Cyber Violence And Its Effects On Modern Society

Almost everyone owns a smart phone or a laptop meaning, individuals have easy access to the World Wide Web. Individuals rely on the internet as a social life. Data was taken between the years 2004-2015; 9 trials were performed in fact. The Cyber Bullying Research Center conducted the experiment allowing many individuals to observe the serious

One of the consequences of the usage of the internet that can be psychologically harmful to a person is cyber-bullying. Cyber-bullying is happening more frequently in the article of Psychological, Physical, and

The internet has created an entirely new world of social communications particularly for youths. There are no more barriers. Family, friends, young and old may now stay in touch with just about everyone, anywhere in the world through the use of email, text messaging, web chat, and instant messaging. Although, most interactions are friendly and in good nature, there are some that are not. The use of technology as a tool to antagonize, torment and intimidate others is now a widespread problem. Sadly, this form of bullying like all others is most common among children and young adults. Research done by Cox Communications on children between 13 thru 18 year-olds, 25 percent said they were cyber-bullied whether online or by cell phone (Cox Com. 2009). Also in 2007, the National Crime Prevention Council reported cyber-bullying as a problem that affected approximately half of all American teens. Since it is popular among this group of American teens, then it is safe look at some of possible reason cyber bullies of this age group are encouraged to take part in such activity.

1. This article was written based on a study of cyber bullying behaviors in a large group of middle and high school students. Increases in technology, and access to that technology have increased student ability to bully using an online forum. Not a lot of research had been done into this subject at the time of this article. Taking this into consideration there had been a few large scale studies done that corroborated the belief that cyber bullying is a significant problem. Researchers believed that due to the potential for exposure to this type of bullying, more studies needed to be done. With increased research there was the hope of diminishing the number of incidents of cyber bullying and the effects of those incidents. The research that had been completed also pointed to additional issues, including behavior problems, suspensions, substance abuse and depression among students who had experienced cyber bullying. The other side of previous research showed that the students who used cyber bullying as a weapon were more aggressive in their behaviors.

The world has become a global village and therefore many activities like education, business, relationship formation and many other aspects relating to humans are done over internet and with cyber-crime these aspects of human have been threatened and in some cases victims lose a lot of money mainly in the e-commerce field. The effect of cyber bullying has caused many individuals to commit suicide. Loss of private data has been witnessed at the organizational and individual level causing the victims great losses when they cannot recover the data.

Yang states that it has become easier to cause bullying or harassment through the internet recently. His statements are very true, the recent burst in social media leads to sharing about your life and the people around you, and it may also result in people harassing you and/or your loved ones. In Chelsea K. Anker’s research submission, she states cases of abuse drawn from cyber-bullying and the many results upon those

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.

The definition of cyberbullying is ‘the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.’

Technology is rapidly advancing at a dizzying rate which has seen many amazing feats but has also introduced and increased the act of Cyberbullying. Cyber bullying can be defined as targeting someone using any form of technology (this includes social media) to tease, stalk or humiliate someone online (Dictionary.com, 2016). Cyberbullying is so detrimental because it encourages the targeting of an individual; It is often done in secret with the bully hiding who they are by creating false profiles or names, or sending anonymous messages. It is difficult to remove as it is shared online so it can be recorded and saved in different places. Cyberbullying has such a negative impact that research shows that there is a correlation between the violent

Cyberbullying, once thought of as a tormentor among teens, is rapidly increasing among adults in a wide range of internet outlets that allow information to be shared on a global scale for the destruction of a victim’s life on a social, an educational, and an employment wide strike. The rise in adult cyber-bullying affects female individuals at a much more alarming rate than their male counterparts. This misogynistic cyber-bullying tendency is brought to light in the book, “The Offensive Internet,” by Martha Craven Nussbaum, and Saul X. Levmore, with the following statistics; “The nonprofit organization Working to Halt Online Abuse explains that, from 2000 to 2007, 72.5 percent of the individuals reporting cyber harassment identified themselves

There is further difficulty in defining cyberstalking because it is often a term that is interchangeable with cyberbullying and cyberharassment (Jameson, 2008, p.236). This wide array of internet criminal activity is defined along a continuum of cybercrime extending from purely in the physical world to purely in cyberspace (Gordon and Ford, 2006, p.15). The exclusionary definition of cyberstalking and distinguishing it from other similar cybercrimes helps with narrowing the definition of cyberstalking. Cyberbullying is the use of the internet to exhibit aggressive behavior aimed at intimidating or inducing fear

Social media is the ultimate platform for bullies. Using social media, perpetrators can bully their victims to the point of anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, suicidal ideations and in some cases to the committal of the suicidal act. Cyberbullying is defined as the deliberate repetition of hostility toward a group or persons with the intent to induce psychological, emotional, or physical harm through the use of digital communication (Niels, Menno, et. Al, 2013). A study conducted in 2014, stated that nearly 75% of school age youth have been the victim of cyberbullying (Giumetti, Kowalski, et al., 2014).

In the paper of victims of online abuse by “Anne Flaherty”, The main idea is to present information regarding Cyber bullying and ”what are now considered” crimes as registered by the US government and society.

Though cyberbullying occurs online, it can also lead to physical confrontations. According to The Dangers of Cyberbullying a radio interview

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.