Argumentative Essay On Cyber Bullying

Cyber bullying refers to something when one uses their cell phone, computers or an electronic device to access internet and technology for the purpose of harassment and providing harms to others. Sending inappropriate messages, uploading disturbing images, threatening and posting something without someone’s’ approval are the forms of cyber bullying. The main aim of this research study is to look after the cyber bullying and the possible reasons of occurrence in teenagers. With the reasons we will be also identifying the solutions to the problems. This study will be limited to teenagers with the age group of 13-19. The importance of this research is that it will help to find out the risk-related findings, so that one can know how and why teenagers are involved and participated in the cyber bullying (Elisabeth Staksrud, 2007). With the reasons and occurrence behind the cyber bullying, this will be also focusing on the preventive measures as well as influencing factors which might be their parents, friends or the educators in the education academy. Some of the results of the cyber bullying leads the victim to the anxiety, depression and even suicide.

Typically, the person that is doing the cyberbullying is generally a victim of bullying themselves. How is cyberbullying done? Normally, the use of electronic devices to send messages that tend to emotional hurt someone feelings. Social media can lead to many negative outcomes when communicating to others. For example, if a teenage boy responds on a girl’s photo stating she is “ugly” is considered online bullying. One popular social media site is Facebook that over millions of people use for communicating. Facebook can be a positive source to communicate with family and friends that you may not see often. Also, it can be a very negative source that a lot of people use to criticize one another. Therefore, cyberbullying occurs nationwide

Since 2002, Dr. Justin W. Patchin has surveyed over 20,000 middle and high school students in 12 different studies dealing with cyberbullying. The studies showed that around 27% of the students that were cyberbullied at some point in their lives. Cyberbullying has become a serious problem throughout the U.S and I believe that creating and enforcing new laws could diminish the amount of kids that are cyberbullied every day.

Cyber bullying is going to end; schools are a big part in making this happen. Teachers need to practice proper technology use to put an end to cyberbullying. McAfee states that “...87% of youth have witnessed cyberbullying…” (“Cyberbullying Triples According to New McAfee ‘2014 Teens and the Screen study’” Para. 1) me being one of them. Not only does cyberbullying distress people it also leads to things such as depression “Ten studies examined the link between social media victimization and depression, and all of them found a connection” (Pappas Para. 10). The amount of criticism I see that people get online is unbelievable, and it devastates me that people could be so cruel so you can only imagine how they feel. Schools need to teach how to properly use technology to decrease cyberbullying. Teaching a technology class will educate students with knowledge that they will need in the real world and bring awareness to cyber bullying.

As time goes on and technological advances are made, cyberbullying has become a common and very heavily discussed topic. Not only is this a prevalent issue in our society, but also a personal one as I have faced many difficult situations in dealing with being cyberbullied. A primary reason for discussing the importance of educating parents on cyberbullying is the effect it can have on the entire family system. Cyberbullying differs from general bullying because it is through technological means and does not stop when the child goes home. The negative effects of cyberbullying are abundant; thus, it would be beneficial for parents to receive proper education on creating awareness, advocating, and preventing cyberbullying in their adolescent’s life.

Over twenty-five percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet. School should be a place where students feel safe because they are there for eight or more hours a day. Schools should take part in disciplining people who cyberbully because it can prevent unfortunate things from happening, such as suicide, schools also, are ensuring that students are safe, and it could help inform parents who do not know what is going on with their children in their lives.

One topic that has received much needed attention as social media has boomed over the years appears to be cyberbullying. Bullying in schools has always been a problem, but since the early 2000s, it was not considered an extremely serious issue. However, that began to change as social media applications like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat became such a huge part of the teenage life. Bullying slowly began to transform into cyberbullying with the growth of all of these forms of social media. Cyberbullying has garnered much national attention in the media and among schools and parents that it has left many to ask how far school officials should go in addressing and preventing cyberbullying amongst students. Despite the fact that cyberbullying is mostly made off school grounds and digitally, school officials should have the right to intervene because it affects the student emotionally, mentally, and physically.

A growing issue kids in America between the ages of 9-15 deal with today while using social media sites is online bullying, also known as “cyberbullying.” It is a known fact that bullying can start in school, and continue online. Young adolescents that use social media to harass their peers, use them because they feel that it is the easiest, and the most effective way to torture their target without getting caught. Based off a recent study on cyberbullying in 2014, it states that 52% of young adults have reported being bullied online by a member of their class (Cyber Bullying Statistics 2014, n.d.). Peer-on-peer online harassment is a serious issue that can come with some very upsetting consequences like suicide, or retaliation that can change the lives of everyone around them. In a story like Grace K. McComas a 15-year-old Glenelg High student from Baltimore who committed suicide on Easter morning of 2012 after being cyberbullied by her peers for months (Ames, n.d.). Also the story about Noel Estevez, a 14-year-old boy from New York who killed his abuser by stabbing him 3 times on July of 2014, are some examples of how bullying on social media websites can negatively affect young adults today. Kids should be banned from using social media until they understand that the comments and posts that they put online can often come with consequences that can take their life, or the life of their victims.

Bullying among teens has been going on for years. It has gotten worse with the new technology of today. Bullying has not stopped, but the medium has changed over the years. From face to face interactions and spreading rumors in class, to now post on Facebook, tweets, text messages, and emails. Kids can now be bullied twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, by people in school or people around the world. In a recent study done by Sam Laird, he states that, “42% of teens reports being bullied online” (qtd. in Cyberbullying Rampant). Schools are having a harder time helping students that are being bullied when it is not happening on campus. What are they supposed to do, monitor all their students’ social media accounts? Even the

Cyber-bullying has become just as big of a problem as bullying. Most people at some point in their life deal with some type of bullying or harassment, kids can be cruel and don’t always understand the severity of their actions. When I was growing up if someone had a bully at school it could make going there something they dread, but it always took place in the confines of the school grounds. The internet now enables bullying to occur at any time and in front of a potentially infinite audience, anyone with a laptop or a smartphone can be bullied. Cyberbullying is a major problem and we all need to continue to work towards prevention.

Nowadays the internet is a big part of our lives today, it has the consumed the entire world. Technology has advanced rapidly and it is the reason why our world is the very strong and stable world it is today. Specifically in our generation, it gives people a voice they never had. They can go online and be whoever they want and say whatever they want to say. Some schools feel that students have a little too much freedom online. They feel that this freedom should be limited. They feel it can cause problems for the school and other students. I feel that students should not be limited to what they have to say online because it does not affect most students and teachers, it’s not very disruptive, and free speech is a sacred right.

“Maybe there is a beast....maybe it's only us.”- William Golding (William Golding, Lord of the flies, chapter 5, page 80, qoute 20, 1954.)

Furthermore, in 1998, Glasser explained that students having difficulty in meeting their needs or motives are generally the ones who experience relationship problems during their adolescent years. When the gap between what a person wants and what they have increases, they feel anger and rage. These feelings often lead the adolescent to display rebellion and problematic behaviours. Another reason for the problems in relationships is the inability to show individual potential. This is where I believe teachers can play a large role, because if students’ abilities are not believed in and they are not given the chance to cope with the obstacles they encounter, adolescents often experience discipline problems; which is what cyberbullying is seen as. Therefore, it can be said that cyberbullying is related to a person being unsuccessful and a feeling of being held back in satisfying their basic needs or motives.

Do you consider yourself a safe user when using social media websites? Do you post pictures when on vacation? If so, remember that when post pictures of yourself on vacation the gives the stalker of your page an idea that you are not home at the time. Do you post regularly about what you are doing? As a result, when posting about what you are doing this give criminals an idea of where you are. Social websites weaken and damage people self-confidence, so to stop this we need precaution, stop online aggression, and stop online criminals.

Bullying has always been a prevalent issue among society, especially within adolescence. However, cyberbullying in specific, is becoming more intense and harmful as the use technology increases. Unfortunately, bullies target those who are different among society, such as individuals who are different in race, religion, language, and sexual orientation. Bullying is no longer stemmed from school and left there, kids are bringing these unnecessary things home with them through the use of social media. These behaviors from bullies are preventing the victims to exceed their full potential in school, extra-circular activities, and being who they are in general. Now that most individuals use social media, they are able to see who is being