The younger generation is always on their phones and it has decreased their skill of communication which is a must need for the business world. In fact the Pew Research Center had found that 88% of people ages 18-29 use Facebook in 2016. That is a lot of people which can lead to some problems as mentioned before.
One growing issue is cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is when someone threatens, makes fun of, or posts offencive pictures/words with the intention to hurt others over electronic communication. “About half of young people have experienced some form of cyberbullying, and 10 to 20 percent experience it regularly” said Bullying Statistics, “Cyber bullying victims are more likely to have low self esteem and to consider suicide”. Also more than 50% of cyberbully victims don't say anything to their parents or any other adults witch makes the situation even worse. This is a serious issue that goes along with social networking. The next issue is bots. Bots are a computer program that are created to do a task automatically. What that task may be depends on the type of bot, and unfortunately for us there are more bad bots than there are good. An prime example of a bad bot is the bot designed to infect your computer through downloads and ads. When the bot has been downloaded it can steal personal information, make you pay a ransom for your information back, and can even make your computer send out spam mail. There are million of bots in use right now and they are incredibly
Social media itself is a huge danger to society. It causes many suicides within the world because of the cyberbullying and spreading of rumors. “Recent studies have shown that one out of four teens have been the victims of cyberbullying and one out of six have admitted to having cyberbullied someone” (Trautner 1). The internet and social media is supposed to be used to communicate with friends and for searching information, “Kids use technology different than their parents do. Sometimes it is hard for adults to understand that this can even be a possibility” (Trautner 1). It is not supposed to be used to bully someone, especially not to the point where the victim would think about suicide. “One of the statistics that has been highlighted within this news coverage is the threefold increase in the suicide rate for girls ages 10 to 14. The rates for girls in this age group increased from 0.5 to 1.5 per 100,000 during this time period. The increases for boys in this age group were not as high, climbing from 1.9 per 100,000 during 1999 to 2.6 per 100,000 in 2014” (Olsen
School has finally begun and the vacation is out of the way. But how about the bullies and the concerned victims? Unlike current pupils in today 's society, bullied/cyberbullied victims will never receive a break. As kids we’d say 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt Me. ' But in today 's society? It could possibly too hard to cope with these words, specifically bullied victims.
Social media is another way of communication through technology. The social media trend is growing rapidly. It has become a daily routine for most people. Social media is affecting the world in many different ways. It was initially made to be a positive way of communicating, but over the years it has has a lot of negative impacts. One of the most known impacts is cyberbullying. Cyber Bullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person (Niemer 4). Although many adults experience this issue it is more common in teenagers. “For many teens, he explains, social media is not just a part of their life, it is their social world” (qtd. in Niemer 9). Studies show that 95 percent of ages between 12 and 17 have access to social media and 15 percent had experienced cyberbullying (Horn). These acts have caused depression in most teenagers. “In fact, a number of studies have found a connection between depression and social media victimization” (Miller 387). Some teenagers are afraid to stand up for themselves. The use of social media has caused an increase in fear.
Cyber-bullying has become a huge issue recently. It is despairing to turn on the news
Bullying is an unwanted, aggressive, often repeated behavior among adolescents and school aged children, that includes an imbalance of power such as physical strength, social popularity or use of embarrassing information etc. to harm others physically or emotionally.
One of the major issues in our society is bullying/cyber bullying. Numerous school aged suffer from this problem. Bullying is basically an unwanted behavior among young children, which involves the unexpected variation of strength. This leads into differences among school-aged children, which makes the bullies to have more power to bully other children. The author argues that bullying is now a severe problem which is a blackmail to student 's safety ("Bullying", 2016). These sounds do not horrify but who ever go through can feel the pain. There are few major causes of bullying, children who are physically challenged, race/religion, and children who have disabilities. They are the main causes that every victim suffers in their life.
Bullying is like a disease, it stays within the schools, and community and people are trying to stop it. It destroys the victims that get bullied. Bullying has always been around and there are people trying to prevent it from happening. Bullying is being prevented by clubs and by people taking action. Bullying damages the victims and the computers can cause
By the age of 15, many young people have been exposed to or have been a part of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is deliberately using social media to convey false or awkward information about another person. 75% of teenagers now own cell phones, and 33% of them have experienced bullying online.(Agichtein, Eugene) When any type of hurtful statement is posted online, the feedback that could arise from anybody connected to the person could potentially be extremely brutal and have a lasting effect. Social networking sites are the largest target for cyber abuse. Anybody could potentially say harmful things while being hidden behind a
Twenty percent of high school students admit to being a victim and/or participating in cyberbullying (“Cyberbullying”). This form of bullying that takes place on the Internet, is beginning to become a major problem in our society. Cyber bullying must be terminated in order to prevent teenage depression, fights breaking out in schools, and adolescences growing up to become criminals.
Cyber-bullying is the use of electronic communications to bully a person. Cyber-bullying takes place by using the Internet, cell phones, video game systems, and other technology. Cyber-bully sends or posts text or image that is intended to hurt feelings or embarrass another person in front of others. Bullying is an aggressive behavior which causes harm and stress to its victims and it escalates over time. Furthermore, everybody has mobile phones and they are using it all day long. There is certainly a difference how bullying has changed. Historically we have seen and may have been a victim of verbal or physical bullying, however today we all use technology so cyber-bullying is on its rise. In fact, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) records cyber-bullying “emerging” in the early 2000s (Nicol 3). The Internet has become a place where people communicate with each other everywhere. People have access to Internet twenty-four hours per day. Communicating with others via emails and various social websites is just like talking with people face to face. However, there are some people who try to hurt others ' feelings through the Internet and technology devices.
When students go to school there is always a chance that something bad will happen, the same goes for when they log on to any form of social media. Anything can be said or done on the internet without anyone monitoring it. This is one of the many flaws to the internet, while it does give you more access to multiple things, it also makes it easier for cyber stalkers, online predators and cyberbullies to get to you. Cyberbullying is a major problem in today’s society because we have advanced so far in technology that it just takes one click and you could
Cyber bullying is any form of bullying that takes place over the internet, whether via texts, twitter or other forms of social media. Approximately 52% of children have reported being cyber bullied at one point, or another*. While this number may not seem catastrophic, this statistic is based only on the instances of cyber bullying that have been reported. The reality is that there are many more children who have been cyber bullied, and did not tell anyone that it was happening to them. Another likelihood is that some victims have simply overlooked the bullying projected towards them via the internet. Given the amount of time that children spend texting, on Facebook, or on other social media websites, the likelihood of children experiencing cyber bullying, reported or not, is high.
Cyberbullying is the use of cell phones, instant messaging, e-mail, chat rooms or social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to harass, threaten or intimidate someone. People say and do things that they would not necessarily say to the person face to face and sometimes say more than they should without a thought in mind if they were in that person’s shoes how would they feel. It is a sad case that social media something made for the amusement and communication between people is now Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration. Cyberbullying is becoming increasingly easy due to the increase of technology, the easy access to the technology and the vast number of people involved in these technologies for social
More than 2 in 4 social media users have experienced cyber threats online. Social Media has come a long way creating many ways to entertain ourselves and interact with others, such as, friends, family, or complete strangers. Over the years technological advances have certainly increased. Social networks have skyrocketed tremendously over the past years becoming highly popular all over the world and to everyone. For instance, we know have Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Instagram etc. These social networks might be a luxury to some people but unfortunately others have experienced awful situations and encounters that have left them traumatized. Not only are people getting bullied, harass, and teased on these social Medias but its changing the way we interact and communicate with one another in real life. Sarah Zay, of USA Today, said that “With the rise of websites such as Facebook, social networking may be on the verge of replacing traditional personal interactions for the next generation.”(Sarah). Social media sites provide many opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, but Social Media greatly impacts our society in a negative way as it causes physical and mental harm to select others, identity fraud(Sex-Offender), and it’s changing the way we communicate and interact.
In the past decade there has been a serious advance in technology and social media. With that advance comes incredible opportunity and chances. But also with that advance comes the serious evil and bad through cyberbullying. Thousands of people are cyberbullied every day, indirectly and directly through Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, DM, Instagram, Ask.fm, etc. Cyberbullying is a serious problem that effects people of all ages and causes incredible and devastating problems in our society. With the incredible advance in technology and social media, cyberbullying seems innocent and easy, but truly is extremely harmful and crushing to its victims and can result in major mental and social issues, insecurity, depression, and even suicide.