Cyberbullying : Bullying At Its Worst

Cyberbullying is prevalent in today 's society due to the abundance of teenage students having

The world today is on a platform of heightened technological stimulus, that unfortunately have incredibly negative affects on people’s lives especially throughout the bullying culture that has sprouted from this stimulus. Bullying has rapidly increased since the introduction of multimedia cell phones in the 90’s. Cyberbullying is the current problem and an issue that will continue to be current until we as a society stop it. There is a distinction between traditional bullying and cyberbullying and its effects are different as well. Cyberbullying has its own societal norms and its own exclusive factions. Exclusive groups that support and encourage bullying behavior, because it’s seen as a norm. Digital harassment has evolved alongside technology, to the point that the issue is uncontrollable and extremely accessible; the web has created anonymous identities to those who harass now have become untraceable. Bullying is influenced by internal emotions, social factors, and the accessibility of other’s information. Although, cyberbullying is extremely prevalent there is no federal law for cyberbullying. There should be change to societal standards and harassing should be seen as a severe issue, not simply general school behavior.

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.

As I entered high school, the prevalence of cyberbullying hit me like a ton of bricks. Over the years, as smartphones became more advanced, there was a shift from verbal and physical bullying to cyber

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 reported as an aggressive, intentional act distributed by an individual or group, using contact in an electronic medium, continuously and relentlessly against someone who cannot stand up for himself or herself easily”(Davison & Stein, 2014) With social media being so popular, bullies now have many avenues in which they can attack their victims, research shows that adolescents spend up to 17 hours a week on the internet, some children even up to 40hrs a week. (Davison & Stein, 2014) This is an

Title: The Myths of Bullying: The article looks at two separate cases of bullying. One case is a school shooting at Chardon high school, and the other case is a bullied gay student who committed suicide. Matters of discussion are about statistics and how bullying is an “exaggerated epidemic,” along with how anti-bullying programs are not as effective as if bystanders were to take a stand against bullying when seeing it firsthand.

Cyberbullying is a way of bullying through technology to deliberately hurt others. Cyberbullying affects a lot of youth especially in this generation and country where technology is thriving. Cyberbullying has a direct effect on victims and can indirectly have an effect on the people around the victims. This isn't always the case because all victims are different in age and personality it can be broken up into two categories the victims that don’t take an emotion toll from the bullying and the ones that do, who develop self esteem issues and other behavioral issues. It’s a fact that in Australia three quarters of schools reported cyberbullying last year, which means that there is an entire classroom full of bullied students per school. Cyberbullying is a significant issue because the amount of youth getting bullied every year is growing and with getting

Cyberbullying is a growing problem among the teen population. The abuse that is taking place online has a much more far reaching effect than physical bullying, since it is available to a much larger audience. It has the ability to cause serious psychological effects on teens that could lead to depression and possible suicide. The reason for this, is because a teen’s self-esteem and self-worth relies so heavily on the approval and acceptance of their friends and peers. The best way to work towards eliminating this problem is to petition the state government to enact a bill making cyberbullying against the law. In this digital

Bullying is everywhere and it is getting worse, people are killing themselves from getting bullied on the internet. This essay is going to be how people deal with bullying and how people tell others about it and how the cyberbullying is going to be dealt with by the us and how they are going to make it a law for the people that bully.

　　Cyberbullying is a major problem in today society. It is one of the many ways in which teens are bullied and it is causing problems for many teens and even their families and loved ones. Teens have killed each other and committed suicide after been involved in a cyberbullying incident. Cyberbullying is no little problem that we as a community should

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

According to a study done by the University of British Columbia about 25 to 30 percent of adolescents have admitted to taking part of or experiencing cyberbullying and a staggering 95 percent of adolescents claimed that what happened online was meant to to be a joke and not harmful. Rather than traditional bullying that have characteristics like aggression, a need for power/control, and proactively targeting the victim cyberbullying does not. Research shows that cyberbullying is done impulsively this is why there has been such a quick rise of this form of bullying. Cyberbullying also affects victims differently. Where as traditional bullying ends when the victim leaves school cyberbullying follows the victim in their personal life. This often leads to the victim being forced to deal with it alone because it is a part of their personal social

Cyberbullying has drastic effects on one’s psychological state. Cyberbullying tends to make its victims feel powerless, overwhelmed, and depressed. Cyberbullying is done anonymously and can be done anywhere and at any time. This is due to the fact that 94% of teens go online, while 89% of teens go online at home, 77% go online at school, 66% go online at the library, and 63% go online daily. The bullying can invade the victim's home, causing them to feel as if nowhere is safe, furthermore, they don’t know who is inflicting the pain, which may escalate feelings of fear. Because whatever is posted online is permanent, this also causes many to feel exposed or humiliated. As once something is on the web, it is never coming down. Many people believe that cyberbullying, is just teens being teens, and eventually, everything will die down and go back to normal. This is not the case, one example would be the Jessica Logan case. Jessica Logan was an 18-year old Sycamore High

Bullying does not just exist in the schoolyard. With the twenty- first century internet is what people use now. And Internet has changed to being a use full tool, to now were people kill people 's self-esteem ,and more. Cyberbullying has become a big problem around the world and it needs to stop.