualify as bullying if it were done purposefully, especially with malicious intent.

4.Our ads We’ve decided to make a short film because we think it is a great idea that people can remember and feel more involved with bullying.

a. Catchy Phrases “You can take somebody to suicide” “Do you really want to be an accessory to a murder?”

“Insults are bullying. Don’t use them” “You can trust your loved ones, they won’t judge you”

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b. Advertising Techniques We are going to use “Name Calling”, because bullies insult victims, and we are going to reflect it on our short film.

We are going to use Glittering Generalities because we are going to use beautiful and inspirational phrases.

Also we are going to use Transfer because in our short film we are going to use images about Bullying.

c. Short Film https://youtu.be/iXPWa_16yCE 1. INDOORS. SCHOOL. CLASSROOM. DAY.

THE TEACHER is distributing the exams. THE KIDS are talking about them.

MARY: What did you get Riley?

RILEY: (nervous) Well, a 10.

MARY: Ugh, Nerd.

SARAH: What were you expecting? She just studies all day long.

THE TEACHER asks for silence and explains something on the board.

MARY, SARAH and ANNE whisper about RILEY. She feels uncomfortable and looks at ETHAN.

2. INDOORS. SCHOOL. HALLWAY. DAY. All THE KIDS go out of the class. RILEY goes in front.

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SARAH: I hate her, really.

ANNE: She is so annoying…

MARY: (distracted) Yeah…

RILEY looks back to MARY.

3. INDOORS. SCHOOL. HALLWAY. DAY. MARY and RILEY are at the hallway. They are hugging. SARAH and ANNE aproach to where they are and MARY shoves RILEY.

MARY: You are stupid. Get away from me.

RILEY feels bad.

4. INDOORS. SCHOOL. HALLWAY. DAY.

MARY, SARAH and ANNE walk along the hall. They are talking.

SARAH: What about all the lesbian thing? I mean, about Riley.

She is going to be alone forever.

THE GIRLS laugh.

ANNE: You’re right. There is no girl in this world who can like her.

MARY: Oh girls, shut up. Did you hear the rumors? Maddie and Josh broke up. She kissed Mark at the party.

SARAH: Mark? Josh’s best friend? OMG, I can’t believe it.

THE GIRLS go away laughing.

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5. INDOORS. SCHOOL. CLASSROOM. DAY.

THE TEACHER is explaining something on the board. THE CHILDREN are talking. Some notes hit RILEY’s head.

TEACHER: Guys, what’s the result?

RILEY: 24 sir.

TEACHER: Well done Riley.

SARAH: (mocking) 24 sir.

THE CLASS laughs.

ETHAN: Leave her alone!

MARY: Are you her boyfriend?

ANNE: Or are you being friendzoned by a lesbian?

THE CLASS laughs. ETHAN blushes and looks at RILEY.

RILEY: (whispers) I’m sorry.

ETHAN moves his head.

6. INDOORS. SCHOOL. HALLWAY. DAY.

ETHAN and RILEY are talking.

ETHAN: Don’t think about it. They don’t know you.

RILEY: Yeah, I know. But it hurts to see Mary like that.

ETHAN: Are you sure about her?

RILEY: I don’t know. Lately she doesn’t even look at me…

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ETHAN and RILEY walk away.

7. INDOORS. SCHOOL. CLASSROOM. DAY.

MARY and RILEY are talking.

MARY: But why? I love you. You know that.

RILEY: Your love isn’t worth all this hate.

MARY: I’m sorry, Riley. Give me another chance, please.

RILEY: I’ve already made my choice.

RILEY goes away.

8. INDOORS. RILEY’S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. DAY.

RILEY is talking to her sister. She is telling her all the bullying story.

RILEY: ...and so I decided I am better now. So I broke up with her. And I need your help to finally break up with bullying.

EMMA: Sure, you are amazing Riley. Don’t let anyone tear you down. And remember, I will always be here with you.

RILEY and EMMA hug each other.

The End

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5.Conclusion This project helped us to understand that bullying is something we all have to be concerned about because it can be dangerous to the victims. Also, we learnt that some victims are afraid of telling they are being bullied. Also, we understood that because of the pressure the victims are feeling it can take them to commit suicide. The witnesses usually don’t know, but they are also an active part of bullying.

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