...One important reason that schools should not punish off-campus cyberbullying is that Schools do not have the right to search through or take away a student’s phone to gather evidence showing that the student is cyberbullying. According to the fourth amendment, schools do not have the right to perform unreasonable searches or seizures on a student’s personal items unless there is a written warrant stating otherwise. What the 4th amendment is saying here is that schools are not able to search or take away any student’s cellphone. Schools cannot intervene with the 4th amendment unless they have a warrant saying otherwise, so therefore they cannot assign a punishment because they can’t acquire evidence from the student’s cell phone that shows him/her...
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...In the modern era of high-tech social networking, cyberbullying is an inextricable part of middle school, high school and even college student life (Smith et al., 2008). To fully comprehend this phenomenon one must examine the circumstances associated with it, which include peer relationships and school performance in the context of students’ socialization. For example, victims will usually get lower grades and lose the friends that cyberbullied them. The victims will also lose face to their network of friends that have negative assumptions about them (Kowalski & Limber, 2013). This paper demonstrates the various forms of cyberbullying and the many strategies to help students both cope with and prevent this problem (Hinduja & Patchin, 2008)....
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...Cyberbullying: the internet as a weapon Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Myspace. YouTube. Flickr. Wikipedia. These are all social networking sites – and they’re all part of what is at present known as social media. In that respect, they’re various benefits of delivering social media in our fellowship. Such as, helping students with their educations, supporting the communities, improving relationships and establishing raw friends... Etc. But there are also negative consequences of social media, like posting everything about our personal lives, providing major distractions to people, and most importantly the increased use of social media has led to more suicides among today’s youth--a result of cyberbullying. Ever since the creation of social media had occurred there have been another type of bullying that’s in our everyday life. Today there is "Cyber Bullying," and although it is less physical than traditional forms of bullying, it can cause more devastating and long-lasting effects, As well, there are ways to help preclude this type of bullying and then that they would be less of a chance to induce these experiences in our spirit. Cyberbullying is another path to spread harm to other masses by employing the internet or other electronic communication devices to share embarrassing information about any other individual. The methods of cyberbullying are used in many forms, it can start by making up rumors about the victims, sending photos without their consent, making...
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...Cyberbullying: What School Administrators (and Parents) Can Do ANDREW V. BEALE and KIMBERLY R. HALL Abstract: Technology has transformed the lives of adolescents, including the ways they bully one another. Variously referred to as electronic bullying, online bullying, or cyberbullying, this new method of bullying involves the use of e-mail, instant messaging, Web sites, voting booths, and chat or bash rooms to deliberately pick on and torment others. To combat cyberbullying, educators need to better understand the nature of it and be aware of actions that they can undertake to prevent cyberbullying in the schools. Keywords: combating cyberbullying, electronic bullying, online bullying n recent years, considerable emphasis has been placed on implementing bullying prevention programs in public schools (Colvin et al. 1998; Hernandez and Seem 2004; Pellegrini and Bartini 2000). Researchers and administrators have developed programs, written articles, delivered workshops, and given speeches focusing on the goal and importance of eliminating bullying behavior in schools. The difficulty, however, is that despite the major emphasis on prevention of bullying in schools, the problem persists. According to the results of the first national survey on school bullying, 74 percent of eight- to eleven-year-old students reported that bullying and teasing occurred at their schools (Nansel et al. 2001). To make matters worse, technology has escalated bullying to a new and particularly insidious...
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...Cyberbullying Dana Davis EDL 512 University of North Carolina Wilmington Abstract Within the past five years, cyberbullying has had a tremendous effect on our youth. Our world has become more technology based and our teens and young adults are taking advantage of this unlimited resource. The use of the Internet has quickly transitioned from an ordinary search engine into a way to attack innocent victims by sending harmful messages and rumors, as well as, explicit pictures that ruins an individual’s reputation. Cyberbullies must realize that what they are spreading is unacceptable and that young teens and adults are ending their lives because of cyberbullying. In order for our society to get a handle on cyberbullying, they must learn to recognize it. This paper will provide an overall view of what cyberbullying is, what are some examples of cyberbullying, and how school administrators’ should respond to cyberbullying issues that occur within their schools. Cyberbullying For many school communities across the country, cyberbullying has become a topic that has risen tremendously over the past five years. It seems like every time we turn on the television a student has taken their life or someone else’s life due to bullying. The increase of social communication through the internet has become a popular area for all students and this popularity has given bullies the opportunity to torture, harass, embarrass, and threaten...
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...RESEARCH: CYBERBULLYING Members: Tapay,Daniel Breyton Reyes,Clark Lloveras,Marielle Sangalang,Maica Nchama,Julian Miguel Chapter I: Introduction According to Belsey (2004) "cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others" (Belsey, 2004). In 2006, the National Crime Prevention Council worked with Harris Interactive Inc., to create a study on cyberbullying. The study found that 43% of the 824 middle school and high school-aged students surveyed in the United States had been cyberbullied in the past year (cited in Moessner, 2007). The Pew Internet and American Life Project on cyberbullying conducted a similar study in 2006 which found that one out of three teens have experienced online harassment (cited in Lenhart, 2007). Pew also found that the most prevalent form of cyberbullying was making private information public; which included e-mails, text messages, and pictures (cited in Lenhart, 2007). The findings ofthe Pew research also indicated that girls are more likely to be part of cyberbullying than boys. Older girls, between the ages of 15 and 17, are the most likely to be involved in some form of cyberbullying, with 41 % of those surveyed indicating that they have been involved in some type of cyberbuUying (cited in Lenhart, 2007). Cyberbullying is different from traditional bullying due to the anonymity that the ...
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...the school campus; what is new is the independent access that young people of all ages have to the internet and various social media sites. Cyberbullying behavior should not simply be considered an inevitable part of school life and dismissed as a natural consequence of being a teenager. With little supervision, students are engaging in cyberbullying behaviors that are hostile; placing both the cyberbullying victim and the cyberbullying harasser at risk for negative social-emotional and academic consequences. Cyberbullying is the one of the latest issues to be defined by school districts and law enforcement. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary added the word cyberbullying in their 2004 revised edition: “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously.” After interviewing 279 students (ages ten to 18) researchers Heidi Vandebosch and Katrien Van Cleemput further clarified the definition of cyberbullying in 2008. Their research identified specific communication patterns that led them to add that cyberbullying is not just a one time action, but rather “a part of a repetitive pattern of negative offline or online actions;” and the hostile actions are “intended to hurt (by the perpetrator) and perceived as hurtful (by the victim.)” (Vandebosch and Van Cleemput 500) Consistently, cyberbullying is viewed as hostile misbehavior. When considering whether internet access has actually increased the rate of cyberbullying, Heidi...
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...Cyber Bullying- Should Schools be Held Responsible Abstract We’ve all heard the saying “stick and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Sure words don’t hurt physically, but to those who have been or are currently victims of cyberbullying words can be the difference between life and death. Technology such as smart phones, tablets and the internet allows students spend more time being connected. With this cyberbullying is becoming more frequent. Texting, instant messaging and over the social networks are just a few ways that the cyberbullies can reach their victims. A few of the forms of cyberbullying are harassment, cyberstalking and impersonating their victim. Cyber bullying has become a serious problem amongst teens. The victim can begin to feel inadequate and self-conscious causing the victim to become depressed to the point of committing suicide. In the past the cyberbully had no consequences to their action. Two such cases are addressed in this paper. States are now passing laws to address this issue and making schools responsible for developing anti-bullying policies. Cyber bullying- Should Schools be held responsible Matt was on both the Citizenship and Honor Rolls in Middle School. Voted by his eighth grade classmates to have the best smile, the best personality, and most likely to become an actor (Eppling, 2006). Taylor was a soccer player, a soloist in the school choir, and on the volleyball team. Although she was taller and a little...
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...Cyberbullying by Nicole M. Aune A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in School Psychology Approved: 2 Semester Credits The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout December, 2009 Author: Title: The Graduate School University of Wisconsin~Stout Menomonie, WI Aune, Nicole M. Cyberbullying Graduate Degree/ Major: MS School Psychology Research Adviser: Dr. Amy Schlieve MonthlY ear: December 2009 Number of Pages: 29 Style Manual Used: American Psychological Association, 5 th edition ABSTRACT A literature review of research pertaining to cyberbullying was completed. ii Findings indicate that cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent as students spend an increasing amount of time using technology that keeps them connected to people at all hours of the day. There are many different ways in which cyberbullies reach their victims, including instant messaging over the Internet, social networking web sites, text messaging and phone calls to cell phones. There are different forms of cyberbullying including, but not limited to, harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. It has been found that there are differences between not only the prevalence of cyberbullying between males and females but also the ways in which males and females cyberbully. Like bullying, cyberbullying is a serious problem which can cause the victim to feel ...
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...Cyberbullying by Nicole M. Aune A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree With a Major in School Psychology Approved: 2 Semester Credits The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout December, 2009 ii The Graduate School University of Wisconsin~Stout Menomonie, WI Author: Title: Aune, Nicole M. Cyberbullying Graduate Degree/ Major: MS School Psychology Research Adviser: MonthlYear: Number of Pages: Dr. Amy Schlieve December 2009 29 Style Manual Used: American Psychological Association, 5th edition ABSTRACT A literature review of research pertaining to cyberbullying was completed. Findings indicate that cyberbullying is becoming more prevalent as students spend an increasing amount of time using technology that keeps them connected to people at all hours of the day. There are many different ways in which cyberbullies reach their victims, including instant messaging over the Internet, social networking web sites, text messaging and phone calls to cell phones. There are different forms of cyberbullying including, but not limited to, harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. It has been found that there are differences between not only the prevalence of cyberbullying between males and females but also the ways in which males and females cyberbully. Like bullying, cyberbullying is a serious problem which can cause the victim to feel inadequate and overly self-conscious, along with...
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...Should schools be suspending their students who commit cyberbullying activities? Cyberbullying has been an ongoing issue in our society for a very long time. Due to today's technology, cyberbullying has become an even bigger issue because of all of the social media platforms and instant messaging sites, but is social media the only thing to blame or could schools be taking bigger steps to prevent bullying? Also how will cyberbullying affect students for the rest of their lives? Does is leave a long lasting result? Teachers, principals, and parents are responsible for monitoring students devices as well as preventing and stopping cyberbullying even if it means suspending a student as a punishment for what damage they have cause another student. First, how do you think cyberbullying affects people in the long run? A group of...
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...improved many things such as schools, kids can now easily learn things through the aid of computers and internet; Science and medicine, scientist with the aid of new technology can now eradicate many diseases, and illnesses; Communication, social networking and blogging has improved quite a lot people all around the world can communicate with each other via Facebook, Twitter, Myspace etc.; Businesses, companies have become more profitable due to the help of advanced technology. Technology has single handedly increased the simplicity of the human race, by making it easier to connect with friends, aiding scientist to eradicate fatal illnesses and diseases. Most teenagers do not know the world without apps like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Teenagers use these apps to stay connected to friends as if they were thousands of miles away. Teens abuse these apps by constantly going onto those apps to check what their friends are doing. Thanks to the advancements of technology and science diseases like smallpox, and rinderpest are no longer a problem to worry about thanks to the great improvements in science and technology. Modern society cannot function without the use of a cell phones, computer, or a tablet. Everything now-a-days is digitized. There used to be a time where kids would just tease and joke around with each face to face but now kids go online and make fun of each other. Most people do not get why the evolution of bullying going through cyberbullying is bad. Conn the writer...
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...(Harper, 2015). The term “bully,” in it’s most basic logic, consist of two people, a bully and a victim. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention ("Bullying," 2015, p. 2), defines bullying as unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group or purpose. Bullying can occur in-person or through technology. Children are being exposed to social media and the Internet at an earlier age than ever before. Can being exposed at such an early age be the cause of cyberbullying? Since we are becoming a strictly technology centered lifestyle, young people are using social media technology, including cell phones, text messaging, and the Internet, to communicate with others in the United States and throughout the world at an earlier age than ever before. Social media technology has many potential benefits for youth. It allows young people to communicate with family and friends on a regular basis. However, social media technology also leaves your children vulnerable to become victims of cyberbullying. According to StopBullying.gov, a combined group of United States government agencies such as Department of Education (ED), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Substance Abuse and Mental...
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...Cyberbullying Imagine coming home from school and sitting at the computer to get away from the stress of the day. Within a few minutes you're bombarded with messages like "You're ugly…We hate you…Why don't you make us all happy and end your miserable life". Welcome to a world too many teenagers are facing. A world where bullying no longer takes place in the hallways at school or on the way home. Bullying is now more likely to takes place in the murky, often anonymous world of the Internet. About a third (31%) of all students ages 12-14 have been bullied online according to a study by Opinion Research Corporation (2006). This research paper will examine some of the reasons for "cyberbullying," and what may be done about it. What is Cyberbullying? Bill Belsey, President of Bullying.org Canada says, "Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies such as e-mail, cell phone and pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others". Nancy Willard, author of "An Educators Guide to Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats" breaks down cyberbullying into the following categories: -Flaming. Online fights using electronic messages with angry or vulgar language. -Harassment. Repeatedly sending nasty, mean, an insulting messages. -Denigration. "Dissing" someone online. Sending or posting...
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...Effects of Cyberbullying to the youth A Research paper Presented to Mam Reusora, Milagros By, ROGA CHARISSE ANN R. B.S SOCIAL WORK – 3A Centro Escolar University, Manila School of Education, Liberal Arts, Music and Social Work Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Internet is one of the most use technologies in the Philippines. Most of the people are engage in using internet for various reasons. Some of these reasons are searching, surfing, use as communication and some of the people uses Internet to bully someone. Since technology has been introduced to the world, it seems a new kind of bully has emerged. Cyberbullying. Bullying is not a new phenomenon and it has been well recognized as a common and serious problem in the society. Most of the teenagers has experience this type of problem or witness bullying. Cyberbullying is all known across the world. It maybe unnoticed but cyberbullying can be harmful and sometimes can be fatal. As a result, some took their own life because of being stressed or depressed due to cyberbullying. The reason why I conducted this research is, it caught my attention and it is wide range of topic today. And is because I believe it is a very important problem that people need to know about, for them to understand how bad cyberbullying is. Another reason why I choose this topic is because I want to know what the victim feels about, what are the reasons of the bullies why are they doing this kind of nuisance. And...
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