Communication and Personality in Negotiation: Cyber-Bulling Paper
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MGT/445 Organizational Negotiations
University of Phoenix
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Communication and Personality in Negotiation: Cyber-Bulling Paper

Bullying has been a part of student’s life since the beginning of time and has evolved with each passing generation unfortunately. When I was student in grade school bullying consisted of spreading rumors, not allowing certain people in your cliques, teasing, getting groups of people to attack a student, threats and hitting. Since this type of bullying was done in person it was more visual and adults were able to intervene in most cases. With the introduction of the internet bullying has escalated to a whole new level. Now students are able to Cyber bully other students and being limitless while doing so. Cyber-Bullying “is defined as an individual or group willingly using information and communication involving electronic technologies to facilitate deliberate and repeated harassment or threat to another individual or group by sending or posting cruel text and/or graphics using technological means” (Mason 2008). Cyber-Bullying has been slowly creeping its way into our children lives. Cyber-Bullying has become a regrettable part of school for students across the world. It can go unseen by adults, unreported by the students/victims and sadly unresolved. Nowadays, bullies are able to prey on their victims via social networking websites, blogs, cell phones, email and instant messages. By using computers, “a bully can send harassing messages through e-mail or instant messaging; post obscene, insulting, and slanderous messages in chat rooms or online bulletin boards; or develop personal Web site to promote and disseminate defamatory content” (Mason 2008). Students are forced to endure bullying anywhere in the world because technology is