...Cyber Bullying: Negative Consequence Bullying is not new to 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...
Words: 1329 - Pages: 6
...Cyber Bullying Table of Contents I. Cover page II. Table of Contents III. Report It only seems like yesterday that teachers would have to stand on the play ground during recess and monitor the bullies, who would try to take another child’s lunch money, or to take a note being passed around in the classroom that would read something like “I will see you on the play ground after school.” A way to help prevent your child from being one of the many bullying victims is to know what the risk factors are of your child becoming one of the bullying victims. When it comes to being a bullying victim, children, teens and adults are those who don't get along well with others, have few or no friends, is less popular than others, what color their skin is, or what kind of clothes they wear, because they wear glasses, and what kind of house they live in. Now here we are in the year 2011, dealing with an entirely different style of bullying, which we all know is called “CYBERBULLYING”. No longer are the days of having the teacher send the student to the principal’s office or a phone call home to mom and dad. Friends and family of victims are also taking part when cyber bullying occurs. They may find themselves in difficult situations where they are peer pressured into participating in the bullying, afraid that if they don't play along, or they could become a target. They may feel that they have no power to stop it or start feeling guilty for not having spoken out against the...
Words: 1506 - Pages: 7
...2011 Cyber Bullying StopCyberbullying.org, an expert group on internet safety defines cyber bullying as: "a situation when a child, tween or teen is repeatedly 'tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted' by another child or teenager using text messaging, email, instant messaging or any other type of digital technology.” It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been initiated by a child against another child. Once adults become involved, it is cyber harassment or cyber stalking. Adult cyber harassment or cyber stalking is never called cyber bullying. The way a child does this bullying is only limited by their imagination and their access to technology, and the cyber bully one moment could become the victim the next. It has been suggested by the BBC that cyber-bullying may be influenced by videos that are uploaded to video sharing websites online, which contain offensive content or examples of acts of bullying. Websites that currently do not filter such videos, such as YouTube, have been asked to take legal action against videos of people being attacked, harassed or ridiculed, in order to reduce cyber bullying as a result. The kids often change roles, going from victim to bully and back again. Cyber bullying is usually not a one-time thing, unless it includes a death threat or a threat that would do serious bodily harm. Children have even killed each other and committed suicide after being involved in a cyber bullying...
Words: 1054 - Pages: 5
...known as Cyber Bullying. Young people to bully peers can use emails, texts, chats, phones, websites and cameras. It is now a worldwide problem with countless occurrences reported and has yet to get the attention it merits and remains nearly vague from research works. This paper reconnoiters definitional problems, the incidences and potential outcomes of cyber bullying, as well as deliberating possible intervention and prevention stratagems. While most youngsters seem conscious of what cyberbullying involves, occurrences of cyberbullying in educational institutions seem to be minimal. Although students have entree to many technologies, the mainstream seem not to participate in bullying over the internet. However, persons who are cyber bullies are also likely to be targets of cyberbullying. Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying is becoming a crisis with the progression of social media tools. Should government create new laws to protect the people who are being targeted? This is just but one of the many questions people seek for answers. Cyber bullying has been in existence since time in memorial but has gained fame and become more wide spread with the introduction of the internet some few years back. It is common to see instances of cyber bullying nowadays unlike in the past, children are no longer the victims but everyone is; be it old or young, the crime has experienced an exponential growth with the growth of the internet and the tough economic times. Additionally, Cyber Bullies in...
Words: 1542 - Pages: 7
...teenagers that are cyberbullied are on the rise and we need to assist them and resort to legal action. Schools need to teach students about cyberbullying can hurt and help put a stop to it and hold cyberbullies accountable for their infractions on innocent people. Educating students about cyberbullying, demonstares how it hurts, prohibiting cell phones on school grounds and taking away the do make it to school grounds will help the school. Lawmakers are in the process of creating more serious and stricter laws against the person and persons doing the bullying. Many states and cities are also creating laws and punishments for people who do such a crime. These people need to be more seriously punished in order to learn how seriously they have hurt the person being bullied. Cyberbullying is hurtful and growing trend that schools everywhere need to get more involved to help put a stop to it. There are many stories of cyber bullying that go to far and sometimes have teenagers committing suicide to escape their torment. Rachael Neblett, a seventeen-year old high school student from Kentucky, took her life October 9, 2006: [She] began receiving threatening emails through her MySpace account, in the summer of 2006. The anonymous emails were of a stalking terroristic nature. Rachael’s parents brought the emails to the attention of the principle of her high school. As the emails included details of her movements during class and after...
Words: 1518 - Pages: 7
...Cyber bullying New technology benefits society in many ways, but also creates problems and ethical issues, namely those pertaining to cyber bullying. Merriam Webster defines cyber bullying as, “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously.” The development and increased usage of communication and information technology has led cyber bullying to gain traction in society. Legislation and organizations are arising to deal with cyber bullying, a major issue that victims struggle with every day. Cyber bullies’ rhetoric includes, but is not limited to, physical threats, sexual remarks, hate speech, rumors, and slander. Cyber bullies employ various tactics to humiliate and defame their victims, both on a one-on-one level and through public settings. In the more private form, offenders directly insult their victims through intimidating and hostile messages. In the more public form, cyber bullying can include actions such as posting embarrassing or nude photographs of victims without their knowledge or permission. These photos are often adulterated to depict the victim in compromised or defaming poses. Cyber bullies also spread lies and rumors via texts, instant messages, and Facebook posts. Additionally, perpetrators often steal passwords to victims’ online accounts and post humiliating remarks while posing as the victims themselves. Various studies attest to the pervasiveness and severity of cyber bullying in society. The...
Words: 1860 - Pages: 8
...Studies indicate that cyber-bullying incidents have quadrupled in past five years (Ross). Cyber-bullying has become a huge issue recently. Every time you turn on the news there is another bullying, or a suicide related to bullying, incident being reported. “Love is louder” has been a common phrase among celebrities and influential figures lately. They are trying to send out a message to their followers saying that bullying is not right and should not be tolerated. The expansion of communication technologies is widening the way bully’s can torture their victims. The fact of the matter is, technology is not going anywhere, so we need to figure out a way to put an end to cyber-bullies. Cyber-bullying is becoming a major problem and we all need to do our parts in figuring out what can be done to stop cyber-bullies in their tracks. Cyber-bullies will continue to be a threat to today’s youth until we take preventative measures against them. Before putting a stop to cyber-bullying we must understand why and how a cyber-bully works. After researching and analyzing informative articles on the topic, this research paper aims to inform and answer questions such as: what a cyber-bully is, how they work, whom they target, and how to stop them. By understanding how a cyber-bully works we will be able to better protect youth populations as technology grows. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day (Ross). Cyber-bullying is technology powered and...
Words: 1649 - Pages: 7
...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 the possibility of committing suicide due to being cyberbullied. Two such cases are included in this paper. There are numerous ways in which schools and parents can prevent cyberbullying and ways in which they can intervene if it has occurred. iii The Graduate School University of Wisconsin Stout Menomonie, WI Acknowledgments First of all I would like to thank my parents for always...
Words: 7448 - Pages: 30
...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...
Words: 4129 - Pages: 17
...Cyber bullying Everyone take a minute to close your eyes. Raise your hand if you have ever been the victim of bullying, now open your eyes. Now raise your hand if you have ever been the bully, now open your eyes. Finally, raise your hand if you have ever watched someone being bullied, open your eyes. We can all think of experiences involving bullying, whether we were the victim, the bully or a witness. More recently though, cyber bullying has sky rocketed due to all the social media sites now available to use. Cyber bullying and just bullying in general, has caused so many lives of young teens and adults to be taken. In order to put an end to it, or even help the popularity of it, we must open our eyes and look the bully right in the face. Cyber bullying is when someone is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, or just a target by a mobile phone or internet, most of the time, both. Cyber bullying can include anything from the list provided above, by text message, instant message, email, blogs, social websites, etc. As more and more children gain access to these, the more people are being harmed. This topic is usually forgotten about once children reach 18, out of high school, which makes the severity of the topic increase. Cyber bullying does not go away with age, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, wealth, etc, it just takes on a different name with more consequences that could affect someone for the rest of their life. While growing up, movies make a...
Words: 882 - Pages: 4
...There are various different types of challenging behaviour and one of the most common and prominent ones is bullying. There are several different types of bullying and I am going to discuss three of them, including the reasons behind these types of bullying and the possible effects on an individual who may be subjected to bullying. The first type of bullying I am going to discuss is cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a form of bullying that takes place with the use of technology/over the internet. Cyberbullying can include behaviours like sending threatening or nasty to emails to another person or to a group of people. Emails like this can include any type of message from racist comments to sexist comments or just plain nasty names or threats. (Teenwirral.com, 2015) Social networking sites are another way a person can cyberbully an individual. People can post offensive statuses which could either be again, racist, sexist, mean or threatening. They also have the power to post embarrassing pictures of someone or they could just harass someone on their profile by commenting nasty things on the victim’s profile. Social media websites are prominent platform for cyber bullying as the bully has the power to create a fake/anonymous account which can be used to bully a person, without any consequences. This links in to one of the main causes of cyberbullying which is that the bully has the ability to hide behind a device, therefore they aren’t required to take any responsibility for...
Words: 896 - Pages: 4
...Cyber-bullying among juveniles is a growing and severely dangerous problem that most are unaware of. Many educators and legislators are afraid to cross the line of right and wrong and will not punish these children as they should be. Unsurprisingly these juveniles are doing this when the parents are not present. Surprisingly though most of these children are in elementary school and are not even old enough to have a Facebook or other social network sites. “The incidence of cyber-bullying increases during elementary school, peaks in middle school and decreases in high school.”(Snakenborg, Van Acker, Gable page 90). This goes to show that parents need to be more aware and more controlling over what their children are doing and who they are hanging out with. Cyber-bullying also has a different outcome when looking at the aspects of males and females. During face to face bullying, “males are the primary instigators and victims.” (Snakenborg, Van Acker and Gable. Page 90.) When cyber-bullying females are “25% more likely victims.”(Snakenborg, Van Aker and Gable. Page 90). This increases the one that is bullying’s control over the situation because they believe that they are reaming anonymous. Having a sense of control can heighten a juvenile’s belief that they fit in and can be with friends with a certain crowd of people. A juvenile’s behavior is a major factor into why they would bully another peer on through electronic devices. This depends on the motivation which varies from...
Words: 601 - Pages: 3
...Mrs. Bates ENG-112-WB09A 26 January 2015 Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying is becoming more of an issue the more social media expands. Cyber bullying is when an individual is being bullied through the internet or any kind of social media. This article is pulled out of a “Himalayan Times” from the Topics section named “Cyber Bullying”. The article was published in 2012 on October 16. In summary, this article explains how cyber bullying can affect the individual’s minds and how to prevent cyber bullying from happening. It gives the reader different points on cyber bullying and what to do if a person becomes a target. The article provides several very beneficial tips on coping with cyber bullying and how to prevent it. In this article “TOPICS: Cyber Bullying”, the author argues cyber bullying is one of the main causes of teenager suicide each year and nothing is being done about it. A movie named “Unfriended” is coming out to theaters soon. Unfriended is about a group of friends that goes to a party and one of the friends gets drunk and passes out, and someone posts a very embarrassing video on social media. The girl gets a lot of commotion in her life and gets to the point that she can’t handle it. Not long after she ends up committing suicide, packing a huge affect of the group of friends. Cyber bullying is deadly, and is a worldwide trend that is being overlooked because no one knows what the other person they are bullying is dealing with behind their social media life...
Words: 1153 - Pages: 5
...Cyber bullying is when kids/teens are tormented, made vulnerable, humiliated, harassed, hassled, embarrassed, and targeted using e- mail, texting, chat rooms, camera phones, Facebook and other websites or other sources of technology. It only counts as cyber bullying when both the victim and the aggressor are minors. There does not have to be one clear victim in cyber bullying. The two sides can switch roles back and forth; alternating positions of superiority. There are serious threats involved and generally they are not a one-time thing. It is often a repeated event and can even contain terrifying death threats. Cyber bullying allows for those not necessarily intimidating in appearance to release bottled up anger, frustration, and hatred in the form of threats – sometimes empty, sometimes not – and other scare tactics. Cyber bullying also comes in a more mild form, with rude language and “basic” harassment. If an adult is contacted early on- cyber bullying does not have to escalate to an intense level. When dealt with immediately, most harm is avoided. The perpetrator often loses their IM accounts if convicted of juvenile delinquency. In some more serious cases where hacking/password/identity theft are involved, it may be dealt with under state or federal law. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day. It happens on buses, in the cafeteria, gym, hallways, playground, and in classrooms. The most frequent form bullying takes...
Words: 973 - Pages: 4
...2012 Saving our Kids from the Bully Bullying has been around for as long as people have, if you asked around most people have some memory of a bully intimidating them or making fun of them. For most, bullying happened at school, but it can happen at any time in one’s life. Advances in the internet and technology have brought about some positive changes in our lives. However, in the technical world that we live in today with our kids having access to cell phones and the cyber social media, it has turned into a deadly form of bullying known as cyber bullying. Like traditional bullying, many people think that cyber bullying is not a big deal. Many feel that it is just a part of life that needs to be dealt with. However, cyber bullying is something that should concern everyone. There are far too many children suffering from the effects of cyber bullying and as a society we all need to take steps to ensure our children are safe. No child should have to face the type of harassment that causes them to suffer feelings of depression, isolation, low self-esteem, humiliation, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide. Cyber bullying has some rather unique characteristics that are different from traditional bullying: * Anonymity As bad as the "bully" on the playground may be, he or she can be readily identified and potentially avoided. On the other hand, the child who cyber bullies is often anonymous. The victim is left wondering who the cyber "bully" is, which can cause a great deal of...
Words: 2598 - Pages: 11
