Cyber-bullying Bullying has been happening for generation after generation. Today’s society

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.

Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages in an threatening nature or tearing down an individuals character based on religion, gender, ethnicity, or disability. In terms of effects overall, cyberbullying has increased the use of communication via technology and has become more common among teenagers (Cabral 3). Technology has made it easy for bullies to find individuals via social media in the privacy of their on own homes., which has allowed them to express how they feel anonomously. This has become an issue that is occurring more and more in High Schools and Middle Schools across America. One of the biggest discussions when dealing with bullying and cyber-bullying would be how do we stop this epidemic to save the soul of our youth? Education is key, we have to educate one another on the effects of bullying to know that this is real and affects so many people to this day. Much of cyberbullying is the

Bullying is all over the world. Each year there is over 3.2 million victims being bullied. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month in a year. To many within a school semester. Since 2002, fighting behaviour has increased, especially in grades six to eight. Boys are more likely to start bullying because of being bullied in their past. Girls are most likely to cyberbully. Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. According to Gale, cyberbullying is the use of the Internet, smartphones, or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person, such as talking about people, telling other people’s

Cyberbullying has become a prevalent problem over the past decade in the United States. This is due to the radical updates in technology and the easy access that teens have to these electronic resources. Whether at school, a local coffee shop, or in their own home, teens can gain access to computers, and are able to use them for cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place online or through any electronic device such as a computer or cellphone. There are many different ways to bully someone through these devices. This includes text messages, emails, direct messages on social media, comments on social media profiles, and much more.

Cyber bullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. The cell phone is the most common platform for bullying.

Bullying is a major problem that impacts many teens over generations, causing an endless cycle of bullying. With the new age of technology, this leads to new issues that are affecting teens’ lives. One of these issues is that cyberbullying is quickly becoming more common than the traditional playground bullying, as more social media are appealing to teens. Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that happens using electronic devices such as phones, laptops, and tablets. This form of bullying includes spreading rumours, sending mean and hurtful messages and sharing embarrassing videos or photos. Cyberbullying over social media has become extremely easy for bullies to victimize other teenagers affecting the victim’s mental health. Therefore,

With Cyberbullying it is easier for the bully to affect you, as they are behind a screen so you may not know who the person is, some people don’t know that they are bullying. It has become a regular thing to see bullying online as some website don’t a lot of anti-bully things to help them. There are not many things that the internet can do as there is many people getting bullied on the daily. More than one in four young teenagers had been deliberately targeted, threatened or humiliated, either by another individual or a group, through the use of mobile phones or the internet. The abuse can come in many forms: hurtful comments left on social networking sites such as Little Gossip and Facebook; private images that had been photoshopped and displayed for all to see. Now, though, it is no longer necessary to be in the bullies’ physical presence in order to be bullied: instead, their presence is a constant one, 24-7, thanks to modern technology and young people’s obsession with their mobile phones.

First making a solid internet use policy which has consequences for anyone who breaks them, so then they can’t bully people as often. Next limit information about yourself and others when you make profiles online, then people can’t track you down as easily. Minimize the use of cell phones, so the bullies have no source to post from. Discipline people who post hurtful/humiliating pictures of others, so then they know not to cyberbully anymore. Make them apologize to the victim, so you know they learned their lesson, whether it be face to face or by letter/email. Call law enforcement if it starts getting too out of hand or you see signs of threats, stalking, or sexting pictures. Monitor the use of the internet and anything online, so people can’t get away with the bullying they used to. Take photos of the cyberbullying so if they deny doing something you can counteract it with proof. Be a role model and use proper etiquette online, so people can learn from you as well. Lastly talk about proper internet behavior with your parents to get proper knowledge on how to behave online (Daley and Haber

Have you ever been cyber bullied? Do you know someone who has been cyber bullied? Do you understand how being cyber bullied feels? Can you imagine the amount of agony teenagers go through when they’re being cyber bullied? If you do, then you know that cyber bullying must be stopped! Cyber bullying can diminish a teen’s self-esteem, bring teens into depression, and worst of all cyber bullying can lead to teenagers committing suicide.

Cyber bullying is bullying that take place using electronic devices like cellphones,laptop,computer and so on and as well as like communation tool like social media,messages or even chat.

Bullying doesn’t just happen on the playground or in the workplace; it has now taken over the Internet and popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The term for online bullying is referred to as “cyber-bullying”. “Cyber-bullying is defined as the use of email, cell phones, text messages, and Internet sites to threaten, harass, embarrass, or socially exclude” (Patchin, 2015). Much like the face-to-face bullying some may encounter in school can cause physical harm to someone, cyber-bullying causes emotional harm to children and adults across the globe. Cyber-bullying comes in many different forms, from spreading false rumors online, commenting on someone’s appearance in a picture posted on social media, to sharing intimate/sexual photographs of someone without their consent/permission. This issue has become a serious problem as it has resulted in children experiencing mental/emotional harm as well as committing suicide because of what the emotional distress it left them in (Notar, Padgett, & Roden, 2013).

Bullying is a major problem that has gradually gotten worser over the years. With technology evolving teens have taken bullying to a new level, by cyberbullying. Bullying is a way of verbally or physically harming someone else to try and seem superior. People who bully are very insecure about themselves so they chose to bully others in order to make themselves feel better. There are others ways that teens may use to bully such as cyberbullying. Cyber bulling is a form of harassment online through social media, email, and text messages. Cyberbullying presents a challenge because it can be done anouomusly so it may be hard to catch the person. In America, bullying is one of the greatest issues that we face and technology has only added to the problem by opening up other opportunities for bullying.

Social media is a way a person can stay connected to the world by a click of a button. But with the privilege to have access to such advanced technology comes responsibility and those people who abuse the right and take advantage of others via social media. In today’s society cyber bullying is discussed in the realm of the action taking place and the effect that it has on a victim and how people can step in and make a change in the fight against bullying. Cyber bullying is using any electronic communication system to hurt, harm, or belittle someone in a threatening or shameful manner. This topic is of importance because this is very relevant for the teenage group. Discussing in details the death ratio resulting from being a victim of cyber bullying also finding actual stories of victims who have been through that nightmare of depression conveying the truth behind the horror. Bullying is a character killer, in order to raise awareness research equipped with professional insight and victim testimony will unveil the truths of this demon and show that web us is a privilege and people need not use and abuse it for self-entertainment disregarding people’s feelings. Cyber Bullying is all around the modern technological world and the little actions accumulate and the people of the community need to have the knowledge to react, counsel, and end bullying; speak up and stand up for what is right and just.

Cyber bullying can be prevented easily; the first step to do is to educate yourself in the field so you can understand how to deal with the idea and to help people that are being cyber bullied and to increase awareness about cyber bullying. The second step would be to keep personal things personal, don’t give out your home address and your phone number on online websites. The third step would be to search your name on any major search engine just to make sure that there is no photo or personal information about yourself

Social media is fun and keeps people up with latest news in Hollywood but can also be threatening to some. Cyber Bullying is harassment of an individual using websites or through text messaging. Cyber Bullying is one of the forms of bullying but it is not physical violence even if it can lead to it. One hundred and sixty thousand students a day stay at home because of the risk for bullying and thirty percent of students are involved with cyberbullying.