...involved two or more persons but with the increased availability of internet, bullying is being redefined. Cyber bullying is form bullying that involves hurting someone else by using information and communication technologies. Unlike physical or verbal bullying, cyber bullying is targeted to an unlimited supply of audience. Every age group is affected regardless of physical strength. Cyber bullying has been on the rise as part of the misuse and abuse of a resource such as the internet. Since more and more of our lives now take place online, this type of bullying can take up several different form. As written in Dr. Kate D. Simmons and Dr. Yvette P. Bynum of Auburn University Montgomery article, “cyberbullying: six things administrators can do” there are common forms of cyberbullying which are “impersonation” which involves a person pretending to be someone else on a social media platform that sends or posts material to get the other person in trouble or damage his or her reputation; “Outing” which involves sharing someone else’s secrets or embarrassing information on the web; “Trickery” just like the name, imply someone talking another...
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...technology enables anyone to have the potential to access to platforms for sharing their opinions. When one has access to a platform opinions and comments are created that can be both powerful and scathing for the good or bad. In extreme instances, becoming more commonplace, options and comments expressed can turn into threating harassment. In turn, many are experiencing a continuous pattern of “digital harassment” called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is determined to be a new cause of fear in our society, especially in younger generations and adolescents. The narrative of this paper will discuss cyberbullying, its negative influence through the use of modern technology, and the ethical/social implications of that negative influence. How the technology of the Internet and social media use by adolescents causes mental health issues through cyberbullying, a negative and evasive ethical and social implication of technological use. Cyberbullying The term cyberbullying has been used more frequently in the past ten years, but what is actually considered cyberbullying? According to...
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...Ehriq White Professor Griggs Writing 391 (Literature Review) 23 February 2014 INTRODUCTION Cyberbullying has become an extremely hot topic issue among parents and school officials as technological advancement has changed social behaviors over the last two decades. Cyberbullying occurs through texting, emails, social networks and the posting of inappropriate pictures of the person or persons victimized. While technology is a positive change for the future, bullies has created a significant challenge to the safety of society’s youth. Hinduja & Patchin (2008, p. 156) In providing and overview of the literature, this review will describe researchers’ concerns and findings. After reviewing definitions of traditional and cyberbullying, this paper will describe findings on the means of bullying and the effects on perpetrators and victims. To conclude the literature review, a short overview will detail experts’ thoughts on solutions. BODY The rapid development of technology has allowed a social change among today’s youth. The access to internet has reached unprecedented levels among adolescents through many devices provided through technology. In comparison to the 1980’s into the 90’s, the internet can be accessed almost at a moment of the day. Researchers like Perren, Dooley, Shaw & Cross (2010), concluded that a high percentage of victims in Swiss and Australian adolescents of cyberbullying have one or two computer systems in their home. They also describe that today’s youth are...
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...overview of an increasing problem our nation is facing called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet or other communication device to harass, insult or threaten someone. Cyberbullying is an issue that not only affects adolescents in the United States but all over the world. We should be concerned about cyberbullying because of the health concerns it can cause such as increased depression, suicidal thoughts, drug and alcohol use and decreased physical health. Also the fact that there are not many policies set up to prevent against cyberbullying is something for concern. Over the last decade research studies have been performed all over the world focusing on cyberbullying, who it affects and how it is affecting them. Throughout all the research one thing remains the same that something must to be done to prevent cyberbullying. There needs to be some type of standard when it comes to consequences for cyberbullying, as of right now it is just up to school administrators to set policies to prevent cyberbullying. If we had a nation standard as to the actions that need to be taken towards prevention and intervention in every school there would be a better chance that cyberbullying statistics would greatly decrease. “Laws should be put in place for extreme cases of cyberbullying and the local police should make an effort to investigate the crime and charge those responsible for committing extreme cyberbullying. The recommendation that I would make is the same that researchers...
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...Cyberbullying is increasingly becoming a pressing issue around the globe, and according to various sources; media literary education is one thing that would help protect young adults from it. Nevertheless, there are some accredited sources that disagree with the fact that media literacy education can help protect young people from getting bullied on the Internet. One of those sources is a book called ‘Media Education for a Digital Generation’. A direct quote from this book claims “There is still debate over the definition of media literacy, whether it works, and whether its implementation in various sites has been successful” (Frechette, 2016). This is a very contradictory statement, because if media literacy education with a focus on cyberbullying were to be provided to young people, it would teach young adults about the long term negative effect of cyberbullying on a person’s wellbeing, and how badly cyberbullying can affect the cyber-victim’s life. Once young people understand all the undesirable impacts of cyberbullying, the number of cyberbullying incidents will automatically reduce. Another book...
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...In the article “ Cyberbullying: A Growing Problem” posted on Science daily, they discuss cyberbullying and how it is really affecting middle school students. Their are many ways in which a adolescent can be cyberbullied. It can happen through SMS on mobile phones or websites and it quickly can spread all over the web, it is also often difficult to get rid of because you do not always find the perpertrator. The author’s purpose of the article was to inform others about cyberbullying, because it is usually neglected and not taken seriously in society. 10 percent of all adolescents in grades 7-9 are victims of cyberbullying. The article included several quotes from Professor of Psychology at the University of Gothenburg Ann Frisen. She stated that cyberbullying is more serious than the conventional bullying people are aware of due to the fact that once the victim goes home they are no longer feeling threatened by bullies. But with cyberbullying, it can go on for days at a time even when the victim is unconscious of what is going on on the web. In a society where technology plays a major role in normal life, it is so simple to become a victim of the harassment. Mobile phones with Internet web browsing capabilities are very popular amongst most adolescents, and cyberbullies will usually rely on an SMS or email through their mobile phones to spread their message as fast as possible to ensure the victim is embarrassed before the end of the school day. Once...
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...How not to be a victim of Cyberbullying Abstract: Bullying is a persistent willful act by an individual or a group to intimidate or hurt a weaker-than-bully victim. Cyber bullying in the social media is a very dangerous problem, especially because the major users of social networks are youngsters and adolescents who themselves are the top targets of conventional bullying. Bullying of any form causes deep scars in the psyche of the victim and at times may be even fatal. It is important to understand the causes, consequences of bullying which this report addresses. Introduction to the problem Bullying is generally an aggressive act intentionally designed to cause hurt, bodily/mental, to a person of lower power strata. Cyber bullying is a version of bullying in a digital world, where almost no bodily harm is met. In the United States, cyber-bullying is legally defined as “cyber-bullying could be limited to posting rumors or gossips about a person in the internet bringing about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent of personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely defaming and humiliating them” (Definitions.uslegal.com, 2015). Other definition of cyberbullying (Menesini & Spiel, 2012), has been more general not restricted to legal point of view, incorporating the electronic nature of the issue and specifically outlining the methods used for such bullying. Statistics indicate that between a substantial proportion (20-40%) of the children...
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...Cyber bullying is a new form of bullying that has harmful psychological side effects on youth such as depression and anxiety. Although I am no longer in high school a friend of mines cousin has recently committed suicide because she was maliciously bullied online. Her story is one of many and the number of teens committing suicide because of cyber bullying seems to only be getting bigger. My goal on this casual analysis research paper is to educate parents and educational professionals on the consequences of cyber bullying and how to help prevent it. Outline: Thesis: Cyber Bullying leads to psychological damage in our community’s adolescents. I. Extent of the issue: a. Explain what cyber bullying is. b. According to CBC 78% of victims of bullying have been cyber bullied. c. Compare how an adult using social media is different then adolescents. IV. Cause of cyber bullying: a. Children do it to prove their social standing 1. Boos their egos 2. Gain praise from peers b. Children use social media as an outlet for revenge 1. Use out lets like face book and twitter to spread mass and public rumors 2. Quick and public way for kids to humiliate others III. Effects of cyber bullying: a. Cyber bullying gives fuel to prejudice issues 1. Can lead to racism. 2. Can lead to mental discrimination b. Cyber bullying can lead to psychological issues in teens 1. Lowers confidence 2. Can create anxiety and depression 3...
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...youth are the ones that are greatly affected by this. According to the article “Cyberbullying is a Serious Problem” by Andrew Schrock, cyberbullying is the new form of the physical bullying. He describes the different ways cyberbullying can be carried out, how victims of this can be affected and the perpetrators of cyberbullying. He also relates cyberbullying to the connection victims and perpetrators have offline. Although Schrock provides adequate information on cyberbullying, much of his evidence is repeated and becomes opinionated at times. Also, there is no idea of a solution; therefore,...
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...April 9, 2015 In the article, Cyberbullying, Depression, and Problem Alcohol Use in Female College Students: A Multisite Study it discusses the effects of cyberbullying, depression, and alcohol use in college students. Cyberbullying can be described often as a way of bullying via the internet, cell phone, or any other electronic device. The effects of cyberbullying are increased levels of depression and emotional distress. Research has discovered that in addition to increased levels of depression, that cyberbullying has contributed to increased substance usage such as alcohol with both the victim and the bully. With that said, both the cyberbully and the cybervictim are at risk for mental and physical health consequences. Since the majority of technology users are college students, recent research has been dedicated to focusing on them. The researchers hypothesized that 10-15% of college students are estimated to be involved with cyberbullying. Further research of college students in comparison to younger adolescents showed that there is a commonality between their motivations such as entertainment, retaliation, and imbalance of power. Also, both college students and young adolescents appeared to have increased depressive symptoms and fewer social skills. Since depression and alcohol use are among the most common health concerns of college students a study showed that approximately 30% of college students reported having depression and 9% contemplated suicide in the last year...
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...children and teenagers that involves a real or perceived power imbalance”. Typically, there are four types of bullying: verbal, physical, relational, and indirect. However, there is a new form of bullying that has become more prevalent among Internet users worldwide and has recently been subjected to intense media scrutiny largely due to a number of high profile and tragic cases of teen suicide, and that is cyberbullying. Hoff and Mitchell (2009) define cyber bullying as “intentional, aggressive behavior that is performed through electronic means such as PDAs, computers, tablets, cellphones, and etc.”. The most common places that cyberbullying takes place are chat rooms, emails, and social network sites. Furthermore, recent studies have indicated that cyberbullying is becoming increasing popular issue among older adolescents and college students (Mitchell, & Hoff, 2009). Cyberbullying is a new form of intimidation and harassment that is more challenging to identify than traditional bullying, but possesses an equally, if not more, detrimental effect on the victim. Cyberbullying has been discussed as being worse than traditional bullying in its consequences for the victim. The long-term impact of cyber bullying is greater than with traditional bullying. Digital images, cell phones, and other electronic means can greatly increase the speed in which the bully's messages can spread. Sher and Vilens write, "Harmful messages intended to undermine the reputation of a victim can be far...
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...The Impact of Social Media on Adolescents ILR 260 National University The emergence of social media has forever changed the way users interact with each other. Facebook became public in September of 2006, when it expanded its membership to any user 13 years and older instead of its exclusive University and High School members (History of Facebook, 2014). Twitter was created in 2006, but did not gain popularity until 2012 (Twitter, 2014). Today, there are many social media sites today, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc. With so many options around the world for social media apps, adolescents are being targeted to join these sites and mobile apps. There are many positive aspects of the social media, but there are many negative aspects from the use of social media. What impact is social media having on adolescents? Is the use of social media affecting their ability to form personal relationships or learn valuable communication skills to use later in life? Is social media affecting adolescent’s fragile mental states, causing more mental health issues? Being a teen is hard enough as it is without adding the additional stress that social media is bringing to the table. “Daily excessive use of media and technology has been linked to negative effects on mental health of teens” (Rosen, 2011). Social media has exploded in recent years and continues to grow. According to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), from 2006 to 2011 there has been...
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...Bully Report N’Keya Boone Human Systems and Development BSHS/325 August 11, 2014 Erick Lear Bully Report Bullying is a situation where one person abuses power over another. Bullying is about power, control and abuse. Bully’s come in all shapes, sizes and forms. Bullying occurs throughout a human’s life span. The most-critical development stage of one’s personality is adolescence. Bullying during adolescence has been a major issue in every community. Bullying can happen in three known forms; direct, indirect, and cyber. Both gender and sexual orientation are associated with all forms of bullying. Bullying affects self-esteem and family cohesion. Bullying affects a person physically, mentally, and emotionally. During adolescence, people go through a developmental process that is very fragile and easily manipulated. Bullying steals a person’s identity. If bullying is present during adolescences developmental process, it can cause physical, mental and emotional damage. Bullying may cause anxiety, depression, anger, and even suicide. As an result will be timid, withdrawn, and low self-esteem. Corresponding to males developing different during adolescence, both genders inflict bullying differently. Females are found to participate in direct bullying. Direct bullying is associated with physical contact. Males, for example, will choose a weak victim and inflicting pain, making the bully appear strong and dominant. Females are known for indirect bullying. Indirect bullying...
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...Smartphone Use and Children If you have a school age child then you probably have heard repeatedly, “I want a cell phone!” It used to be that we could wait until children were in high school before the topic even came up for consideration, but not anymore. Now, it is not uncommon for kids as young as 9 years old to be walking around with a smart phone in their hand. Smart phones are powerful handheld computers, which give complete unfiltered access to the internet. Having that kind of access is a tremendous responsibility. There are many advantages that owning a smartphone brings to our culture, but when it comes to children having access to their own, many disadvantages arise; therefore, any child under the age of 13 should not own one. Even though the first handheld cell phone was used in 1973, it wasn’t until 1984 that cell phones were made public. By 1990 there were 1,000,000 cell phone users. Cell phone usage in the United States has increased from 34 million to 203 million people in the last ten years. Most children own cell phones with full internet and text messaging access by middle school (Elizabeth Englander). Everywhere you go you can see a kid with a cell phone and they are using them for more than just making phone calls. About three in four (74%) of teens ages 12-17 are mobile internet users who say they access the internet on cell phones, tablets or other mobile devices. Cell phone ownership among teens has been stable since 2011, but smartphone ownership...
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...can be used for mischief, not only by certain adults but also by the young people themselves; a phenomenon 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...
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