Cyberbullying Behaviors, By Nadine M. Connell1

Cyberbullying is a relatively new threat, and it is very similar to traditional bullying. Despite the fact that cyberbullying and traditional bullying both share the common goal of harassment, cyberbullying differs from traditional bullying in that it does not stop at the schoolyard, and can continue when the victim is far away from the aggressor. It is just as devastating as common bullying, and sometimes is even more damaging. Professors Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin note in their journal, “Cyberbullying Creates Dangerous Stress and Anxiety”, that cyberbullying affects anywhere between 10-40% of students (contingent on their age group) (par. 1). J.D. Kelly A. Albin, in her article “Bullies in a Wired World”, defines cyberbullying as “…the ‘willful and repeated harm inflicted through use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices’” (157). It is caused by the fact that children feel their actions are mitigated when they use social media, as it creates the illusion of indirectness, and its effects range anywhere from mild depression to suicide.

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

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

In An Exploratory Study of Cyberbullying with Undergraduate University Students, written by Carol M. Walker, Beth Rajan Sockman, and Steven Koehn, the article explores the topic of cyberbullying. It looks into what undergraduate students go through, while it also gives a basis for future research in cyberbullying on college campuses. One of the research questions being posed is what instances of cyberbullying do undergraduate students experience, and what role does gender play in cyberbullying at the undergraduate level? The other question is what forms of technology do undergraduate students use to perpetrate or receive bullying, and how often does it occur?

This focus of this paper is on cyberbullying. college student, and the effects that cyberbullying have on individuals. Cyberbullying has become a major concern among college students because of number reported suicide among college students (Zalaquett & Chatters, 2014). Cyberbullying does not end after high school, there are reports of students in college being victims of cyberbully. Cyberbullying is bullying by digital technology and is considered a public concern. Most research on cyberbullying has been done with young students, however, there are several studies that focus on college students and cyberbullying behavior. Research has showed that out of 100 undergraduate students surveyed, 21 % reported that they have been cyberbullied

Cyberbullying affects both genders equally as both male and female adolescents are a target of cyberbullying. It does not matter whether the person is a male or female because they both have their sides as each of them experience some type of cyberbullying. In Li’s article, “Cyberbullying in Schools,” she discusses the differences between cyberbullying in males and females. In this article, the research they do investigates the nature and the extent of adolescences’ experience of cyberbullying. Li states, “Males were more likely to be bullied and cyberbullies than their female counterparts” (Li 157-170). She also discusses that even if the males were more likely to be bullies, there is no difference between a number of time males and females

Cyberbullying is getting increasingly popular among teens, the effects can last for a few years up to a lifetime. "Today's young adults and teenagers have

A 2011 study found that the majority of parents deem cyberbullying a serious enough concern to discuss the issue with their children. Further, over three fourths of parents felt that cyberbullying was a more serious concern for female rather than male children (Gee, 2011). This perception of cyberbullying as a predominately female issue is in alignment with previous studies and statistics, which seem to trend female. The most well known example of

This research paper will provide the definition for cyberbullying as well as describe several case studies that reflect the results of being victimized. These studies are represented by research conducted by accredited sources. Within this research paper, we will talk about the life of four young adolescents who were taunted, bullied, humiliated, and harassed via social media and the decisions they made. This research paper discusses that cyberbullying is a problem beyond childhood and adolescence and will provide possible solutions taking into account that although there are traditional forms of bullying, cyberbullying is an issue that needs to be addressed.

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

While cyberbullying affects each child differently, there has been a clear correlation between victims and non-victims and their self-esteem. In one study, bullied victims had less self-esteem than those who were not bullied online. Additionally, it was reported that victims of cyberbullying were thirty percent more likely to think about committing suicide (Cyberbullying Research Center, 2012). With the lack of parent supervision, it was found that those who spent more than three hours per school day on social networks were 110% more at risk to be a cyberbully victim as compared those who do not spend as much time online (Gilkerson, 2012). What may be worse is the fact that majority of those bullied online do not tell their parents or an adult about what occurred. Despite the fact that most adolescents state that bullying occurs more offline then online, cyberbullying is still a real and large threat to the youth of America (Lenhart, 2007).

As expected, cyberbullying will tend to have the same type of effect on adolescents as traditional bullying and can have a “negative impact in the general population”(Bennet 68). Victims of cyberbullying tend to have lower self-esteem and symptoms of depression. “Differences in predictors of traditional and cyber-bullying”, an educational article about bullying, authenticates this by stating how “experiences of bullying and victim behaviors have been found to be associated with psychopathology such as depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems, findings which are remarkably consistent across studies”(Yang et. al. 309). Bullying through the cyber world is becoming particularly important nowadays, especially since it is becoming more and more popular with the adolescents. So the more popular social media becomes, the more exposure to the cyber world adolescents will face, which in turn, will increase the risk of cyberbullying (Lin et. al. 6). A study was done to determine the relationship between cyberbullying and depression. For determining the amount of cyberbullying that is performed, they used four self-report items finished by children about “threatening or upsetting emails/texts, malicious rumors or abusive personal information involving use of the internet and/or mobile phones” and for depression they administered the Children’s Depression Inventory that is reasonable enough for ages seven through seventeen with “scores range from 0 to 54, with higher scores indicating higher depression”(Lin et. al. 2). The results described not only victims of cyberbullying to have symptoms of depression and lower self-esteem, but perpetrators as well. Perpetrators of cyberbullying “remained significantly associated with higher depression, higher anxiety and lower self-esteem at baseline”(Lin et. al. 5), which can be a dangerous situation. By cyberbullying, the

I. Introduction – Cyberbullying is occurring all over the world, and it is slowly growing.

Research carried out by Waasdorp and Bradshaw (2015) sought to come up with some of the distinguishing characteristics of cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Based on data collected from 28,104 teenage students, cyberbullying was more rampant than traditional bullying given that the former is easily facilitated repeatedly by sending an email or a message to many people

Dueck (2006), Shariff and Hoffman (2007), Wiseman (2011), WG3 COST Action IS0801 (2012) outline some of the causes and effects of cyberbullying. Online bullying may happen for several reasons. First, bullying by popular kids happens because they want to maintain their popularity. Such people use bullying to validate their popularity. Often, this requires the support of backers and henchmen who remain on the sidelines cheering actively and passively as the bully brings down the victim. The other group of online bullies is people who are less socially successful. This group forms the bulk of cyber bullies. They find solace in bullying as it helps them cope with their low self-esteem. Their objective is to fit in with their peers and bullying provides a chance to help them achieve this goal. Cyberbullying requires even less courage than