Cyberbullying Annotated Bibliography

The word 'bullying' has developed a very traditional definition amongst society: a face-to-face interaction involving either verbal abuse and/or physical abuse. With the technological advances that have occurred within the past 15 years, bullying has become anything but traditional. Children and teens have more access to the Internet and to social media platforms more than ever before, thus allowing them to avoid face-to-face interaction. Within the past 15 years, there has been a significant rise of cyberbullying in the youth demographic (ages 12-18) (Slonje, Smith, & Frisén, 2013). In order to understand what the difference between traditional bullying and cyberbullying is, one must familiarize themselves with the definition of cyberbullying.

Cyberbullying is bullying that is executed by using electronic methods of communication rather than communicating face to face. Through my research, I found many useful pieces of information which helped to shape my point of view. I found that the majority of people had similar opinions about cyberbullying. Most people do not support it and want to put an end to it. Mainly children from around 8 or 9 years of age until around 17 years of age are impacted by cyberbullying. Cyberbullying impacts society as a whole because it creates an unsafe environment online and individuals have to take

This research shows that cyberbullying is at an all-time high over the past few years. The purpose of this report was to gain knowledge for personally and professionally for the future as well as to use for reporting. With the rise of children and teenagers getting cell phones, tablets, and even computers at such a young age the rise will only continue to go up if we cannot stop it now. Young girls are at a higher risk than young men to be bullied but young men are higher for being bullies. Every one in three teens have been the victims of cyber bullying and only one in five are reported to parents or law enforcement. If there was something that could be done to stop cyberbullying

In fact, three-quarters of all Australian schools reported cyberbullying last year — with an average of 22 complaints every year in a secondary school. This is the equivalent of an entire classroom of children being bullied per school .(Mamamia.com.au, 2016) Shockingly, research shows that Australia has been ranked number one for bullying on social networks with one in four children or 27% being bullied online (year 4-9), compared to 1 in 5 worldwide (Mandurah Mail, 2013). 83% of students who bully others online, also bully others offline whilst 84% of students who were bullied online were also bullied offline. Online bullying appears to be related to age (or access to technology), with older students more likely to engage in cyberbullying than younger students (Bullyingnoway.gov.au,

Compton, L., Campbell, M. A., & Mergler, A. (2014). Teacher, parent, and student perceptions of motives of cyberbullies. Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 17(3), 383-400. doi:10.1007/s11218-014-9254-x

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

Cyberbullying is just one of the many forms of bullying that can occur and unfortunately, it continues to occur in ever-growing amounts. In this generation, the internet is so easily accessible that no one can prevent themselves from potentially being entrapped by the heinous claws of cyberbullying. Since cyberbullying can reach so many people, it can also bring the detrimental effects along with it. Mental illness, self-harm, and suicide are just a few of the effects that can happen to a person being cyberbullied. Most of the time these effects can be prevented by the intervention of schools, friends, or loved ones. Most cyberbullying incidents happen to students and in most cases, schools are unable to take any form of action. People, especially young Americans should speak up and take action against cyberbullying. They must voice their concerns and make schools be required to intervene in cyberbullying matters that occur off campus, because it can affect them, their friends, or others around

My first source is a scholarly journal article from the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships that defines what cyber bullying and online harassment is, as well as the types of roles young people fulfill in different types of cyber bullying. The article details the various platforms on which harassment can take place, and the forms in which harassment can present itself. The main point of the scholarly article is to examine statistics regarding bullying in the age of the Internet, using key word such as bully/victims, media, and retaliation. I will use this source in my essay to define what cyber bullying is, and familiarize the reader with various terms, before I discuss the causes and effects of such behaviour.

With the widespread use of social media and texting, bullies have taken on a new form as trolls hidden in their bedrooms, searching for victims. The three sources, “The Dangers of Cyberbullying” by Brett Warnke, “What is Cyberbullying?” from the Ophelia Project, and Kirk Sigmon’s “Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch ‘Cyberbullies,’” explain cyberbullying and how politicians plan on stopping it. These steps are necessary and helpful in protecting the “20% of youth ages 11-18 [who] have been a victim of cyberbullying” (“What is Cyberbullying?”). The worst part of cyberbullying is that it doesn’t stop at the end of the

This organization give you background information on anti-gay bullying, and what is bullying. It gives you some tips on how you can change your school community and what should do if you are being bullied. What this organization wants to do is stop bullying! Bullying has long term effects that can lead to health complications. Just because you are different from the heterosexuals it doesn’t mean you should be bullied or harassed.

In this newspaper article, the author helps the reader understand and how to treat cyber bullying. The author explains what bullying is and how it is modernized to become cyber bullying. The article informs the reader of main point, in a brief but effective description about recognizing and treating cyber bullying. The author show great statistical research on her topic but not enough the emotional appeal. It provides good use to my research because of the extensive use on how it should be treated.

"Have you ever been called something inappropriate online, or seen something nasty online? Internet Content in this society has gotten so bad. People basically just go online to bash others and talk bad about people because they're different. Which includes me, because if being different is illegal, I might as well be in jail. Being different is okay, being the same is whats bad. Why bash people, it doesn't make sense? Do you think it makes you cool? do you think it's funny? yes? tell that to the 4,000 kids who commit suicide every year due to your snarky comments.

This paper will seek to discuss the question of, does the news media have an impact on cyberbullying? In other words does the news media frame the stories of victims of bullying to aid the progression of the anti-bullying movement or does it hinder and devalue the anti-bullying movement. Bullying has been an issue for a very long time, we first acknowledged it in schools, and then in the workplace, but with the advancement of technology it is becoming more prevalent online. Cyberbullying is defined as “an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself (Menesini et al., 2009, p.230).” A key

The three news article that I have picked deal with different types of bullying. The first article is about special needs bullying. The second news article is about cyberbullying and the third article is about physical bullying.

In the past decade, the Internet has become a major influence on younger generations, and ever since the internet has been in everyday life, cyberbullying has been an issue. Cyberbullying is when a person harasses and/or threatens another peer over the internet, such as using Facebook or even texting. Cyberbullying can range from being made fun of by a person’s looks to spreading rumors of that person. Statistically, 87% of today’s youth has experienced cyberbullying in some way and around 34% of children have admitted to being bullied online. Cyberbullying has also proved to be sexist. Girls, at 41%, are more likely to experience cyberbullying than males, which is at 28%. Cyberbullying has proved to have some costly consequences. People often think that nothing bad can come from bullying, but if you look at some of the effects it has on kids, then it is/can be a scary issue. 83% of victims felt that cyberbullying hurt their self-esteem,