...Proposal for Cyber Bullying I. Introduction A. Topic 1) Research Question: Does Cyber Bullying among children and teens create a bad environment? 2) Working Thesis: Cyber bullying creates a toxic and unsafe environment because it leads those who get terrorized into getting harmed or damaged. 3) Angle: Cyber bullying has been around for a while and starts to grow larger as technology advances. Unfortunately awareness remains the same as well as parents and adults being unaware due to the fact that they were raised in a different era which may be difficult to relate to. B. Context 1) Cyber bullying has always been controversial because of the great toll that children and teens take when they get harassed at such a young age. Also, who is supposed to be held responsible for these kinds of actions? 2) Having a close family member be a massive victim of cyber bullying, I have witnessed, took action, and experienced many things involving the harassing, positive and negative. C. Audience 1) There are many types of audience this can apply to, mainly those around the victims of the cyber bullies. This includes the victims, bullies, parents of both, school administrators, and those who witness the harassing and such. 2) My secondary audience will be my professor and my classmates, some of whom may have experienced or knows someone who has been cyber bullied. 3) My audience will have similar opinions and will most likely be on my side. II. Evidence A. Research collected...
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...Should Children be Exposed to Social Media? Learning Team C BCOM/275 June 18, 2012 Dr. Nicholas Sherwin Should Children be Exposed to Social Media? The most popular way to stay connected to family, friends, coworkers and classmates is via social media. Today, there are numerous sites available and with technology are readily accessible to anyone of any age. For children, becoming a member of these sites can expose them to situations and experiences that can have both a positive or negative effect. It opens the door for them to be cyber bullied or can expose them to a new form of peer pressure. Social media sites allow round the clock access to everyone so that we can all be “connected”. Is the cost of this access worth the benefits of staying “connected”? Social Media In todays world, media technology is a fundamental part of children’s lives. American children are heavily exposed to all forms of social media through many different channels of technology. Media is an instrument used as a form of communication, like a newspaper, radio, television, and the internet. Social Media is the main component of communication and is dramatically changing. Individuals can communicate with family and friends in more detail as more contents are created and shared on these social media websites. The most popular media used by children today are: the internet, cell phones, and a wide range are joining the social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace (The Future of Children...
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...story of a mother whose son committed suicide following bullying at school. Shy Keenan states “Bullying should be a criminal offence” after losing her son when he took his own life earlier that year due to being harassed. Ayden was just 14 when he took his own life in March. His mother describes him as a beautiful boy, funny, clever and with a particular talent for languages- a skill he used to good effect to sign for his deaf twin brother (French and Japanese). His life started to unravel when he was bullied at Philip Morant School in Colchester Essex. Ayden’s mother accuses the school of failing to get rid of the problem. Things started to escalate out of control when Ayden suggested he might...
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...Bullying Student’s Name Here XXXX University Introduction There are so many incidents on television where teenagers are being bullied via Facebook and other online sources. Almost every adolescent has access to the internet nowadays and most of them have a mobile phone. Therefor it is not surprising, that cyberbullying or bullying through these new communication technologies is increasing. In order to put cyberbullies to a stop it is necessary to know, who these teenagers are, what they do, and why they bully. This research will introduce briefly the suicde of Megan Meier and the foundation what is set into effect today to prevent children and teenagers from being victims like her. Another young victim of cyberbullying was a local teen, Viviana Aguirre, an El Paso girl who was being bullied and picked on and her tragedy caught media attention. She received messages via Facebook telling her to kill herself. This impressionable girl was tormented mentally and her self-esteem was seriously damaged. She ultimately became a victim of cyberbullying which lead Viviana to commit suicide. There must be an end put to this. The reason for this study is to identify the threats and the environment that exists in our local high schools providing a dangerous basis for committing cyberbullying. By conducting a survey we intend to find our weak spots and therefore create solutions that will prevent cyberbullying in the future. Just the mere researching into this negative phenomena serves...
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...Bullies Behind Bars Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States ENG120 Abstract In the past decade there have been a growing number of teenage suicide attempts and successes. Many of these come from some form of bullying and harassment in our schools. Bullies leave scars on our children that last long into their adulthood; if they are lucky enough to make it to adulthood. This behavior has long been accepted as “boys will be boys.” Well boys are no longer boys and girls are sometimes more cruel than boys. It’s time we as parents and adults tell these bullies that their behavior has consequences and we as a society will no longer accept their behavior. Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States. After my parents split up, life as I had known it for 9 years had changed. My father was gone and we were now living in a small apartment and my mother was on food stamps. I didn’t get my clothes from the store any longer. My clothes came from the church and lots of kids in school let me know it every day. I was called poor, told I was wearing others trash, called names and even tripped a few times. It only lasted a month or so, and then they moved on to the next one and left me alone. Today the bullies are going worldwide on the web. They are harassing you until you want to crawl in a hole and die and unfortunately some do just that. I was fortunate that my bullying experience was short lived, but it never left my mind. When I had my daughter...
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...November 11, 2013 Current Event Paper Bullying in Schools Rebecca Sedwick Suicide On September 10, 2013, in Lakeland, Florida, twelve year old Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death after enduring months of bullying initiated by her former friend. The bullying was alleged to have begun because of a boy that both Rebecca and her former friend had dated. According, to a CNN Justice report, authorities reported the former friend also recruited and encouraged another former friend of Rebecca’s to join her. It was reported that there was at least one physical attack, as well as cyber bullying, which was accomplished via messages on Facebook. On the night before Rebecca jumped to her death she messaged a boy she had befriended online, stating: “I’m jumping, I can’t take it anymore.” On the following day Rebecca climbed a ladder, which was attached to a pair of silos at an abandoned concrete plant and jumped to her death. According to a news report, prior to Rebecca’s death she had cut her wrist in December 2012, in an apparent attempt to commit suicide. From a sociological perspective, bullying is a social problem that impacts both genders, all races, ethnicities, and many cultures. There is usually no justification as to why some individuals are targeted by bullies while others are not, except for the bully’s own personal prejudices, and motives to control. Bullying can start at a very young age, and most often will occur in the school setting. Their behaviors in the classroom...
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...There have been dozens of cases of students being severely damaged by the symptoms of bullying. A large amount of these occurrences were due to the absence of a school or other neighborhood officials in the situation. But, if schools were to assist a student when bullies are significantly hurting them, lives could be saved. Despite many believing a school should not be responsible with what happens between each of their students outside of the classroom, it is important for a school to step in when a child is being bullied due to parents' inability to help on certain occasions, to prevent a bully’s negative effects on other teenagers, and to lessen high suicide rating due to bullying. One important reason as to why schools should be involved...
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...for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Lisa Aparicio Saint Joseph’s College The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Bullying was traditionally considered rites of passage, something all children and youth must go through. This is a myth. In today’s violent growing society, bullying has been responsible for several acts of non-punishable crimes. The lack of attention to implementing and enforcing anti-bullying state laws, and funding anti-bullying school programs, is only making this problem worse. There is not enough being done to help prevent bullying, and the reason behind this is merely because, not enough is being enforced by our government and schools systems. There are those who believe that enforcing and creating anti-bullying laws are somewhat of a psychological Greek tragedy. There are those who believe that “When we advocate for laws against bullying, we declare the failure of psychology to solve the problem” (Kalman, 2010). They fail to realize that the lives of victims can’t be relied on the “slight chance” of psychology solving the problem. The truth of the matter is, there are people committing suicide and/or thinking about it, because of day to day bullying. It’s going to take more than just trusting psychology to do its magic. Anti-bullying laws have been claimed to be placed in almost every state in the U.S. However, after going through several of the state laws shown in the State School Healthy Policy Database...
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...CHAPTER TWO Review of Literature Introduction Current educational research on bullying imbedded in bullying programs instruct Educators on how to handle different aspects of bullying episodes and, on how to instill an understanding of student’s perceptions of bullying incidents, however, not all teachers have the same perception of bullying interactions. Everyone comes to the table with their own set of definitions and perspectives based upon their background and upbringing. There is a need to examine these varied perceptions and understandings and how people in schools define and respond to bullying. There are critical gaps in the existing research on this subject and by identifying and understanding teacher perceptions of bullying in this time frame of 2013, response to incidents involving student bullying will provide useful insights while also providing future researchers points of comparison. The purpose of Chapter Two is to support examination of my body of research and to determine similarities and differences in teacher perceptions of bullying in their schools. Background information will be provided to the reader on the kinds of bullying and their definitions, and what affects accompany bullying episodes and current existing attitudes about bullying. Review of the Related Literature Bullying has been come to be defined as the repeated aggressive behavior that can be either physical, psychological to...
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...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 inadequate and overly self-conscious, along with...
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...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 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...
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...tries to get the school to do something. Finally, on Jan. 14, after a day when she was allegedly harassed in the library, in the hallways and on her way home from school--a canned drink thrown at her, and the words "You Irish slut, you Irish whore". Phoebe Prince went home, picked out a scarf her sister had given her for Christmas and hung herself in a stairwell. Her sister found her. The mean girls? They logged on and mocked her death.” (Gibbs, 2012) She is only one in many victims that could have been saved. “By words alone perpetrators of bullycide kill their victims without laying a hand on them.” (Wallace 2011) These girls should have been held responsible for their actions, yet they were not. Everyday many adolescents are being bullied to extreme measures, pushed to the verge of death, in most cases, by suicide. And just like the young Phoebe, nothing was done to help them. Is this the life we want our children to suffer through? Clearly no, but what’s the answer. Surely there has to be a way to stop this abominable act. It is clear that those who partake in bullying should be prosecuted for their incredulous actions. Bullying is a major contributing factor in actions of suicide and self-harm. Many studies show “Bullying victimization was significantly and positively associated with self-harm and suicidal ideation.”( Hay, Meldrum 2010) Victims of bullying are harming themselves to the point where they are hospitalized and are forced to miss school. This all because...
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...Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power. Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Justifications and rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of class, race, religion, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior, strength, size or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. "Targets" of bullying are also sometimes referred to as "victims" of bullying. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, while some U.S. states, including Oklahoma have laws against it. Bullying consists of four basic types of abuse - emotional, verbal, physical, and cyber. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying has become such a problem in many places. How can we solve this problem? Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex bullying in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse. Robert W. Fuller has analyzed...
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...RESEARCH TOPICS Abstinence programs Do they work? Advertising Should certain kinds of ads be banned in the interest of health/morality/annoyance – alcohol, cigarettes, prescription meds, etc…? Africa Why so many wars? What’s the solution? Airplane accidents Who is responsible? Should families of victims be entitled to compensation? Airport security Should the government use invasive pat-downs and body scans to ensure passenger safety or are there better methods? Al Qaida Has U.S. policy actually spread terrorism rather than contain it? Will it get better or worse? Why and how? Alcohol Should the U.S. lower the drinking age to 18? Animal rights Should it be illegal to use animals for sports and entertainment? Arming pilots Good idea? Art A few years ago, an artist was criticized for depicting the Virgin Mary with elephant dung. When is art not really art? Athletes in high schools Should shoe companies be able to give away free shoes and equipment to high school athletes? Beauty contests Do they serve any purpose in society? Bridges, roads, waterways Why the government gets a bad report card on America’s infrastructure. Bullying laws Should the state or federal government put laws into place to prevent bullying? Cell phones How have they changed us socially? Censorship Should parents censor textbooks and other literature for children in schools? Cheap labor U.S. companies that move factories to undeveloped nations barely pay employees enough to...
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...Affirmative Case Stella Ladeinde, Caroline Njagi, Twila Shocknesse, SasheetaVinesh NUR/542 April 17, 2012 Lousie Rittmiller Teaching Values in Schools Prescribed by the State or Federal Government Who should assume the burden of teaching values? While acknowledging the role of parents as natural caretakers and guardians, an evolving American society has made the vital task of mentoring children increasingly difficult. There has been an apparent decrease in character and moral reasoning among today's youth. In light of this dilemma, the state government should introduce moral and character building content into the education code and standards as a beneficial alternative to the guidance provided by parents and guardians. Tay and Yildirim (2009) assert that schools have two important goals in the effort to develop morality within educational parameters: To teach the current values in the society and to cultivate positive, beneficial habits through this education. In addition, schools create opportunities for students to discuss these values and to help develop their own. The proposition states that a set of values must be prescribed by the state or federal government and taught in schools. Before determining whether a set of values formulated by government can have a positive impact in school as opposed to those instilled at home by the family, understanding the general framework of values is essential. According to Family Values International Encyclopedia of Marriage...
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