Cyberbullying Is Becoming More Of A Problem Than Traditional Bullying

Over the years, people have been recording the amount of cyber bullying that has been happening to individuals. They have recorded that just in one year, about forty-two percent of people with social media accounts are cyber bullied. Adults are starting to realize that teenagers are not able to handle the emotional and the social aspect that comes with social media (Impact of Social Media). Over time, our society has forgotten about bullying by trying to change the status and by asking students to easily forget about it. This outlook needs to change. Every day, students are being bullied into silence and are afraid to speak up when something is bothering them or when they are hurting. Let us break this silence and end bullying in schools and over the internet (Jery,Simon).

Cyberbullying has been on the rise in the past years because of the rise in the usage of social media. People tend to go to social media with positive intentions, but not everyone’s intentions are positive. Social media can bring what usually takes place at school to the household. For bullies, cyberbullying requires less physical contact and their bullying

According to surveys, traditional bullying has been declining for years across our country, but unfortunately the act of cyberbullying has become more common. Most of the individuals involved with this activity seem to be girls. Cyberbullying is much more severe than bullying in schools because when the children return home from school they can leave the conflict behind them, but when the bullying involves the internet they lose that feeling of safety and comfort at home. When someone is being bullied online, it can be seen by other kids from all over the world in a very short time. It is also more severe because the cyberbully victims are constantly being harassed by the hateful posts and comments all the time, whenever they get notification on their phone, computer, or any other electronic

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 has always been a hot-button topic, but due to the Internet this has become an even larger problem. "With an estimated 45 million children between the ages of 10 and 17 in the U.S. alone using the Internet every day, social interactions have increasingly moved from personal contact in the school room to virtual contact in the chat room, and Internet bullying has emerged as a new and growing form of social cruelty" (Williams & Guerra, 2007). With the rise of social media also came the rise of cyber bullying. Before the Internet, most bullying occurred only at schools or the workplace. Once the individual who was being bullied left the school or the workplace they were free from the bullying for the rest

These days bullying isn’t just taking place at school on the playground, or in the hallways, it is taking place online. Today, and in recent years kids and young teens will only face more and more bullying as things evolve with social media, things like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are only going to become increasingly popular and new platforms will be made as well. Bullying affects people so much that it can

Compared to the affects associated with the bully, cyberbullying has a greater impact on the victim. Victims try to withstand the online harassment, so their parents will not take away their means of socialization (Klein 21). According to the National Crime Prevention Center, more than 40 percent of all teenagers with Internet access have been reported being bullied online (99). As technology develops, the younger generation is inclined to stay connected through social media. Many students have different accounts and applications on their smartphones to socialize. Although social media can be a useful way to be in contact with peers, it also is

Cyber-bullying can be broadly defined as any form of harassment or intimidation that takes place online (O’Dea & Campbell, 2012, p. 212). According to O’Dea and Campbell (2012), approximately one in three teens experience some form of cyber-bullying throughout their lives (p. 212). In their study, O’Dea and Campbell (2012) found that this number of teens (out of 400 study participants) report “multiple feelings of victimization, embarrassment, or harassment” (p. 212). One of the most significant issues with cyber-bullying is that this activity reaches a much wider audience than typical face-to-face bullying (O’Dea & Campbell, 2012, p. 212). This means that the victim of bullying may feel escalated feelings of shame and social isolation, as the person bullying can send their negative messages to as many people as he or she chooses (O’Dea & Campbell, 2012, p. 212). Cyber-bullying generally takes on two different forms: Bullying from someone who the victim knows, or from a complete stranger. O’Dea and Campbell (2012) say that online bullying can come from almost any source, given the fact that online social networks are highly open to the public (p. 212). Of course, this raises the issue of online privacy. While sites like Facebook and Twitter have privacy settings, there are very few effective measures that can fully prevent

In today's generation students have become attached to social media which has brought benefits but also one major issue these days being cyberbullying. Children between the ages of 10 to 18 are more likely to witness or be cyberbullied. Cyber Bullying affects victims in many negatively ways such as it lowers self esteems leading to self harm and depression. It is not just an online issue it follows victims to school as well and cause poor academic performance and physical issues on school grounds. All adults such as parents and teachers need to be informed

Cyberbullying didn’t really seem like a big deal at first until technology really advanced all across the world. The 1990’s is when the technology ship really set sail. As of 2004, 45% of americans owned their very own cell phone. As of now, 77% of Americans now own cell phones. Now, nearly seven-in-ten americans now use social media and that is where the bullying starts. In 2005, only 5% of

Being in one of the first generations to deal with the roaring wave of social media has had a huge impact on my life. I have been personally affected by the most common form of bullying in 2015; cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is an underrated and, I think, the most effective and harmful way for someone to bully another. Those that have not been affected believe that someone can just “turn the screen off”. It’s not that easy, and I know from first hand experiences. Almost my entire childhood was filled with bullying on Facebook. Now, I see it everywhere on sites like Twitter on a daily basis. Cyberbullying can lead to self-harm, depression, or worse. As a survivor of serious bullying, I know the cost that it can have on someone. Person-to-person

While social media and electronic means for communication have been around the better part of fifteen years, the past ten years have overall shown increases in cyberbullying. Although bullying in general over the past decade has been at a consistent rate, or in some cases even declining, cyberbullying on the average has been rising over the past decade. Statistics regarding

Cyber bullying is a subject that is usually over looked which seems very foolish. The amount of unnecessary comments floating around over social media is very disappointing to me because I have witnessed how negative of an effect it can have on a life. The awareness of cyber bullying needs to be spread before another innocent life is

Bullying has been going on for many years now, but recently there has been a change to how people bully one another; this change is called cyber bullying. This type of bullying is way more complex and difficult to prevent from happening, but by taking the right precautions you can stop this from happening or even prevent it from happening before it even starts. There are many different components to stopping it, but the two most key components are knowing the different types of cyberbullying and educating people about cyberbullied victims. For decades men, women, teens, and children have been bullied in some sort of way, but recently since the huge expansion of technology, there has been a new development of bullying; this is called cyber bullying. Cyberbullying is the use of some sort of technological device or social networking site to threaten, harass or even scare someone. This type of bullying is completely different from just regular bullying; according to an article Traditional Bullying vs Cyber Bullying (2013) by the Technology and Educational Reform “Cyberbullying is different from traditional bullying because people can use the disguise of “anonymity” to harass their victims”. This means people can anonymously bully someone without anyone knowing that it’s them harassing the victim, giving them an absolute free pass to do as they please and say whatever they want. If you are not familiar with cyberbullying, then you wouldn’t know there are hundreds of different

Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents may remember when they were kids and the bully would pick on them or their friends by stealing lunch money or just getting beat up, and that was the end of it. The victims remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. However, these days, bullying is not just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it is happening on the Internet and on cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day with multiple bullies and thousands of kids watching. Cyberbullying follows children nonstop and into the safety of their house. Sometimes kids are afraid to inform their parents about the cyberbullying that they will think its there fault. Or that their parents will call the bullies parents or other parents, making the bullying worse. However, the effect and pain that comes from cyberbullying is real. People underestimate cyberbullying, just because it is happening online and not in person. Cyberbullying can lead to many different factors like drinking, and drugs, poor grades, depression, eating disorders. Many students have even taken their own lives because of another student saying something to them online. Cyberbullying has been taking place a lot more in middle and high schools because of the increased usage of social media networks and technology. Cyberbullying is worse and more harmful than traditional bullying.