Thursday, April 21, 2011

Bullying-- source #4

"Tim Field." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 21 Apr. 2011.

This article comes from the subscription database- Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. The article focuses on Tim Field, a graduate from Staffordhsire University who landed a computer programming job. Here, he began to experience a great deal of bullying which led him to a deep and difficult depression. After he made it through his depression, he started researching bullying. In addition to dealing with his own experience of being bullied, he tried to understand bullying on many different levels. In addition to establishing a bullying advice line, he established a website known as Bully Online which keeps track of bullying news, cases, resources, and policy development. He also established Success Unlimited, a publishing company targeting bullying matters; with this company, he was able to publish his books Bully in Sight and Bullycide with Neil Marr. Most significantly, he started the Field Foundation in 2002. the goal of the foundation is to assure and empower those who suffer from bullying. The focus of the organization is to work for a "world free of bullying through the development of insight and understanding of the human propensity for violence and violational interaction." Futhermore, it aims to help all of us become better people, to understand how bullying deeply affects everyone.  While he died five years ago, his work remainds important in all fields of bullying.

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