Long-Term Effects Of Cyberbullying

About 97% of today’s youth are connected to the internet in some way, and about 20-40% have experienced some form of cyberbullying at least once.1 This means that about 200-400 million people between the age of 15 and 24 have been cyberbullied. Cyberbullying has been an issue since the internet was first introduced for public use, and it is still a rising issue today. That is why it is our job to fix it.

It is known that face to face bullying can cause long term psychological harm to victims, including anger, depression, poor self-esteem, violence, or even suicide. Victims of face to face bullying fear going to school and come in contact with alienation, humiliation, and insecurity. Cyberbullying

According to Bulent Dilmac, “bullying is defined as aggression with the intention of hurting (Kepenekci & Çınkır, 2003) and is an anti-social form of behavior that produces negative consequences (Taylor, 2006).” “Cyberbullying is defined as the repetitive use of information and communication technologies by an individual or a group in order to hurt other individuals. (Akbaba & Eroǧlu, 2013).” There have been several cases where cyberbullying causes teenagers to take their own life’s (commit suicide). It can cause individuals to suppress negative emotions within them. Lowering their self-esteem and looking at life with a sense of hopelessness. Jessica Laney was a victim of cyberbullying when she was insulted on social media.

They are also scared to tell people because they will feel powerless or weak. Over a span of time, the victim feels so down about themselves and feel they deserve to be bullied. One major negative effect of bullying is low performance in school. They feel no motivation for anything, and school is probably the last thing they are worried about. They will most likely to skip school or fail tests. Another major effect of bullying is depression. Sleeping patterns will change and sadness will increase. You will notice the change in motivation to do activities with friends or play sports. In most extreme cases, self-harm is a result. In a study from Bullying Statistics, according to the CDC, Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year and for every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. People need to understand no matter how bad any situation is, nothing is bad enough in which they have to take their own

Suicide is the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily, a person who kills herself intentionally. In fact suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15 to 24 year olds and at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental problem. Suicides among young people continue to be a serious problem. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for children. School bullying statistics in the United States show that one in four kids in the U.S. are bullied on a regular basis. A student is being or victimized when he or she is exposed negative action on the part of one or more student. Bullying remains one of the largest problems in school with the percentage of students,over most 13 million American kids, will be bullied this year. Noticeable effects of bullying are ongoing sadness, withdrawal from others, reckless behavior, rejecting to eat & lack of sleep. According to suicide prevention resource center, cyberbullying is a new way of communication through social media and texting to hatrass and cause emotional harm to victims. Suicide is clearly influenced by bullies.

In 2014-2015 over 21% of teenagers have been cyberbullied. The effects of being cyberbullied include, usage of alcohol and/or drugs, skipping school, poor grades, have low self-esteem, have more health problems, and depression (What is Cyberbullying). Victims of cyberbullying are twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who haven’t experienced cyberbullying. Each year, approximately 4,500 teenagers commit suicide due cyberbullying and bullying. Self-harm is also common to victims of cyberbullying; the amount of teenagers who commit suicide and self-harm due to bullying rise along with the usage of social media.

Bullying is a serious problem that should not be ignored. Bullied children are known to be more likely to have anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide. Bullies often seek victims who seem unable to defend themselves. Targets may also suffer long-term consequences of persistent bullying. Many researchers have indicated that bullies have antisocial tendencies.

Bullying and in its many various ways effects everyone in a lot of ways. A lot of the people are being humiliated and hurt. Victims of bullying commit suicide because people that are being bullied think bullying will not stop. Bullying is a big problem in many countries, it is a problem that everyone can experience at anytime and anywhere. Bullying can be the number one problem everyone experiences in daily basis.

( "Suicide Statistics" 2016) Cyber bullying is plays a role in suicide also because the kids who bully in schools start to post things online. According to this article, a girl killed herself because people would call her names but online told her to kill herself. ("Suicide Statistics" 2016) Social media plays a big role in school bullying. Teens say that it is easier to cyber bully then it is to bully in school. Social media is such a big part of people's lives today therefore that is most likely the reason why students say it is easier to bullying online than in school. About 20 percent of kids who are bullied online think about suicide. ("Suicide Statistics"

Cyber bullying can lead to many things such as emotional trauma. This trauma can lead to many things such as depression, insecurities, and doubt and nobody wants to go through this. This may even cause a person to take their own life therefore putting the person harassing them at fault. So if this teasing and bullying online leads to suicide, the person responsible should be held responsible and be prosecuted.

Many negative effects are outcomes of cyber bullies. The impact cyber bullying has on kids is detrimental. Victims can develop psychological problems. For example, victims begin having anxiety, lower self-esteem, and frustration. They may also be diagnosed with depression. It’s tough to ignore cyber bullying. Compared to school bullies, internet bullies cause their victim more emotional pain. Children and teenagers are able to escape school bullies when they return home. However targets of cyber bullying don’t have that advantage.

First, cyberbullying can be devastating and long lasting because of how that person might take all the actions the bullies are doing to them. Research has shown that cyberbullying can have multiple people ganging up on one person, that same research has claims that there is about 10% of kids in certain areas that have said they have been cyberbullied. Cyberbullying can cause people to take their lives because of some of things that people have done to them or said about them on the internet when everybody can see it.

Grounds for the claim is that cyber bullying is becoming more dangerous for students and parents because it causes suicide, and other mental disabilities in teens and adults. The first claimsmakers are the victims and the families of the victims of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying incidents on causing teen suicides along with

Bullying is a bad thing but the worst of all the types of bullying is cyber bulling, it is a terrible weapon that can destroy someone's life and reputation. Cyber bullying is a part of bullying in which a person torments or harasses other people in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner, with technology. It has had a much greater effect on the world more than the traditional way of bullying.

The following literature review is all about how cyber bullying affects the life of the ones who got bullied, the chances of committing suicide among the victims and the laws in several states regarding cyber bullying.