Appearance Related Cyberbullying

Is cyberbullying an old problem with a new disguise? Bullying in the real world has been around for a seemingly endless amount of time. Due to the rise of technology in society today, bullying in the cyber world, also known as cyberbullying, has erupted. Cyberbullying can be defined as using technology, such as the Internet, social media, and text messages, to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person (Hirsch). According to 11 Facts About Cyberbullying, nearly eighty-three percent of teens believe bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person. This shows that cyberbullies use online networks to camouflage themselves from reality. Cyberbullying is emotionally abusive to the victim’s mental health because the scars imprinted from the cruel remarks sent through text messages and posted throughout social media are bound to forever impact one's life.

As the drastic increase of social media networks has increased, so too has the cyberbullying prevalence. Merriam-Webster defines cyberbullying as the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person often done anonymously. Kassandra Gahagan and her fellow colleagues studied cyberbullying among students and its outcomes. Studies show higher rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors with victims of cyberbullying, along with higher rates of depression, anxiety and paranoia (Gahagan, Vaterlaus & Frost, 2015). While cyberbullying can be both intentional or unintentional, it is a negative process which effects the victim. This includes comments, posts without consent and messages. The study conducted sought to determine the prevalence of cyberbullying among young adults and the negative outcomes through asking three questions.

This research shows that cyberbullying is at an all-time high over the past few years. The purpose of this report was to gain knowledge for personally and professionally for the future as well as to use for reporting. With the rise of children and teenagers getting cell phones, tablets, and even computers at such a young age the rise will only continue to go up if we cannot stop it now. Young girls are at a higher risk than young men to be bullied but young men are higher for being bullies. Every one in three teens have been the victims of cyber bullying and only one in five are reported to parents or law enforcement. If there was something that could be done to stop cyberbullying

In An Exploratory Study of Cyberbullying with Undergraduate University Students, written by Carol M. Walker, Beth Rajan Sockman, and Steven Koehn, the article explores the topic of cyberbullying. It looks into what undergraduate students go through, while it also gives a basis for future research in cyberbullying on college campuses. One of the research questions being posed is what instances of cyberbullying do undergraduate students experience, and what role does gender play in cyberbullying at the undergraduate level? The other question is what forms of technology do undergraduate students use to perpetrate or receive bullying, and how often does it occur?

This piece of literature explains the mental, social, and economic dangers of cyberbullying, It offers statistics and ways to prevent and treat

In order to understand the importance and consequences of cyberbullying, the main idea of cyberbullying must be expressed. Suzanne Phillips states that “cyberbullying like any form of bullying is relational aggression. It is intended to make the victim feel frightened, humiliated, helpless and too often—hopeless. What makes cyber bullying particularly harmful and in the case of too many young people who have committed suicide, so deadly, is the nature and virulent reach of electronic medium” (Phillips 1). Students are put in danger everyday due to the relevance of cyberbullying that surrounds them. The effects are detrimental to their health and have major impacts on the society. Justin Patchin explains that teens have unhealthy ideas when he states that “cyberbullied youth also report having suicidal thoughts, and there have been a number of examples in the United States and abroad where youth who were victimized ended up taking their own lives” (Patchin 1). Average teenagers express everyday that the effects of cyberbullying are harmful to their well being and self esteem. This causes most teens to feel worthless and makes them believe that their lives are not meaningful. Justin W. Patchin also shows the many outcomes of cyberbullying and displays that at “first, many targets report feeling depressed, sad, angry, and frustrated.

OAlthough evidence shows that young people overall spent their time on social media websites, exposure to cyberbullying in young people expanded with age. Twenty one percent of 14-15 year old detailed having been cyberbullied, contrasted with four percent of eight to nine year old. Reported encounters of cyberbullying among 10-17 year olds seems stable since 2009, however has gradually expanded for the most youthful age group (eight to nine year olds). Parental attention to cyberbullying is generally high, except for guardians of 16-17 year olds. The larger part of the individuals who have been cyberbullied informed somebody and did something concerning it. Children and young people up to the age of 15 years old were most likely confess in their parents, and those matured 16-17 years were similarly prone to tell a friend as a parent.

Child bullying is a subject that the media seems to draw a lot of attention to these days.

Depression is another problem that those who use social networks often may experience when they worry too much about themselves and the ways they present themselves. Time Magazine once said that “girl have more body image and [eating disorder] than boy have.” For example, my sister is younger than me and she is so thin, because she not eating much in an effort to grow stronger. Through what I see with my sister, the body image of girls is the important to them especially during their adolescent years. A Researcher of the Brown University School of Public Health said that “the more user of the social network the more increase in depression.” Teenage girls who are often on the social networks and have experiences that include bullying and

In the article,” The Cyberbullying Virus: A Psychoeducational Intervention to Define and Discuss Cyberbullying Among High School Females”, high school females represent a population at risk for being cyberbully victims, cyberbully bystanders, and cyberbullies due to their age group and their access to social media outlets and the Internet. They used a psychoeducational intervention that can be used with adolescent females in a high school setting to define and discuss cyberbullying by using short YouTube video clips and role-play scenarios. The pilot intervention resulted in increased understanding of cyberbullying and empathy towards other students. One of the most disturbing effects of cyberbullying has on victims is thoughts of suicide or real suicide attempts. “20% of participants reported “seriously thinking about suicide”, whereas 19% reported

The text from ‘Vice’ is an article about the ‘impact’ that ‘blatant misogyny’ on social network has ‘on the way which girls see themselves’ which, will continue to occur, due the lack of feasible options to help diminish the ‘toxic atmosphere’ of social media. The author provides the ‘youthful influential 18 to 34-year-old millennial audience’ with a timeline of the ‘ugly evolution of bullying’, which the author feels that women are constantly fall victim to. The article aims to give an insight to the serious real-world repercussions of cyber bullying through vile statistics, insights and facts on abuse and bullying towards women, creating an awareness to the issue, along with educating the audience towards the topic.

Callie Hartman/“More than one in three young people have experienced cyberthreats ``online,” states bullyingstatistics.org, who offer anti-bullying help and facts in 2009. Cyberbullying is also one of the fastest growing trends among teens, and statistics show that 33% of ALL youth has been cyberbullied. Nobullying.com who is a bullying prevention website states in 2015, that “Girls are twice as likely to be cyberbullied than boys are.”

Hase et al. focus on how bullying and cyberbullying differ pertaining to teenager’s mental health. Olweus focuses on first dismissing common misconceptions of cyberbullying given by the media, then he goes through his results in an extremely logical and statistical manner. He states that cyberbullying is directly related to traditional bullying, and therefore the impact on mental health can not be directly attributed to one of the two forms, but rather both. Li begins with pathos, giving many examples of cyberbullying and how traumatic it was for the victims. She claims that cyberbullying has a greater negative impact on mental health, not just by

This investigation will utilised the primary and secondary resources, while secondary source, such as reliable internet sites with correct information that gave me what I needed to use to answer my questions right. The surveys developed into personal perspective and opinions that highlighted a range of viewpoints having students, family members and friends to complete the surveys, not just students but asking one of the local police offices to complete the biggest survey which gave me the best resources. Possibly lead to biased responses. A more balanced perspective could have gain if I interviewed an impartial health or education professional. Survey the my friends, family and students provided an enlightening perspective, while the survey conducted with 8 individuals across the general public confirmed and expresses by both the primary and secondary sources of information.

While cyberbullying affects each child differently, there has been a clear correlation between victims and non-victims and their self-esteem. In one study, bullied victims had less self-esteem than those who were not bullied online. Additionally, it was reported that victims of cyberbullying were thirty percent more likely to think about committing suicide (Cyberbullying Research Center, 2012). With the lack of parent supervision, it was found that those who spent more than three hours per school day on social networks were 110% more at risk to be a cyberbully victim as compared those who do not spend as much time online (Gilkerson, 2012). What may be worse is the fact that majority of those bullied online do not tell their parents or an adult about what occurred. Despite the fact that most adolescents state that bullying occurs more offline then online, cyberbullying is still a real and large threat to the youth of America (Lenhart, 2007).