Cyberbullying: Helpful Or Harmful?

Social media itself is a huge danger to society. It causes many suicides within the world because of the cyberbullying and spreading of rumors. “Recent studies have shown that one out of four teens have been the victims of cyberbullying and one out of six have admitted to having cyberbullied someone” (Trautner 1). The internet and social media is supposed to be used to communicate with friends and for searching information, “Kids use technology different than their parents do. Sometimes it is hard for adults to understand that this can even be a possibility” (Trautner 1). It is not supposed to be used to bully someone, especially not to the point where the victim would think about suicide. “One of the statistics that has been highlighted within this news coverage is the threefold increase in the suicide rate for girls ages 10 to 14. The rates for girls in this age group increased from 0.5 to 1.5 per 100,000 during this time period. The increases for boys in this age group were not as high, climbing from 1.9 per 100,000 during 1999 to 2.6 per 100,000 in 2014” (Olsen

"I kill about 13 million kids a year"- Bullying(Tumblr). We all recognize the seriousness and the unmerciful imprint that cyberbullying can cause. Social media annihilation has become the number one cause of suicide deaths and attempts in teens and young adults. We all witnessed social injustice and failed to report the abuse. Top sites that have the maximum bullying rates are Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook. Prevention and awareness are our only hope to lower these staggering numbers from increasing.

Most people believe that social messaging is more of a benefit than a consequence, but using social media can actually be harmful. Social media is something most kids, teens, and even some adults are using all the time. It has become a part of our generation’s lives. Having people on their phones all day long is not only disappointing, but also damaging. Instead of talking to someone face-to-face and hanging out, people prefer just texting or going on a social network. For some people understanding a life without social media is near impossible. Using social media can have some adverse effects such as: it causes cyberbullying, it can compromise education, and it could have an effect on social skills.

Have you ever been cyberbullied? Has anyone ever tried to talk you into giving them your password. Have you ever been scammed? Well I will show you about the importance of being safe online. I think the most important things to be careful of are password safety, cyber bullying, and scams.

Cyberbullying is the use of Information Technology to harm or harass other people in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner. According to U.S. Legal Definitions, Cyber-bullying could be limited to posting rumors or gossips about a person in the internet bringing about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent of personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely defaming and humiliating them.

“You are a loser”, “no one likes you”, “you have no friends”. Sending mean messages such as these through text, or email, spreading rumors or posting embarrassing pictures, videos, or fake profiles are all examples of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2017). With virtually everyone connected somehow through the internet or some sort of social media, the ability to cyberbully or fall victim to a cyberbully is easy. If cyberethics has to do with how a user uses the internet ethically and

With the easy access to various forms of technology, young people are using the internet and social networks more than ever before. They view the internet and even more so their mobile phones as a positive aspect of our society. These devices play a crucial role in our daily lives and development of identities. However, these devices are often used negatively. With the increased usage of advanced communication technology, a new type of bullying, cyberbullying, has emerged. Cyberbullying allows individuals to target victims either openly or anonymously via the internet. Research shows cyberbullying is detrimental because victims develop psychological disorders, experience a decreased in academic achievement, have an increase in health complaints.

Thesis: More attention should be brought to cyberbullying and bullying because teens are showing an increase in teen deaths, cutting, and drinking overdose.

In 2012, one of the biggest stories about cyberbullying broke out when a student named Amanda Todd hanged herself. Amanda was in the sixth grade and began using a chat to meet new people online, and one day a boy convinced her to show her breasts to him on this chat. When she did, he took a screenshot of her and posted it all over Facebook and other social media accounts. She eventually moved schools because of the bullying she received from this picture however the bully kept adding her from anonymous accounts and posting the picture repeatedly (NoBullying.com, 2016.) This is case represents how bullying can turn into cyberbullying because the internet is everywhere, and the fact this person was stalking Amanda online and posting her pictures to Facebook caused her to be bullied in school. Eventually Amanda posted a video on YouTube to talk about bullying which received over 17 million views, and eventually she hung herself because she couldn’t handle the bullying and cyberbullying she was receiving.

Tests have been conducted that shows 81% of teens believe it is easier to get away with bullying online than in person (Myers). Cyberbullying is the act of using harsh terms toward someone in particular on an online source. It touches the lives of many people, some even suffer from aggression, depression, and suicidal behavior. The dilemma is with the way people think these days. The victims need to understand that life is test, an army of bumps to climb over. The offended need to know that there will always be hardships and that is just a part of life. Other factors they should acknowledge are that it has always been a thing, people need thicker skins, and if something goes too far it should be shut down.

Among the most popular educational technologies used in the nation’s schools today are computer and communication technologies that assist students with conducting research as well as provide them with the ability to access interactive learning programs and other online educational tools. Unfortunately, those technologies also offer students the opportunity to communicate with each other in harmful ways including sending insulting and/or threatening messages designed to bully others. As much as school officials are responsible for ensuring that students use computer and communication technologies appropriately, parents have the greatest responsibility in preventing their children from cyberbullying others both inside and outside of the school environment.

Social media has its pros such as finding reliable information, communication, etc. Social media also has its cons. In today’s society, cyber-bullying is one of the most leading causes of teen suicide. Cyber-bullying is an issue that is taken way too far by mostly high school students. In society today, ads about cyberbullying and suicide prevention are all over the world to relieve the pain of those who are suffering and need help. In this decade, the use of a young, teenage male gives a direct message towards the audience that the abusive way of using the Internet causes the most damage towards the young generation. This cyberbullying ad achieves to combine powerful images and determined-worthy words to produce a persuasive argument of putting an end to cyberbullying before it leads to suicide.

Today, society has access to multitudes of information thanks to the internet. With this freedom, we disguise ourselves in online personas, and prey on internet visitors. The internet is far more dangerous territory than it may appear. Society suffers from the pain technology brings through cyberbullying, defamation, and even the threat of your very life.

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tinder… ugh the number of social media applications in today’s society is just huge. You’d expect this wonderful creation to be beneficial to individuals living in the modern internet civilisation. Despite having said that social media has become the downfall of us all, (well most of us), as it led to an increase in bullying that we all refer to as cyberbullying. Like all forms of bullying cyberbullying causes psychological, emotional and physical stress. Each person’s response to cyberbullying is unique, but research has shown some general tendencies. Stopbullying.gov reports that youth who are cyberbullied have a higher risk of depression and anxiety. The symptoms include increased

Since the development of the Internet, technology has vastly changed the way we live and communicate. This technological revolution we have gone through has brought about many new things into our daily lives. The birth of social media has completely changed technology, and they way we use it. We can now communicate with each other from anywhere around the world. We can update people on our current location. We can have a conversation over text. We can inform people exactly what we are doing at any given time. Social media has boomed in our society, and is only getting more and more popular. With sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google +, people can communicate and update the world with whatever they see fit. Millions of people use social media every single say, with many of them using it multiple times a day. Teens in today’s world have been attracted the most towards social media, and use it more often than any other age group. The temptation to always be on social media is very prevalent in many teens’ lives. It distracts teens from the more important things life has to offer like a good education, or a job. This technological epidemic may seem like a fantastic thing to some people, but I view it differently. Kids today are heavily abusing social media, and using it to harm or hurt people. I personally believe that social media is an increasing negative effect on teens in our world today because of the depression