What is Worse Traditional -Bullying or Cyber Bullying
What is Worse Traditional -Bullying or Cyber Bullying and
Which is Worst Traditional or Cyber-Bullying?
Patricia Spatcher
Florida Southwestern
State College
What is Worse Traditional -Bullying or Cyber Bullying and
Which is Worst Traditional or Cyber-Bullying?
Bullying is the aggressive act of repetitive emotional, psychological or emotional abuse, by one or more persons over a time span. Traditionally, there are four main types of bullying; physical (assault), verbal (threats), relational (social exclusion) and indirect (spreading rumors). With the increased use of Internet and mobile phones, a new form of bullying has emerged, often labeled 'cyber bullying
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This information can be in the form of text, photos, or videos. Cyberbullying can take many forms. It may include repeatedly sending e-mails to people who have said they do not want contact with the sender. It can also include sending threats, making sexual remarks, using offensive language or labels, or posting humiliating photos or videos, as well as spreading rumors or lies about the victim. Cyberbullying is a huge problem and is becoming a growing epidemic among children. With the increase of social media and internet use among people of all ages rising each year, cyberbullying cases continue to skyrocket as well. Often, the most common offenders of cyber bullying are the ones you would least expect; this is because when they are hiding behind a computer, they feel that they have more power and wind up saying harsher, more offensive things than they would say to someone in public. Sometimes these people were known as "keyboard commandos"- people who are braver behind a keyboard than they are face to face. Cyber bullying can be devastating to a child 's self-esteem and can have lasting consequences on their mental health, their ability to interact socially, and their ability to perform in the classroom. In some extreme cases, cyber bullying has even led to suicide.
Children and teenagers are not the only victims of cyberbullying- adults also been found to be victims as well as culprits of cyber
Bullying is seen and unseen, noticed by others and unnoticed, it’s a problem not just in our little communities, towns, cities or states but all over our country, bullying is a worldwide problem. As the internet has roared up so has forms of bullying throughout the web. Cyber bullying has become a problem that has never been thought of before. Although it is less physical than traditional forms of bullying, it can have more devastating and longer-lasting effects. It is rapidly becoming a major problem. Now, a small physically weak child can be as much of a bully as the big brute but with more impact. Educators definitely need to understand how powerful and dangerous this new type of bullying has become as it has greatly impacted the classroom.
Cyberbullying is one of the easiest ways to bully someone. Most cyber bullies know their victims in person. On the fact sheet “What is Cyberbullying?” it says that 84% of bullies know their victim in real life. A major problem with cyberbullies is that they are posting embarrassing pictures, threatening comments, and rude statements about one that cannot be completely deleted off of the
Cyberbullying and text bullying can be described as intentionally mean and cruel actions toward someone else through the use of the internet and social media. Similar to face to face harassment and bullying, cyberbullying and text bullying are aggressive tactics used online to threaten and intimidate a specific person. These actions are very hurtful intending to humiliate and embarrass the victim.
Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents may remember when they were kids and the bully would pick on them or their friends by stealing lunch money or just getting beat up, and that was the end of it. The victims remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. However, these days, bullying is not just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it is happening on the Internet and on cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day with multiple bullies and thousands of kids watching. Cyberbullying follows children nonstop and into the safety of their house. Sometimes kids are afraid to inform their parents about the cyberbullying that they will think its there fault. Or that their parents will call the bullies parents or other parents, making the bullying worse. However, the effect and pain that comes from cyberbullying is real. People underestimate cyberbullying, just because it is happening online and not in person. Cyberbullying can lead to many different factors like drinking, and drugs, poor grades, depression, eating disorders. Many students have even taken their own lives because of another student saying something to them online. Cyberbullying has been taking place a lot more in middle and high schools because of the increased usage of social media networks and technology. Cyberbullying is worse and more harmful than traditional bullying.
Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending intimidating, or hurtful messages to others. This has been occurring more frequently on the internet, and must be stopped. Many people have been damaged in many ways, being victims of cyberbullying; however, cyberbullying is not an act that should be punished or prosecuted for since there are many young and immature people in the world that believe it to be amusing.
Cyberbullying has been a big problem for teens and adults around the world. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. For most cyberbullying isn’t anything serious it’s just a person just joking around or just speaking their mind but its more than that its feelings being involved families being broken even hearts.
At any rate, cyber bullying has become teen’s number one way of harassment. In fact cybullicide has become so common kids and some adults don’t even recognize the fact they’re doing it. Additionally, research has shown that 75% of cyber bullying occurs through sites such as Facebook, twitter, kik, Instagram and Ask.fm [3] which is most notoriously known for its cases involving cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that is initiated through electronic devices and takes place in social media forms such as face Book. Cyberbullying is when someone places mean comments or images of you on one of these social media sites and uses it demean or intimidate someone. The effects of cyberbullying are sometimes more severe than face to face bullying because it is a wider audience. In
Michael M. Honda states that “everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as a victim, bully, or as a witness.” Cyberbullying has become a major epidemic in the modern day world because everyone has access to the internet in some way. By taking an in depth look at cyberbullying, one can see just how urgent it is to stop it, because not only can it strike anywhere at any time, cyberbullying can also lead to suicide and cause serious mental health issues.
Bullying is defined as a repeated systematic attacks intended to harm those who are unable or unlikely to defend themselves. There are four types of bullying: physical, verbal, relational, and cyberbullying.
Allie Young-Cyberbullying, it is the act of harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages, usually anonymously. That’s the definition, at least according to Dictionary.com. While this definition is true, the meaning extends way beyond that. There are various ways a bully can target their victim. Dr. Martyn Wild said, “Cyberbullying is poised to turn into the biggest online concern, already affecting up to 35% of all children.” Many people do not realize the damage done by cyberbullying because it is not physical. This may also be due to the fact that there are many misrepresentations about cyberbullying.
When we are talking about defining bullying as a whole, there can more than one definition. Many researchers have made attempts in defining bullying from their own perspective but the question still stands. What is Bullying? Bullying can be defined into three characteristics; intentional harm, repetitive in nature and the power differential between the aggressor and victim. It is also causing harm upon another, indirectly or directly. Bullying is when a person is repeatedly attacked verbally or physically overtime causing injury or discomfort of another this includes negative actions like facial gestures and ignorance of another’s wishes.(Olweus,1993).
“Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance” (Bullying Definition). There are many variations of bullying. Studies show that there are three main types of bullying; verbal, physical, and social bullying. Verbal bullying consists of teasing, name calling, inappropriate comments, taunting, and threatening to cause harm. Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, pinching, spitting, pushing, tripping, and taking or breaking someone’s personal belonging.
Internet usage in children and adolescents has been increasing in a steadily fashion in the past number of years and with the increase in internet usage, a new form of bullying has developed – Cyber bullying. Cyber bullying can be defined as “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person,” (Merriam-Webster, 2012). This form of bullying can come through various mediums including but not limited to text messages, emails, videos, and social networking sites. There is an overwhelming amount of information that defines cyber bullying, identifies the demographics of bullies and victims of cyber bullying, and identifies the outcomes of cyber bullying on victims. More focus needs to be placed on who the perpetrators
We use technology in almost every aspect of our daily lives; it is how we stay connected in this fast-paced world. Technology provides many benefits, but it has the potential to destroy many people. With technology use on the rise, bullying has taken a new, more destructive form. Cyberbullying, as defined by the Cyberbullying Research Center, is the willful and repeated harm inflicted through the medium of electronic text (qtd. in Chait). Cyberbullying is a serious problem and has serious consequences.