Cause And Effect Of Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is “the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. This type of bulling is often carried out through the use of internet. According to Dr. Martyn Wild’s quote, “Cyber-bullying is poised to turn into the biggest online concern, already affecting up to 35% of all children.” Harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages by an unknown person is a form of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying also occurs “when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen through the Internet, interactive and digital technologies, or even mobile phones” (STOP Cyberbullying: What is Cyberbullying, Exactly?). Cyberbullying often has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Cyberbullying is fast growing; urgent solutions need to be provided to stop this menace. Those with little or no knowledge about cyberbullying should be educated; everyone should be enlightened so as to be prevented from falling victims.

Cyberbullying has been on the rise in the past years because of the rise in the usage of social media. People tend to go to social media with positive intentions, but not everyone’s intentions are positive. Social media can bring what usually takes place at school to the household. For bullies, cyberbullying requires less physical contact and their bullying

With multiple ways to use technology and social media cyber bullying is a bigger issue then it ever has been. There are two main forms of bullying which are traditional and cyber bullying. Traditional bullying is physical and name calling to the victim. Cyber bullying is defined as the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others (Belsey, 2008). Cyber bullying occurs through instant messaging, mobile phone, e-mail, chat room, social network site, blog, forum, and websites (Campbell,2005). Cyber

Contrary to this general misconception, cyberbullying has the potential to be more dangerous than traditional bullying because the aggressor has the ability to be anonymous and can harass the victim 24/7 every day of the week. Scientific research examining the consequences of cyberbullying helped establish it as a social problem by linking it to emotional and mental health conditions. The rapid spread of cyberbullying-related media over the Internet has raised awareness on its possible hazards and helps justify cyberbullying as a social problem. Cases and rulings related to cyberbullying helped it become recognized as a social problem by framing it as an issue deserving of legal consideration and leading to laws passed to prevent cyberbullying. Over the recent decades, the findings of scientific research, advances in communication technology, and litigation on cyberbullying have contributed to the construction of cyberbullying as a social

Cyberbullying is a big issue in the world right now. With the growth of technology over the past decade, more and more people have become acquainted with it. People do everything on technology nowadays. From talking to friends, to playing games, and even doing your banking. But there are people who use technology for unjust. Not criminals even though the things they do could be counted as crimes in some people’s eyes. Bullying, antagonizing, or oppressing; all of these are unjust. These actions push and beat down their victim mentally through social media and private messages. There are many different reasons why people bully. It could because of the jealousy, a way to become popular, anonymity, getting even, others are doing it too, or they have been the victim before. Theses beatdowns of abuse can take a toll on the victim. The victim could start a eating disorder, self-harming, push away people, and worst case scenario is suicide. Even the bully will have bad effects from their actions such as guilt, regret, and trauma. The effects of cyberbullying are horrific and it should be stopped.

The internet is the single worldwide computer network that interconnects other computer networks on which end-user services, such as world wide web sites or data archives, are located, enabling data and other information to be exchanged (Internet, n.d.). This essay will identify and discuss one concern for users of the internet, which is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is carried out through cell phones, computers, e-mails and any other electronic devices or social media sites. Cyberbullying has the potential to be devastating to children, adolescents and adults as it is being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material or engaging in other forms of social aggression using the internet or other digital technologies (Morgan, 2013). Firstly, this essay will look at the internet, what it is, when it came about, what it is used for and the benefits and disadvantages of the internet. Secondly, I will discuss cyberbullying, what it means, the concern, what is involved, and who is involved. Thirdly, the effects of cyberbullying, why and how has it become a concern, consequences for those involved, how bad the problem is, and will it continue to be a growing concern unless something is done. And lastly, what is being done to address the problem of cyberbullying, what is the government doing about the problem, people and organizations that are or need to be involved, and what else could be done.

Cyber-bullying is the use of electronic communications to bully a person. Cyber-bullying takes place by using the Internet, cell phones, video game systems, and other technology. Cyber-bully sends or posts text or image that is intended to hurt feelings or embarrass another person in front of others. Bullying is an aggressive behavior which causes harm and stress to its victims and it escalates over time. Furthermore, everybody has mobile phones and they are using it all day long. There is certainly a difference how bullying has changed. Historically we have seen and may have been a victim of verbal or physical bullying, however today we all use technology so cyber-bullying is on its rise. In fact, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) records cyber-bullying “emerging” in the early 2000s (Nicol 3). The Internet has become a place where people communicate with each other everywhere. People have access to Internet twenty-four hours per day. Communicating with others via emails and various social websites is just like talking with people face to face. However, there are some people who try to hurt others ' feelings through the Internet and technology devices.

Cyber bullying is an action of harassing or harming people using technology. It is increasing with the increasing technology. People of all ages are victims for this where majority of them are teenagers. It includes posting rumors or gossip about a person and insulting them or sometimes it may include morphing of their photos and posting them in social media networks to embarrass them. A victim can 't cyber predict the cyber bully and is difficult to know that person. A cyber bully can be any unknown person. People who are cyber bullied are even bullied in person. Cyber bullying can be performed at any time. Modified images can be posted by any anonymous person and can be distributed easily. It is even difficult and sometimes impossible to identify the person performing cyber bullying. It is even difficult to delete inappropriate messages once they are posted. However because of the changing technology it is difficult to survey the main problem of cyber bullying. The effects of cyber bullying are very serious and lead to many health and psychological problems. Cyber bullying is more in America, next in India, then in Russia as stated below

Cyber bullying is considered an act of harassment by sending or posting harmful and embarrassing information or images of a person using the internet and various social media sites; it can include a number of things such as: stalking the victim, sending threats, impersonations, and humiliation of the victim (Feinberg 10). Due to the fact that social media and technology are so prominent in student’s lives today, it is hard for them to escape becoming a victim of cyber bullying, especially at school. Cyberbullying impacts its victims both physically, mentally, and socially; it is crucial that parents and schools become aware of this issue and try to prevent it the best they can even under some restricting laws.

Bullying is nothing new in society. Some may think that the issue is just a part of growing up and that “kids will just be kids”. While traditional bullying is a hard concept to grasp, social networking is even worse. Social networking has made bullying become out of control. Children and teens have taken the internet in and embraced it for socializing and communicating. Before advanced technology, children and teens always dealt with school bullies. These bullies would act out in school hallways or on the bus. Today, victims are targeted by bullies over the internet, whether its over social media or instant messaging. Most people undergo some form of bullying throughout their childhood. Growing up, I didn’t experience any physical bullies, but I experienced name-calling and mean comments that were shared via the internet. This concept is known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying manifests itself by sending harassing and threatening messages to another individual through the internet. It impacts a lot of people and can lead to many long-term or even life-long affects. This issue is hard to grasp because there are so many wide varieties of communication on the internet. Cyberbullying is an issue that will not stop if nothing is being done to prevent it. In this paper, I will talk about why people cyberbully, the affects it has on individuals, and how it can be prevented.

In 2010, a fourteen year-old girl by the name of Phoebe Prince began to receive many cruel messages through the social media site for Facebook by her peers from school. These vicious remarks lasted months, leading Prince to end

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.

A bully is a person who uses their strength to intimidate another person. Bullying is a major cause to homicides, suicides and youth violence. Both school bullying and cyberbullying have increased significantly. In recent statistics one out of four kids are either cyberbullied or school bullied. 77% of the children that are being bullied are hurt mentally, physically and verbally. 14% of those children being bullied have a severe reaction to the abuse. There are four effects from bullying and they are psychological post-trauma disorders,revenge, self destructive behaviors, and alcohol or substance abuse.There are also various short term effects to bullying, low self-confidence, depression, suicidal thoughts, school problems etc…Adults will sometimes think that the kids can figure out on their own. The truth is they cannot figure it out on their own, they need support. While only one out of four children report the are being bullied, these might be the children who receive help. Children who are bullied and do not receive help might try to do something drastic. Bullying is being widely supported , by talking about it and having campaigns for bullying. There should be no school bullying or cyberbullying, the effects are hard to live with.

In the past decade there has been a serious advance in technology and social media. With that advance comes incredible opportunity and chances. But also with that advance comes the serious evil and bad through cyberbullying. Thousands of people are cyberbullied every day, indirectly and directly through Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, DM, Instagram, Ask.fm, etc. Cyberbullying is a serious problem that effects people of all ages and causes incredible and devastating problems in our society. With the incredible advance in technology and social media, cyberbullying seems innocent and easy, but truly is extremely harmful and crushing to its victims and can result in major mental and social issues, insecurity, depression, and even suicide.

Cyberbullying is another threat that children face when logging onto the internet or social media accounts. Cyberbullying and cyber threats are serious problems in our nation today. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person by sending messages in an intimidating or threatening way. Seven to ten young people between the ages of 13 and 22 have been a victim of cyberbullying. 87% of today’s youth have been witness to cyberbullying and close to 34% of