Persuasive Essay On Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying should not be added to the United States criminal code for many reasons. If cyberbullying were added to the criminal code it would cause chaos, instead of fulfilling its intended purpose. Many people have different perspectives of cyberbullying and the way it should be handled. Sources one and two each express differing views towards adding cyberbullying to the criminal code. Source one agrees with this addition, and source two strongly disagrees.

Cyberbullies have been a big problem since 2003. It’s 2016 and it is still a big problem and it’s getting bigger. Bullies will not stop at anything to put someone down even if it's crossing the line at ruining someone's career. Before Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter bullies, most bullying would take place in the classroom. Home is the one place you thought you were safe from the outside world but now your safe haven has been invaded by cyberbullies. Lawmakers are now deciding whether to leave it alone or prosecute.

Bullying is a common thing in school millions of kids are bullied everyday at school and no one really knows.And bullying can hurt someone really bad by physically,verbally,emotionally,or sexually and more.When a bully is bullying somebody they call them names or try to fight them and make them feel hurt and bad but if you're being bullied just ignore the bully and act brave and that your not scared and that you don't care about them and act like they are not there.And always try to stay with a friend or a little group so that your friends can help you and make sure the bully doesn't try to do anything or just tell an adult and they can help you with the bully.Bullying can make you suffer from physical ailments like stomach aches and more.Technology can make bullying worse because when you post something bad about someone everyone can see it because it's online and if that happens to you just save the things the bully post about you because you can use it as evidence and get the bully back, but most times when a bully is bullying someone is because that bully wants to feel empowered and manipulate people or that bully might have been bullied before so they bully other people.

Bullying that occurs through social media, cell phones, tablets, or computers is called cyberbullying. Studies have shown that 1 in every 4 teens recieved some form of cyberbullying and that number continues to grow. Another survey showed that approximately half of the kids that took the survey had been cyberbullied through social and digital media. These studies and surveys are alarming many law enforcers, schools, and especially parents around the world because this is becoming a serious problem. The parents and families of these teens are effected most due to the emotional stress cyberbullying can put on someone. A person that is being cyberbullied may show different signs such as their grades slipping, being upset or angry after using social media, mood swings, loss of apetite, and more.

Surrounding the discourse around the subject of cyberbullying, it is imperative to not only address alternatives, but also to formulate recommendations on how to remedy this issue. In addition to the discussion within the report, a potential first recommendation to defeat the issue of cyberbullying is to make school systems the main point of contact for the conflict. A common factor when addressing the problem of cyberbullying is how heavily schools are involved in the scenario where cyberbullying is occurring. The student adolescents involved with cyberbullying fit the statistic that, “55 per cent of all teens that use social media have witnessed outright bullying online” (nobullying.com). Look for example at the case Jessica Logan mentioned previously in the discussion. This is a very extreme case where multiple high school students were involved in the cyber harassment of a female student. This would not have been the case if schools spread more awareness of the issue and inflicted some safety precaution. “Over 80 percent of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most popular form of technology and a common medium for cyber bullying, (http://www.bullyingstatistics.org).” With that being said I feel as though school programs should inforce that they take away the cell phones of students at the beginning of the school day and give it back to them at the end. Cell phones aren’t directly used too much in the classroom to begin. With it stripped away, it would take away the risk of having the group of students involved in cyberbullying and produce more engagement in the classroom at the same time.

First, I will explain how a student got cyberbullied and never reported it, Then I will explain how this girl was trying to commit suicide and tried, but it didn’t work (which is a good thing) Finally, I will describe how she got better and how she tried to stop it specifically how she did stop it.

Many children in school bully others for various reasons. Bullying is when you are intimidated or victimized repeatedly over time with negative actions from a more powerful peer. It can lead victims to go through serious problems in early childhood and adulthood. In many cases, aggressors do not receive the punishment I believe they should. I believe if they passed stricter bullying laws, it will reduce bullying in many places.

There are many organizations experimenting with techniques to prevent cyberbullying, such as End To Cyberbullying, Stomp Out Bullying and CyberSmile to name a few. These organizations are working to spread knowledge in ending social media attacks on children. Due to the fact that children spend a significant amount of time on social media, it puts them at risk. Researchers have shown that cyberbullying has grown at an alarming rate. According to research that has been conducted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; it is very clear that cyberbullying is a huge problem in our society. The problem we are facing is that the target age group is typically 15 and 16 year old girls. At this age many young girls are not very open to conversations with their parents or guardians. Many parents aren’t aware that their child is being bullied. Not to mention, when it comes to cyberbullying there is no physical bruise or wound to alert anyone. Unaware to parents, cyberbullying can take place 365 days of the year at any given time.

Cyber-bullying has become just as big of a problem as bullying. Most people at some point in their life deal with some type of bullying or harassment, kids can be cruel and don’t always understand the severity of their actions. When I was growing up if someone had a bully at school it could make going there something they dread, but it always took place in the confines of the school grounds. The internet now enables bullying to occur at any time and in front of a potentially infinite audience, anyone with a laptop or a smartphone can be bullied. Cyberbullying is a major problem and we all need to continue to work towards prevention.

Nobody likes you, you’re ugly, man you are fat, you’re annoying, and maybe everyone would be better off if you just killed yourself. Those words sound harsh, don’t they? Although these words are harsh, they are some of the most commonly phrases used by people who cyberbully. These words or phrases are ones that most people wouldn’t say to a person’s face, but they have no problem posting them online hiding behind a screen. Many kids or adults will say whatever they want if it is online, they are much braver then they would be in person and they don’t have to look into the faces of the people they are speaking to. Schools, parents and lawmakers need to do more in order to stop cyberbullying, so people understand what it really means

Nowadays the internet is a big part of our lives today, it has the consumed the entire world. Technology has advanced rapidly and it is the reason why our world is the very strong and stable world it is today. Specifically in our generation, it gives people a voice they never had. They can go online and be whoever they want and say whatever they want to say. Some schools feel that students have a little too much freedom online. They feel that this freedom should be limited. They feel it can cause problems for the school and other students. I feel that students should not be limited to what they have to say online because it does not affect most students and teachers, it’s not very disruptive, and free speech is a sacred right.

Bullying is no longer the big guy making a third grader give him his lunch money. In order to fully comprehend the word cyberbullying, one must understand that the definition goes into more depth than saying, "kids are being mean to one another behind a phone/computer screen." With how quickly our world is evolving, cyberbullying will not just go away. Since being bullied online follows victims home, they have nowhere to feel safe anymore, and that can lead to obtaining mental, behavioral, and emotional problems. Children are taking their own lives before they even fully begin. Knowing that their classmates saw what was posted about them, being bullied online affects the victim, but the bully as well since he/she can also receive hatred for their own actions. Cyberbullying should be fought by school officials because it’s a fast-growing issue, it can transfer to feeling unsafe at school, and bullying takes a toll on a child's mental health.

“The term “cyberbullying” was first used by educator Bill Belsey in 2004 in an essay detailing the emerging threat of harassment through the use of information and communication technologies” (Cyberbullying). Kids that are surrounded by the phenomenon that is the internet have a high chance of being a subject to cyberbullying. Some kids are relatively unaffected by cyberbullying, however, there are many documented cases in which these kids are treated so maliciously that they have considered suicide. Cases of cyberbullying do not receive any special attention unless the victim is suicidal. This is unacceptable as any measures that could have prevented this are not taken until it is too late. People do not realize the damage they can cause with only their words. Cyberbullying is a serious crime that should be regulated like one. Although these are not definitive ways to stop the problem, I am here to state options that will help future kids from further attacks.

Cyberbullying is an extreme problem in many high school's today. Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, usually involving threatening messages. As Robinson says, “cyberbullying includes mean or nasty text messages, pictures, videos, or emails that are sent directly to the person through the internet or mobile phone” (69). It is one of the many ways that teens are emotionally damaged by being bullied. It can cause long term problems for both the victim and the bully. Cyberbullying is an issue that mainly affects teenagers, “at this age, young people are at a development stage in which risk-taking and immature decision making can lead to negative outcomes” (Robinson 68). Today, due to the development of technology, cyber-bullying has become a huge issue throughout almost every high school. Cyberbullying isn’t an issue that should be taken lightly, it can have many awful and devastating outcomes. Preventing cyberbullying isn’t a job that can be done alone. Parents, teachers, and the students must all work together to tackle the problem and to prevent cyberbullying from happening.

Bullying in general takes place everywhere in everyday life, it occurs at school, work, hanging out with friends or a crowd of people, it also sometimes takes place at home. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place on and over digital devices. Bullying happens to everyone at some point in everyone’s life. I’m here to tell you several issues that affect bullying and i’m also going to tell you about some things we can do to prevent bullying.