The Law Of The Few

Schools should take action if there is harm being done to others. In Document A of” Should Schools Be Allowed to Limit Students’ Online Speech?”, they surveyed a random sample of 10-18 year-olds from a large school district in the southern US. It shows that girls are more likely to be cyberbullied. It also shows that girls are more likely to cyberbully somebody else. According to the graph, 25.1% of girls have been cyberbullied in their lifetime,

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

Technology―it’s the focal point of our lives, from sending a quick text to checking the latest news. But the real debate comes when the conversation switches to cyberbullying, which is customarily described as an act that is “repeated, hostile, and severe with the intent to embarrass, threaten, or harass” (“The Dangers of Cyberbullying” by Warnke, lines 26-27). Bullies in the real world can and do get prosecuted, so what makes this any difference. In some cases, the bullying is so deleterious that the victim commits suicide. If all of this can be prevented, then lives will be saved and children will be able to live without the fear of being bullied. The three sources “The Dangers of Cyberbullying” by Brett Warnke, “Sacrificing the First Amendment

So far this year, in national news, cyberbullying has become a popular issue amongst sensationalist

As I entered high school, the prevalence of cyberbullying hit me like a ton of bricks. Over the years, as smartphones became more advanced, there was a shift from verbal and physical bullying to cyber

The article Girl's Suicide points to rise in apps by Lizette Alvarez are used by cyber bullies and how they use these apps to get to others. To start it all off the author explains that cyber bullies bullie by saying mean things over messages just to make people feel bad. But because the bullies were bulling her the 12 year old girl got punished. Technology travels too fast for parent to keep up. The Next it is impossible to to be certain who is doing the cyberbullying. This is because the apps move to fast for everyone to keep up with everything that goes on. She also got pulled out of school because of the bullies. She got all these punishments because of other people. For example she got pulled

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,

While this technology held out the promise of a new era for interconnectedness, information sharing and education, it also came with a dark underbelly, as bigots and anti-Semites found it a useful tool for propagating hatred. The web sites they created have evolved over time and with the technology, yet they continue to be a very effective tool for spreading hatred, giving the bigots the ability to reach a potential audience of millions. Now, this ability to spread hateful sentiments electronically has reached new dimensions. It has taken on new life in the form of cyber bullying, or the ability to use (and abuse) the fairly new technologies of instant messaging, cell phones, texting, and online social networking to harass and intimidate. Nowhere has this new form of bullying been more prevalent than in middle and high schools. After all, it is teenage students who are most facile with these new technologies and who are most likely to employ them in a group social setting, such as school or camp. Indeed, the Internet, cell phones and other technological paraphernalia play a central role in the social lives of nearly all adolescents. While much of their online activity may be harmless enough, it has also provided an opening for would-be schoolyard bullies to spread innuendo, falsehoods and slander to dozens, even hundreds, of classmates with the touch of a button or click of a mouse. The real-world consequences of cyber bullying have been widely

Technology is rapidly advancing at a dizzying rate which has seen many amazing feats but has also introduced and increased the act of Cyberbullying. Cyber bullying can be defined as targeting someone using any form of technology (this includes social media) to tease, stalk or humiliate someone online (Dictionary.com, 2016). Cyberbullying is so detrimental because it encourages the targeting of an individual; It is often done in secret with the bully hiding who they are by creating false profiles or names, or sending anonymous messages. It is difficult to remove as it is shared online so it can be recorded and saved in different places. Cyberbullying has such a negative impact that research shows that there is a correlation between the violent

Initially, social media is commonly used as a weapon to attack others on their opinions or simply because they despite other people. For instance, cyber bullying has caused huge problems ever since social networks have started becoming popular. “Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once,” (“11 Facts about Cyber Bullying” www.dosomething.org). This is more targeted at teenagers and children because they are unaware of the harmful things they might say over the internet. To illustrate, cyber bullying can become a very serious issue when a minor commits suicide. “Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including . . . cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive . . . about a person” (“Cyber Bullying & Social Bullying” http://www.bullyingstatistics.org). It’s the parent’s duty to filter the internet. Based on this information, social media is not necessarily safe, anyone can become a victim

In our society today, social media is a monster because it has created unrealistic social expectations and unhealthy relationships with ourselves and others. Social media has become a central platform to everyone in our society today and can cause many problems for a large portion of the users. Many of the problems that associate with social media can cause mental and physical harm to users such as, depression, which can lead to suicidal thoughts or actions, eating disorders, and even lowered self-esteem due to the unreasonable comparisons that people make when compared to popular and successful people. One major issue that social media has brought up is the exploitation of the anonymous identification which bullies use to hide from their victims. This can single handedly cause the issues that was recently stated. The social media crowd is now influencing young teens and kids to do drugs. It causes a sort of pressure for some adolescents to engage in illegal activities such as, smoking and drinking. This can be a real danger because they are too young to realize what they are doing to their bodies and could truly put their lives in danger. Social media also causes a learning deficiency in a large portion of students. These students are constantly on their phones and it takes their full attention away from the task at hand. This causes procrastination of assignments and can lead to lower grades. They are not disciplined enough to control themselves and stay away from their

Before this class, I never understood how stuff on social networks sites would skyrocket and go viral. Why has everything on social media become such a big deal? It did not make sense to me. I used this class to better myself in the workplace as well as at school. It has helped me in my field of my future career choice of social work. Gladwell’s “Law of few” gives me a better understanding how human interactions work. I am able to apply Gladwell’s “Law of few” and “stickiness” to my current job as a waitress. I have to learn from the past and apply it to the future to know what to do better. I have a better understanding how to market our company because of “stickiness.” “making it the image you can’t get it out of your head. (25) Out of all the money spent on advertising word of mouth is still the most powerful thing. (32) To make an epidemic stick, you need help from three unique talents, a salesman, connectors, and mavens. (34) I as a waitress, is very dependent on my ability to sell and up-sale items. Not only do I have to use what I learned to sell but I handle hundreds of people a week, so in a way I am serving as a connector as well. (38) I am great with people “connectors that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together” (51)

Many students abuse the privilege of using technology. For students are putting obstacles in each other's way in learning and even outside of school. Students are breaking into mental breakdowns. Those who enjoy bullying kids on social media or any communication source affects many students more than they realize." Cyberbullying is systematic abuse that takes place on electronic devices, such as cell phones and computers. Most teens spend time online every day, which exposes them to the possibility of such harassment quite often. Most cyberbullying takes place on social networking sites. According to a 2014 surveys, 54% of young people claimed to have been bullied through Facebook, followed closely by Twitter and Ask.FM" ( Gale students/ MackinVia para 2). So many students suffer when they have so much to give to this

In one article it states, "Over the last decade, the percentage of young adults ages 18 to 29-years-old who use SNS (social network sites) has dramatically increased from only 9% in 2004 to 89% in 2014" (Gahagan et al, par 2). This argument is significantly important because bullying is a serious topic especially for young adults who are the predominant audience of social media and texting. The advancement of technology has created a world of cyber bullying, causing an increase rate of suicide among college students due to the lack of prevention of cyber bullying, lack of communication between the university and the bullied, and the psychological problems that cyber bullying can

In reading 8, Bullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard, Patchin and Hinduja discuss the ways that bullying has expanded and increased in the rise of technology. Before technology bullying was a face-to-face interaction, usually at school or coming and going from school. Bullying can cause emotional, physical, or social harm. Now that Internet is available in everyone’s home and on his or her phones people can be bullied from any location not just at school. Bullies are also becoming anonymous by using fake names to attack their victims, making the bullies unrivaled. Cyber bullying is at an all time high because of the amount of technology that is available to children ages 12 to 17 years old. Bullying is a deviant act that is becoming more and more easier to do, and research shows that bullies can create long-term damage to the victim’s mental health causing them to be depressed or respond to issues with extreme violence. An example for this is the Columbine shooting in 1999, the shooters were bullied their whole lives by students and turned their anger into something catastrophic such as killing other students in cold blood. Research also found that bullies are more likely to grow up and commit violent crimes. The research method that Patchin and Hinduja decided to use a survey method while using the Internet, which is the main source of bullying today, the web-based questionnaire, was put on a popular musicians website. Hence, this questionnaire was meant to attract bullies,