Phubbing goes viral but naming and shaming?
You cannot avoid all the fuss about "Phubbing" lately. Phubbing is a term coined by 23-year-old Melbourne University student Alex Haigh, to describe the action of "snubbing" people in real life by using your mobile phone in front of them, rather than engaging with them. What a great word he has coined, it even sounds fun to say. A viral campaign is madly spreading showing just how annoying … [Read more...]
What parents REALLY need to know about social media
There is so much information online for parents these days it is hard to know where to turn, it can be pretty confusing, and time consuming trying to cover it all. So many ebooks and articles and blogs on safety and apps and etiquette (we here at iRespectOnline have written many of them!). Last year (2012), after seeing the career aspirations of one young teen smashed due to inappropriate … [Read more...]
Reputation repair required or not? Miley Cyrus
After seeing just some of Miley Cyrus' new video clip I have to wonder what happens to these girls? They must get bullied and pressured for having played a sweet character, or their hearts broken so that they feel they have to show the world (or someone) something. Sadly what they don't show is any maturity - just a discovery of the use of their body parts to sell. The sad thing is that … [Read more...]
Online superheroes Simple but positive action -: Smile online
As passionate as I am about raising awareness for change in the way we engage online, I had an interesting "comment debate"* on someone's wall about taking action in the area of online safety and cyberbullying. As someone who is proactive about change and commited to bringing respect, ethics and higher values into the online environment, I was quite interested in their view that my business, my … [Read more...]
