Suspended Reality In The Film Cyberbully

This aired on ABC Family, hoping to delete cyber bullying (digital drama). The main character receives a computer for her seventeenth birthday and decides to create a social networking site on it. She becomes the victim of cyber bullying by some of her peers. The names she was called were ordinary terms thrown around to hurt others, which made this movie very practical and relatable. It touches on the dangers the internet presents including anonymity, loopholes enabling cyber bullying, and social pressure on teens to become involved in online relationships (she starts ‘dating’ a guy she met online and he partakes by spreading rumors about them). She develops depression, looses all of her friends, and tries to commit suicide, which are common effects cyber bullying can have. This is more of a realistic and drawn out version of what happens as a result of cyber bullying compared to the short, exaggerated version shown in secondary claims (news

First of all, teens get cyberbully on the way they look or on the way they are. There is a chart in the article, which estimates on how many teens get cyberbully. For example, a 17 year old girl from pennsylvania picked on an old friend and decided to stop being friends with her because she did something to her that was even worse but she decided to cyber bully her for what she have done. The cyberbully also decided to tell everyone her old friend deepest secrets. One of the worse thing is that it was happening on school

Cyberbully: A word that you may see repeatedly in news and social media, even maybe you or your friends have been a victim of this phenomenon. A survey among 131 undergraduate students (73 female and 57 male) in a US university with an undergraduate population of less than 10000 students shows that fifty-four percent of all respondents reported knowing someone who had been cyberbullied (Walker et al.183).

Cyberbullies do not have to be strong or fast; they just need access to a cell phone or computer and a desire to terrorize. Anyone can be a cyberbully, and such persons usually have few worries about having face-to-face confrontation with their victims. In fact, the anonymity of cyberbullying may cause students who normally would not bully in the tradition-sense to become a cyberbully (Poland, 2010).

Through her tragic story, many people became more aware of the widespread problem of cyberbullying that teenagers now face. Amanda Todd's video that was posted before committing suicide, was plastered on every media network for the public to see. Although her story was tragic, it showed others how real cyberbullying is and how others can so quickly destroy one's life. It also brought awareness to teenagers, showing how easy it is for one to take advantage of others online. Regardless of the blackmailing, Todd was greatly affected by the comments and threats that her “peers” would leave on her social networks. Todd’s story also gave a perfect example of why teens that deal with these types of things avoid school. Although most of the bullying occurs online, school forces teens to be face to face with those trying to humiliate them. Many victims end up

In the short article “The Flip side of Internet Fame” by Jessica Bennett, she argues that the internet should be only used in a proper manner. Not in a way that the internet is portrayed wrongly, such as cyberbullying. Bennett gives multiple allegations of how kids unwillingly went viral on the internet for embarrassing reasons such as “Dog poop Girl”, “Star wars”, and as well as “The Rapist”. While being bulled over the internet it will not only affect the individual that is being bullied, but the people who are viewing it as well. Cyberbullying is the epitome of what the internet should not be used for.

In this brave and public explanation of her historic situation, she brings home the fact that cyber bullying is dangerous and has caused people to take their own life. More importantly for me though, she put words together that gives a face to the issue of cyber bullying because for most of us, we think cyber bullying only happens to teenagers. This is a stark reminder that cyber bullying can and does happen to adults too, not just teenagers or young people. Monica was masterful in telling her story and I am hopeful that the discourse generated by her talk will help in somehow to stem the spread of cyber bullying which is a dangerous cultural phenomenon eroding the fiber of our society.

There is further difficulty in defining cyberstalking because it is often a term that is interchangeable with cyberbullying and cyberharassment (Jameson, 2008, p.236). This wide array of internet criminal activity is defined along a continuum of cybercrime extending from purely in the physical world to purely in cyberspace (Gordon and Ford, 2006, p.15). The exclusionary definition of cyberstalking and distinguishing it from other similar cybercrimes helps with narrowing the definition of cyberstalking. Cyberbullying is the use of the internet to exhibit aggressive behavior aimed at intimidating or inducing fear

Although most movies end with happy endings, most have a troublesome middle. This is true with the movie Cyberbully. Throughout the movie, the main character, Taylor, goes through things no teenager should ever have to go through: bullying. After a failed suicide attempt, things begin to turn around. A program is made in her honor to help other kids with online bullying, to insure no one will have a ruined high school career like Taylor did. Even though during the time if the harassment, a fatalistic view was cast over the movie, the end reveals that the world is not such a bad place after all.

Additionally, cyberbullies have the power to remain anonymous online, causing the comments to be more aggressive and hurtful (Hogan 23). They know they will not be held accountable for their wrongdoings as their username may not necessarily represent their identity (Patchin and Hinduja 18). Therefore, because bullies have a fear of obtaining a punishment for their inappropriate behavior, they prefer a cyber-attack making it a more comfortable setting for them (Klein 114). Mrs. Willis, a social studies teacher in a north-eastern public school, proclaims that a cyberbully thinks “because I am this screen name,” he may not view it as something wrong because it is not “himself” doing it (Klien 114). Similarly to Meier, many victims do not know who they are being bullied by (Patchin and Hinduja 18).

As in the story many people can become a target of cyberbullying, But none more girls on the internet with poor communication with their parents and low self esteem.

Kendyl Brown Cyberbullying is when you say mean words to someone on social media. There are many reasons why people cyberbully. The effect on the victim is that he or she will commit suicide, cut themselves or do other harmful things to themselves. The bully can hide their identity, their face and their personality. Trends of cyber bullying have increased and include terrible acts such as those done to Phoebe Prince. Cyberbullying is a terrible use of social media. stopcyberbullying.org

A film, generally speaking is digested on a surface level as a piece of entertainment and some elements can pass the viewers by. However films are cemented in the time and place they were made and the filmmakers unique self-expression is presented in an artistic form to fully give their work depth. Typically, feature films are narrative driven and focus on a central set of characters and their trials and tribulations. However, the film can mean something deeper when fully delving into the content of the work, whether it is cultural, political or ideological in its message. These elements presented give the work depth thus allowing deeper discussions and analysis of a work that may seem simple on a surface level. Student filmmakers have always strived to implement these points in their work. With the aim of improving their practice, it is considered a necessity to include these elements in order to fully dissect the elements of specific works to understand the method in which these messages are implemented. In this assignment, I will discuss the content of the cult film They Live (They Live, 1988) so I can fully grasp the symptomatic and ideological elements behind the film and how it has inspired other artists.

Subtopic 1 Who is a cyberbully?: A cyberbully is someone on the internet that harasses others and makes a person’s image look bad and spreads rumors all over the internet, they say harsh words and will not stop unless you do something about it. A cyberbully may or may not go anonymous while bullying another person. Cyberbullying can be out of control because the bully is doing it online

This is an alarming statistic according to co-author Dr. Megan Moreno who said, “That’s a jump off the page. This is the type of bullying that is going beyond those childhood and adolescent years and into young adulthood” (Selkie et al, 81). Victims of cyberbullying experience a variety of emotional effects, with an increase in emotional distress.