Cyberbullying through Social Media and the Internet

In 2014, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) did a study on bullying and the found that 19.4% of all the students interviewed had been bullied at school. This may not seem very surprising, bullying has been going on for decades. Generations of men and women have come to fear the people who walk the halls, stealing lunch money from those weaker than them. However, it is interesting to note that 14.8% of that 19.4% had reported being cyber bullied. Unlike the standard physical bullying, cyberbullying is a slightly more recent development, but it has evolved to become much more deadly. It gives bullies a better tool for creating more widespread pain. The awareness for cyber bullying needs to increase and ultimately, cyberbullying needs to be abolished completely due to its destructive capabilities.

Many girls in the world would get bullied for one simple mistakes. Nine percent of junior in high school has been bullied three or more times online. Nineteen percent of girls in middle school said they have bullied someone. Everywhere in middle school and teens in high school are getting bullied on the internet. The person who cyberbullying on the internet are most likely use alcohol, drugs, skip school, experiences in-person bully, unwilling to attend school, receive poor grades, and have low self-esteem. Being a victim of all bulling can be depressing for others because they feel like there no one there for them. It can harm whoever it happens to or the people they love because the results at the end can be upsetting if the victim commits suicide.

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

This is a common emotional issue and leads to depression. Feeling unhappy with who one is as a person is also a very common issue and happens because they feel like they’re being picked on for a reason. Feeling alone is also quite common, because when one is bullied, chances are they do not have too many friends and because of that, they feel lonely. In certain situations, one also feels angry for what is happening to them and for that reason they decide to take revenge. This ultimately all leads to depression, which is the main emotional issue that a person gets when being bullied online or in person - this issue even causes many to turn to suicide as their only option. When it comes to the law, there are many forms of bullying which are illegal, such as criminal harassment, where one is constantly threatened and fearing for their safety, child pornography, assault, identity theft, etc., but cyberbullying itself is not illegal. Why is that? I think it is not illegal because of how common and uncontrollable it is. Cyber Bullying Statistics states, “Around half of teens have been victims of cyber bullying” (Cyber Bullying Statistics, 2015), which shows just how much cyberbullying has

Michael M. Honda states that “everyone in America likely has a bullying story, whether as a victim, bully, or as a witness.” Cyberbullying has become a major epidemic in the modern day world because everyone has access to the internet in some way. By taking an in depth look at cyberbullying, one can see just how urgent it is to stop it, because not only can it strike anywhere at any time, cyberbullying can also lead to suicide and cause serious mental health issues.

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

Basically, cyberbullying can lead to depression, which can lead to suicidal thoughts and actions. A study was conducted on high school students, where they were asked various questions. The study created data for typical bullying and cyberbullying. The study found that “for females, cyber victimization was strongly related to depression, which in turn was associated with suicide attempts” (Bauman 346). An interpretation of this quote can make the inference that females are typically more in tune with what others think about them. This can also make them more likely to be cyberbullied because bullies typically choose a vulnerable target. The study also concluded that “because many cyberbullying actions are attempts to publicly humiliate the target or damage her friends and social status, the self-focus of the imaginary audience may magnify the belief that the entire social world in which the target interacts is aware of her humiliation, contributing to the development of depression” (Bauman 346). This imaginary audience is the users behind their screens observing the cyberbullying. The idea of imaginary audience is actually quite scary and even more humiliating because the victim does not know who has seen it and who has not. This plays into the fear and humiliation that the bully wants to evoke in her prey. Another study that was done on cyberbullying and suicide in the U.S., Canada, United

In 2016, over 25% of adolescents and teens have been cyberbullied and what is even worse is that most of those victims do not get the justice that they rightly deserve. These victims should be compensated for the anxiety and sorrow that the bullies have struck them with. In the following sources, The Dangers of Cyberbullying a radio interview conducted by Brett Warnke and featuring psychologist Eden Foster, Sacrificing the First Amendment to Catch “Cyberbullies” written by Kirk Sigmon, and What is Cyberbullying? from the Ophelia Project, will give evidence for why cyber bullies should be prosecuted.

With Cyberbullying it is easier for the bully to affect you, as they are behind a screen so you may not know who the person is, some people don’t know that they are bullying. It has become a regular thing to see bullying online as some website don’t a lot of anti-bully things to help them. There are not many things that the internet can do as there is many people getting bullied on the daily. More than one in four young teenagers had been deliberately targeted, threatened or humiliated, either by another individual or a group, through the use of mobile phones or the internet. The abuse can come in many forms: hurtful comments left on social networking sites such as Little Gossip and Facebook; private images that had been photoshopped and displayed for all to see. Now, though, it is no longer necessary to be in the bullies’ physical presence in order to be bullied: instead, their presence is a constant one, 24-7, thanks to modern technology and young people’s obsession with their mobile phones.

It is a fact that cyber bullied kids deal with anxiety, fear, depression, and low self-esteem. First, one of the worst effects is feeling suicidal. They feel like nobody cares and that being dead would be better than going through what they are. Another effect of online torment is feeling ill. They can experience headaches and stomachaches. It can also cause changes in eating habits like skipping meals and binge eating. They can also have changes in sleep. Next, another effect is feeling disinterested in school. Victims skip school to stay away from their bullies. Victims of cyberbullying are proven to be absent more often when compared to other kids. They often have bad grades and have more dropouts when compared to kids that have not been bullied. Another effect is feeling overwhelmed. Victims often feel like everyone knows, and there is no way out of the bullying. Feeling overwhelmed can lead to feeling suicidal because of that reason. Next, victims often feel powerless and vulnerable. They often do not feel safe. Because bullies can attack them 24/7 they have nowhere to go to get out of it. This can later lead to feeling suicidal. Finally, feeling alone is another effect of cyberbullying. Victims usually are expelled from their groups of friends because the group can feel vulnerable to the bullying. These are just a few effects of cyberbullying, nevertheless there are many more. Online bullying can ruin

Why can some people be so nice face to face, but when they go online they become a whole different person with a whole new attitude? People who could complement what someone looks like one day, but the next day say bad stuff about them over the computer. Cyberbullies are all over the internet, but many do not see them as that.

"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.

To begin with, Cyberbullying drives kids to experience anxiety, fear, depression, and low self-esteem. It even drives them to consider hurting themselves or others. Bullying

There is a lot of bullying that goes on in this world, a majority of it being cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a constant problem with young kids on social media. Cyberbullying is a risk for anyone, “Cyberbullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person. It is the most common online risk for all teens and is a peer-to-peer risk” (AAP). Nonetheless, bullying is always going to happen and cyberbullying allows it to happen

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).