The Dark Side of Social Media

According to dosomething.org, “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.” Everyone can be a bully at one point and they may not even know that they are bullying someone. Which means that our actions can speak louder than our words, and sometimes when our filthy actions and crude words come together it’s not always a happy ending. In the end, someone’s going to be hurt.

It is no secret as to how fast social media has grown over the past decade between helping connect with long lost friends and family on Facebook, getting your resume out to others through LinkedIn, sharing a video on YouTube, or even just letting off some steam on Twitter, hard to believe that so much of this we see in our day to day lives can be creating such a controversy within the Health Care System. Most of these sites listed are made into little convenient applications on majority of the populations smart phones that can be helpful as well as distracting (Gill, Kamath, & Gill, 2012).

Cyberbullying is one of the easiest ways to bully someone. Most cyber bullies know their victims in person. On the fact sheet “What is Cyberbullying?” it says that 84% of bullies know their victim in real life. A major problem with cyberbullies is that they are posting embarrassing pictures, threatening comments, and rude statements about one that cannot be completely deleted off of the

Richter, Muhlestein, and Wilks (2014) explain that healthcare workers are using social media to help clients and patients. It is used to achieve success in disaster response, fast point-of-care consultations, and gathering of data to improve treatment relationships. They also use social media channels such as Twitter and Facebook to share health ideas and recommend healthy recipes. Blogs are used to explain complex medical information and YouTube to share videos, for instance, on weight loss. Heller Baird and Parasnis (2011) state that businesses use social media to facilitate interactions with customers and have dialogue with them. Social media assist businesses to obtain feedback and achieve loyalty to their

According to Steven Waldern, director of the American Academy of Family Physicians Center for Health IT, social media has taken a toll on the healthcare industry. Patients are now interacting with patients that are going through a social media site, Patients like me. This site is used to improve the patient’s outcome, connect patients with one another, and enable research. This website has secure portals to ensure that patient information is kept personal or with only healthcare providers. (Hartford, 2012)

While using social media can be valuable to doctors and nurses, inappropriate use of these tools can be devastating to a health professional career. Here are some examples

In short, how a cyber-bully can gain a lot of attention and power, and how their attacks on their victims can persist is quite debatable in terms of damage, which may lead to higher

This situation can start on any conversational website. The common places that kids get bullied are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Cyberbullies target their victims by looking at the way they react or if they ask for help or not. the only reason why cyberbullies do such a thing is that they take on their problems from home and release them into innocent people like teenagers.

People who are involved in this or have started a conflict with someone over the internet are called cyber bullies. Cyber bullies harass teens and kids online by saying rude or nasty things about them. Three out of four cyber bullies do this to feel powerful and the other one fourth say that they do it for fun. The bullies start rumors about their victims and if their victim posts a bad or inappropriate picture then the bully will pounce on the chance to make their life hell. Sometimes the bully will get other people or students to join in on the harassment, just making things two times worse. The bullies do not care how bad their victim’s life is. This has caused suicide and some of the bullies will still say that they do not care or that they “deserved it” . In the United States, 42% of teens and kids have been cyberbullied and one in every four have had it happen more than once in their lives. “21% of victims have received threatening e-mails or messages online or over text”(Scholastic).

It also says that, “The people doing the bullying know they've crossed a line, too. It's not a one-off joke or insult — it's constant harassment and threats that go beyond typical fun teasing or a nasty comment made in anger.” (New). Some cyberbullies may have accidentally said something which may have hurt someone. It may look spontaneous as a consequence of the tone and nature in the messages on the web.

Although others may say that the use of media leaves teens in their rooms for hours and in the end makes antisocial, it is proven to create a chance for a new friendship. Many people also may say that teens could post something that they will later regret, or that they will encounter a cyber bully or perhaps be hunted by an online predator. Teens are more likely to show how responsible they are with their use of social

Cyberbullying is a highly controversial topic in the United States. Some believe it is a criminal act, and others believe it is typical behavior among kids. Despite the many different opinions, cyberbullies should not be persecuted for the insults put on social media.

Social Networking has taken bullying to the extreme. Before advanced technology, children and teenagers were troubled by school bullies. Today, they are targeted by bullies via internet. Most people undergo some form of bullying in life. Growing up, I experienced the typical name calling and spiteful comments. I also dealt with minor cases of virtual bullies. These bullies are known as cyber bullies. I find this topic compelling because it’s a matter that has spiraled out of control.

schools everywhere are in serious risk of bullying and it can have long-lasting effects on the

In the world of cyberbullying the bully is involved, but since unable to see their victim they tend have no feelings of regret or shame, especially since they are unable to see their victim and tell/ do what they what in front of the victim, which gives the bully a screen, most of the time making them feel invisible, untouchable, and unknown. Since cyberspace was started bullies were able to reach more people, faster.