...Cyber Bullying in Mass Media The internet can reach a worldwide audience and it has made it easier for people to communicate from around the world. Internet has given a way to communicate or broadcast news, and other types of information worldwide. With so many advancements in technology people tend to abuse and misuse it. People tend to blame technology for the ways it’s used against others. Violent behavior has been around longer than technology. This paper will look at the link of cyber bullying in mass media. As technology grows so do the ways people abuse others with the use of technology. With so many advancement in technology social networking sites is a huge advancement. Social networking sites superseded the email sites on the net. According to the textbook, “These communities are often defined by common interests such as hobbies, professions, or schools, but as the name suggests, users usually visit them to socialize; once there, however, users can gravitate toward groups, more specific categories of interest-bound socializers.” (2012, p.271) Some of these social media networking sites are; Classmates, Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter. Many of these social networking sites are mainly used by teenagers. With technology growing at a fast pace teenagers have access to this entire social networking site through many plethora of technology devices. “A decade ago, technology had not advanced to the point where cyber bullying was even an issue. Times have changed...
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...How is the advancement in technology, especially cell phones and social networking affecting how our society communicates and interacts with each other? How are teenagers using these advances for the worse and bullying their peers to the point they even commit suicide, and what is being done to stop this? The use of mobile phones has become a gift and a curse for society. We no longer experience a face to face conversation with people, but rather send a text or call them up. This issue is even to the point that parents text their children while they are only one flight of stairs away. The use of anonymous posting through social network sites such as facebook or myspace, or through cell phones makes it easier for teens to bully others without feeling remorse. Why are we letting ourselves become this type of society? In a recent study done by UCLA psychologist, it was reported that three in four teens had been bullied through some sort of cyber resource.(UCLA newsroom). If we can find a solution to why this is happening, we can help teens be more confident and help protect them from cyber bullying. A recent study in Manchester, England shows that bullying via mobiles was also a concern for over two-thirds of young people, who had either received an unpleasant call or text message, or have been the victim of phone pranks, or knew someone that had experienced this. For example: An eleven year old female from Hampshire states, “Somebody got my number and was making mean comments...
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...Social media is a growing enterprise. With most of the American population having an account on a social media site; social media is becoming a part of our everyday lives. Social media has its many perks like being connected to people all around the world and receiving news faster than ever. But at what age is social media appropriate to have? With more and more of Americas youth joining these social media sites there are growing problems. These problems are a direct correlation with the popularity of social media in America’s adolescents. In today’s age most kids receive some sort of electronic phone or tablet before they are out of elementary school. We’ve all had to deal with them or have seen them before. They come in many shapes and forms. They can be short, big, a guy or a girl. Some roam in “packs” or have a “possy”. There are famous ones such as Biff and Regina George. Bullying has been a problem in America’s youth...
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...According to an annual cyber bullying report, seven out of ten young people reported that they feel they are a victim to cyber bullying. (nobullying.com) With cyber bullying increasing rapidly with the growth of technology, it brings up many questions to whether or not this is an issue. Many people say things online that they would not normally say in person. These things are typically hurtful to the person on the receiving end. Is it morally justifiable to text messages or post comments online that one would not consider acceptable to say in person? Many would argue that is morally justifiable because cyber-bullying does not inflict any physical harm, and it is not as harmful to somebody saying things through technology as it is in person....
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...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. Knowing someone that has...
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...researched the different types of bullying, it informed me that bullying is more than what the eye sees, throughout most of my film production there is bullying featured. For this investigation I analysed three pieces of text, two newspaper articles and one movie. What I discovered was that most representations of bullying are verbal, physical and physiological bullying. However there are some exceptions to this in the film catfish where most of the interactions are done through social media. I research a lot of ways of how bullying is acted around us for example verbal, physical and physiological bullying are the main types. To display what I have learnt and show my knowledge of representations in the media of bullying I decided to produce a short film to show different aspects of bullying, using my investigation to help me to conform to the typical representations of bullying in this day and age. I took inspiration from different anti-bullying campaigns videos and pictures on the internet where the bully is shown to be bigger and stronger than the victim; therefore I took the same approach to my short film that I produced. I used the different types of bullying within my film with the bully shown to be angry and telling the victim what to do then the bully follows the victim around and eventually leading to the bully using physical actions to hurt the victim. In many of the different video’s I viewed on various websites they were all trying to tackle bullying many within the children...
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...Enjoy Social Media? Cyberbullies Do Douglas Spencer Hawaii Pacific University Writing 1200 David Falgout September 30, 2015 Enjoy Social Media? Cyberbullies Do There is increasing evidence that the Internet and social media can influence suicide-related behavior. The word “bully” can be traced back as far as the 1530s (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...
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...The Ups and Downs of Social Media Naomi Ohlsen INF 103 Week 5 Final paper Christine Stagnetto-Zweig 20 May 2013 Social Media has been growing over last the decade and more and types of communication through social media have been developed. Chat rooms and instant messaging through AOL was a new form of communication when I was graduating high school. Today there are multiple forms of social media. You can tweet, post, or pin just about anything. You can reconnect with old friends, or make new friends. Small businesses are becoming much more mainstream, by taking advantage of online markets with the help of social media. If you can be found on Google you can be limitless. Social media is something I never heard of until well after high school. I graduated in 2002 and bullying at my high school was done face to face instead of on the internet. Bullying in the information age has been defined as Cyber Bullying. Cyber bullying can be defined as an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who can not easily defend themselves. (Research Briefs www.dfes.gov.uk/research ). There are 7 types of cyber bullying: text message, picture/video (via mobile phone cameras), phone call (via mobile phones), Email, chat-room, instant message, and through...
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...Mass Media: A platform to give strength to the weak or a loaded gun in the hands of humanity? “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth…because they control the minds of the masses” (Malcom X, 2012). Media has responsibilities and these responsibilities need to be clarified and upheld by society. Unfortunately, media today does not abide by moral standards, which in turn sends mixed messages to our society. Often times these messages are demoralizing, desensitizing, and false. Young people and adults alike are trying to navigate through their lives and through the world with a broken compass. The role media plays in issues such as self-worth, bullying, and suicide need to be addressed and revised. I will discuss media and its role and responsibility through the perspective of both a classical and contemporary ethical theory. The classical theory that will be discussed is virtue ethics, which is the study of the virtuous character of a person (Mosser, 2010, p.1.7). The contemporary theory that will be discussed is emotivism, which is basing one’s moral decisions on one’s feelings and emotions (Mosser, 2010, p.1.8). Concluding, I will discuss which theory is closer to my own personal view and why I chose that particular theory. While freedom of speech and personal connection are very important, age appropriate moral standards should be upheld in the media because media plays a significant role in suicide, bullying, and self-worth. According to Mosser (2010)...
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...How Does Social Media Affect Bullying and Body Imaging in Teens Kelcey Brown Fayetteville Technical Community College How Does Social Media Affect Bullying and Body Imaging in Teens Today bullying is becoming more frequent in the society in which we live in. Bullying is on the rise across the spectrum, including children, teens, and young adults. Bullying has gotten the attention of social media and cyberbullying which if pushed too far can lead teens towards suicide or death. One out of every 4 kids will be bullied sometime throughout their adolescence. Physical bullying is intended to harm, intimidate, or embarrass the victim and may lead to sexual harassment or assault. Victims of bullying are usually physically weaker and socially marginalized...
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...Social Media ENG Sandy Davis Social Media According to a study by Pew Research Internet Project, “Some 73% of online adults now use a social networking site of some kind. Facebook is the dominant social networking platform in the number of users, but a striking number of users are now diversifying onto other platforms. Some 42% of online adults now use multiple social networking sites”.(Social Media Update 2013) Even though social media is believed to have a negative effect on our culture, it has many positive benefits as well. How social media is changing healthcare, Healthcare facilities and providers have started to move in the direction of social media, they are coordinating these tools with their marketing and patient commitment. Healthcare facilities and health care providers that include physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and physical therapists, have a plethora of options when it comes to developing a presence online. They have the option of starting a blog or joining networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. There are also online communities that are solely for the use of healthcare providers. Social media allows patients to interact with physicians and healthcare workers; it makes it possible for patients to be more informed when it applies to their healthcare procedures. Healthcare companies can take advantage of social media by creating surveys and blogs where patients can share their opinions and experiences Patients are taking a more active role in...
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...Social Media: Freedom of Expression or Freedom to Bully? Social media has come a long way during the last few decade, and the improvement of technology has made everything online easier to manage. Social media is meant as a valuable outlet for freedom of expression, but is widely abused in order to bully and threaten others without any fear. The purpose of this research paper is to show how online bullying goes a long way, and hurts others in the long run. Bullies get online and let out their hatred/frustration on victims, without the confrontation, and without the immediate consequences. There are many ways that social media is more widely used as a weapon and some of the reasons are, bullying online can lead to depression/anxiety, even to suicide, and the bullies are able to hide behind a keyboard and threaten others with no consequences. We expect the internet to be safe and a reliable source to express ourselves, yet others use it as a scapegoat to bully others and create an environment where others don’t feel safe. From personal experiences, facts, statistics, and the words of experts, social media has been deemed an unfit outlet for teens because they use it to freely express their hatred towards others, with little to no consequence. There are many facts that prove how social media is used for seemingly inappropriate behavior towards others, and making the internet as a whole a place to ruin other people’s lives. Doing research on this topic was really...
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...Evan Davis Prof. L. Walton English 101 16 February 2015 Cyber Bullying Bullying has been an issue that has lingering schools for decades and still doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. Bullying had mostly been something kids only faced at school but with this new age of technology they face it outside of school as well. Thanks to things like facebook, twitter, and online games children now face a new form of bullying know as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the bullying that takes place using electronic technology (stopbullying). This proves to be a problem because kids are now being followed home and tortured by their bullies without them even being there. Cyberbullying can be broken into three major ways the bullying occurs, through social media, texting and online gaming. Through these types of cyberbullying can cause issue that can great affect a child’s life both mentally and physically. However, there are ways to try and prevent it from happening. With today’s social media it is extremely easy for bullies to have access to other kid’s online profiles. This gives bullies another way to make the child they are bullying lives even worse because now they can get to them at home and at school. Cyberbullying with social media can happen by the bullying posting rumors or embarrassing photo of their victim all over their profiles (stopbulling). This is hard for the child to over because even if they delete the comment or picture, if they don’t know the source of them it...
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...I believe that bullying is a lot more prevalent and common online. Cyberbullying occurs more frequently than bullying in a classroom because there are many more ways to bullying to happen on the internet. Bullying can take place through social media posts, social media messengers, and through social media comments to name a few. Social media sources bullying can occur on include Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook. Bullying can also occur in videos on Youtube, Vine, and live streams. Bullies have an abundant amount of ways to hurt, make fun of, laugh at, and call out someone using their online resources instead of having to do it face to face in the classroom. Bullying is more prominent and common outside of school than during school....
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...Teens and Technology: Teen girls can be adversely affected through their use of cell phones and social media Ruth Gilbert Teens and Technology: Teen girls can be adversely affected through their use of cell phones and social media The use of cell phones and social media websites can cause serious problems for teen girls such as cyber bullying and sexting. The anonymity of this technology has made it easier for girls to participate in cyber bullying and sexting. Cyber bullying is very hard to stop since the anonymity of social media and texting makes it very hard to identify the bullies. Girls are also finding it easy to send sexual images and messages to boys using their cell phones, iPods or computers. What they fail to realize is that these messages can be easily shared with many people, and then the girls are humiliated. There have even been occasions where girls have ended their lives because they were so harassed they couldn’t see any other solution. This paper details how girls are finding their social identities through the use of technology and how cyber bullying and sexting can hurt them. A teenage girl gets into some trouble and her punishment is she is not allowed to go to an event with her friends. The mother thinks she is doing her job and punishing her daughter; unfortunately keeping the daughter home isn’t enough. The mother happens to walk by her daughter’s room later that night and sees a weird glow coming from her room...
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