Did you know that approximately 33.8% of students have been victims of cyberbullying? (Hinduja). With a percentage being over a third of students having been victims of cyberbullying, the time to address this issue is currently at all-time high, especially as technology becomes more integrated into our daily lives and amplifies the risk of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the act of bullying another through means of electronic devices. Cyberbullying can occur anywhere, unlike traditional bullying that requires in person altercations. Through cyberbullying, the bullying can happen at any time of the day and anywhere, leaving the victim with almost no escape from constant torment. With this in mind, school officials should monitor and fight cyberbullying because it affects student life, such as academics, behavior, and their personalities.
A particular sign in identifying that a student may encounter a problem is that the student's academic grades are significantly dropping or not up to their standard level. Such may be the case with cyberbullying, as the student is unable to focus upon their academic courses stressing over any cyberbullying that has occurred. Trying to avoid any further damage being done or worrying about what has been done, a student will lose out on time to do work, take notes and study, and also have breaks to reduce the amount of stress from having various amounts of work and outside responsibilities. As a result, the student will not perform up to normal levels and may score lower than their average grade. This is important because it a crucial part of the student's future, as academics can affect the type of college the student can attend and scholarships as well.
Although some may suggest that cyberbullying does not cause a negative shift in academics and the shift is the fault of something else rather, it must not be ignored. The belief that there’s no direct correlation between the two in nonsense and isn’t enough to suggest cyberbullying has no effect on the student's academics because there is little to no evidence to support this belief than stubborn bias. If such a drop occurs within the student’s academics, school officials should take a look into the matter and determine the
Document A shows that nearly twenty percent of students are cyberbullies, and more than twenty percent of students have been cyberbullied. According to Document B, cyberbullying affects one in ten teachers personally. Cyberbullying affects the privacy, confidence, productivity of teachers and students alike. It is as large a problem as actual bullying, and the quick spreading of everything posted online amplifies the effects of cyberbullying. Schools everywhere concentrate so much of their effort to combat on-campus bullying, they have no excuse to overlook cyberbullying, which affects as many people, and as at least as dangerous as actual
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.
These kind of surveys reveal the necessity of facing cyberbullying logically and prudently, among young people. Schools have very important role in controlling this issue between students. Some people believe that school should suspend students who have perpetrated cyberbullying, but since this kind of punishments can have serious consequences other options should be considered first before any suspension. In this paper we discuss why the suspension should be considered as the last option. Suspension will only result in hiding the fact of the issue and is not an effective solution, because it will not only harm perpetrator, but also will harm victim by preventing her/him from learning how to deal with issue wisely, and it only shows the lack of an elaborate educational system.
Cyberbullying is a very controversial topic these days, some may think that to prevent this school should limit students’ speech, others argue that it prevents students right to learn.
Cyberbullying is a relatively new threat, and it is very similar to traditional bullying. Despite the fact that cyberbullying and traditional bullying both share the common goal of harassment, cyberbullying differs from traditional bullying in that it does not stop at the schoolyard, and can continue when the victim is far away from the aggressor. It is just as devastating as common bullying, and sometimes is even more damaging. Professors Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin note in their journal, “Cyberbullying Creates Dangerous Stress and Anxiety”, that cyberbullying affects anywhere between 10-40% of students (contingent on their age group) (par. 1). J.D. Kelly A. Albin, in her article “Bullies in a Wired World”, defines cyberbullying as “…the ‘willful and repeated harm inflicted through use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices’” (157). It is caused by the fact that children feel their actions are mitigated when they use social media, as it creates the illusion of indirectness, and its effects range anywhere from mild depression to suicide.
This problem has become more pressing and has been a greater focus in the media. Social media has also brought the issue to the forefront in the last several years and, itself, plays a role in today’s age of bullying, cyber bullying. The Matt Epling Safe School Law (2011/2014) was amended in 2014 to add a section specifically directed at cyberbullying. The legislation identifies bullying as anything that is composed, spoken, acted out, or conveyed electronically. These acts are said to disrupt educational opportunity, impart emotional disturbances, influence physical and mental health, and/or impact the daily functioning of the educational institution (Matt Epling Safe School Law, 2011/2014). These definitions demonstrate the severity of the social problem,
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
Justin Patchin has shown plenty of ways to prevent cyberbullying in our schools. “Although no formal evaluations of cyberbullying prevention programs and strategies have yet to occur, there are promising approaches and specific steps educators can take to minimize the amount and seriousness of cyberbullying incidents (Hinduja &Patchin, 2012a). Many teachers have tried to educate children on internet use. We need to inform our children that all types of bullying is wrong, and if children that engage in it needs to be discipline. Cyberbullying should be discussed in classes that use technology. Posters and signs should be posted on top of computes about cyberbullying ( Hinduja & Patchi
Nowadays, more and more students suffer from cyber bullying in the society everyday. According to Denham and Turpel-Lafond's research, only 43 percent of teens are not involved in any cyberbullying events(Denham, Elizabeth Turpel-Lafond, Mary Ellen, 2015). Moreover, cyber bullying already is a part of students ‘daily life (Valerie Steeves, 2014). The data show there are 282,000 Canadian students involve in cyberbullying every month. (Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Patrick Brazeau , 2012) Cyberbullying already is a negligible issue in every school of the entire world. This research paper will argue that what is cyberbullying, three main causes, three principal effects of cyber bullying and the three solutions to prevent it, in order to show how serious
Cyberbullying affects students’ ability to learn and concentrate in school which contribute to them having a low academic performance. UCLA psychology professor, Jaana Juvonen, warns that “students who get bullied run the risk of not coming to school, not liking school, perceiving school more negatively and doing less well academically. Any student who get bullied can become a low achiever… it can paralyze students from concentrating on academics…researchers asked students to rate whether or not they get bullied on a four-point scale…the most-bullied performed substantially worse academically than their peers. Projecting the findings on grade-point average across all three years of middle school,
This focus of this paper is on cyberbullying. college student, and the effects that cyberbullying have on individuals. Cyberbullying has become a major concern among college students because of number reported suicide among college students (Zalaquett & Chatters, 2014). Cyberbullying does not end after high school, there are reports of students in college being victims of cyberbully. Cyberbullying is bullying by digital technology and is considered a public concern. Most research on cyberbullying has been done with young students, however, there are several studies that focus on college students and cyberbullying behavior. Research has showed that out of 100 undergraduate students surveyed, 21 % reported that they have been cyberbullied
The cost of college tuition is at an all time high, unequal access to education, and though the high school graduation rate for the nation is 80% more than have to young adults are not prepared for the next chapter. Still, one complication has been making headlines throughout nation, the flurry of school shootings and bullying related issues that have resulted in suicide or deaths of student peers and teachers. Multiple of these tragic and sorrowful issues stem from online torment and bullying, but are still overlooked.. A controversial issue such as cyberbullying stirs a collective of questions. For instance, Should the Federal or State government provide a solution? What are some measures to combat cyberbullying? Why is bullying such a complex issue to address? These are are just some inquiries that have perplexed many. In order to ensure a prosperous and progressive education environment for students and staff, the public needs to be educated on the severity and definition of cyberbullying, doing so will shed light on the issue and lead to the development of
Moreover, cyberbullying should be criminalized because it would help protect students who need help against cyberbullying while off campus. Todd D. Erb, and American Litigation Lawyer, conducted a study called A Case for Strengthening School District Jurisdiction to Punish Off-Campus Incidents of Cyberbullying. In this study, Todd found that the protection of students by teachers and other administrators is not enough to protect students off campus from cyberbullying (Todd D. Link). Todd Erb’s solution to this problem was to stretch the school district’s jurisdiction. Although, this wold not be necessary if cyberbullying is criminalized. If cyberbullying is criminalized, then there would be a way to monitor for it, which would provide the protection Todd Erb is talking about when he says students are valuable while off campus. If it was criminalized, it would also provide the students the pathway of escape of reporting it to the school as well as the police. Due to the victim’s feeling of helplessness and the lack of protection for students outside of school, cyberbullying should be criminalized to provide a pathway to escape the
Sources life i-Safe, which is known as the “leader in internet safety education”, have statistics about the amount of cyberbullying that students have to deal with, but they have not been updated since 2004-over ten years ago(Cushing, 2013). Even if those sources were updated, many schools now set aside whole lessons to learn about cyberbullying and what to do about it, providing them with sources for the victim or other concerned people to take care of the situation(Robinson & Segal,
Another key reason that schools should punish off campus cyberbullying is that When students are caught cyberbullying some parents do not do anything about it. As Psychologically Today has made clear ¨As a parent, I find it disturbing that another child’s family would allow such painful and harmful information to remain up in cyberspace when they have the power to stop the damage it is causing.¨ The authors point is that a parent is surprised that another parent is letting their kid cyber bully another student. This shows that many parents don't know how to deal with cyberbullying or some parents don't care that their child is cyber bullying another student. If parents do not deal with the cyber bullying then it will continue to happen. If