...Blog Post - Cyberbullying and what it’s doing to our teens! Unfortunately, bullying is alive and flourishing on the internet. Perpetrators of cyber-bullying are sometimes called trolls, ie people who engage in prolonged & often systematic attacks on people via blog comments, internet forms and social media sites. Such behavior is cruel, unnecessary and quite simply wrong. However, stopping it is not a simple matter, because those who bully enjoy the drama and feeling of power it gives them. Also, they are likely to find valid-sounding reasons to justify their behavior and may even not be aware that what they are doing is actually bullying. I’ve been doing some reading on teen cyberbullying and it’s just quite crazy how kids can treat one another! Most teens are so distraught by the bulling and just don’t know what to do or who to turn to that they end up taking their own lives. The question that everyone wants to know is how can we stop teen bulling? People who bully live in unpleasant mind states like anger, hatred, jealousy, fear etc. They are unhappy, upset or, at the least, ill at ease in some way. Just like us, they want to be happy, but they aren’t. Imagine how it would be to live with a mind and heart full of the kind of vitriol Trolls exhibit? Ouch. Not a good feeling, right? So how can teens put a stop to them and the way they treat others? First we need to accept that we can’t control the bully’s behavior, but we can control how we let it affect us. Normally, we...
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...There was a little girl that was 12 years old. She was getting cyberbullied and it would not stop. So she could not stand it much longer so she killed her self. She was only in 7th grade. This is why cyberbulling should be punished because a lot of kids kill them self over this. Usually when kids cyberbully people they want somebody to feel their pain or that their jealous of the person that their bulling. Kidshelpline.com.au says "sometimes it is about trying to become popular or to intimidate or to make someone afraid of them." Why do kids hide behind there phones to cyberbully people? They do it because they are often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Stopbulling.gov...
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...The Infamous Cyberbullying in Cebuano Teenagers. A month ago, my cousin introduced me to a website known as the ‘’Ask.fm’ which allows the user to get asked and post questions from anonymous users online. She seemed to be very excited about it. But unlike her I wasn’t really interested about the site because I chose to stick my nose with Twitter and Facebook. A week after, one of her friends sent me a friend request in facebook and before hitting the accept button, I took a peek at his timeline first. What really caught my attention are the screen captured pictures that her friends posted along with the caption “ this is the anonymous person behind the bashes’’ tagged along were the other people whom I’m pretty sure that were also bashed by the same basher since their comments apparently told so.. But what triggered my curiosity the most is the picture of the traced account of the basher. It looked familiar until I realized that it was my cousin’s. Eventually, I found out that using her anonymous account in Ask.fm, she asked her friends offensive questions and bullied them. At the present situation, modern technology has made man’s lifestyle easier and has helped every citizen to solve their problems at their own standards into their day to day living. Technology has become the most essential part of life. It has always made the world to reach the top and to increase the developments. However, behind the convenience that it offers to society lays the aftertaste that technology...
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...Ethical issues of Cyber Bullying Introduction The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services administration (HRSA) defines bullying as aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power or strength, and HRSA notes that this behavior is usually repeated over time. Cyber bullying, is the social-networking phenomenon that is gaining traction among America’s tech-savvy teens, is drawing more attention than ever from school districts and state legislatures anxious to curb the online taunts and insults. This research paper includes description of cyber bullying, its different forms, effects of cyber bullying on individuals and suggestions in order to avoid this ugly form of bullying. Usually, cyber bullies are harassers; they use same weapons that bullies have used from ages: humiliation, gossips and threats. The difference is, cyber bullies do their dirty work using Web logs, emails, instant messaging, cell phones and several other electronic tools. According to psychotherapists, the easy access to Internet gives a chance to kids to say and to do things they wouldn't be able to do face to face, and also they feel they would not be held accountable in the same way, It gives bullies false sense of power and security. They say by using computers children get a sense of being anonymous. Using internet allows bullies to inflict abuse without experiencing or seeing the consequences of their actions, which makes...
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...Binalfew Mecuriaw EN 102 Prof. Nuredinoski 5/13/13 Cyber-bulling In School Children According to the an author, Zetter, Kim, a neighborhood women setup an account in MySpace anonymously to contact one of her daughter’s classmates. The goal of the woman was to find out why the girl did not go along with her daughter. After she set up the account, the women started contacting her daughter’s classmate. The girl thought the account was for a 16 years old boy. She did not realize that she was contacting her schoolmate’s mother because the woman created the account anonymously. After they started contacting to each other, the woman started abusing the girl with her repeated and mean messages. She started insulting the girl via MySpace repeatedly. Finally, the girl was found hanged behind her house. We all remember that when we were in elementary and high schools, teachers would have to stand on the play ground during break time 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.” We all passed through this kind of bulling. This kind of bulling used to be performed by physically bigger students and it was not also that much serious. However, over the past few years, with the improvement and tremendously changed of networking technology, the way of life and interaction among people has been altered completely in both...
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...My social issue: Cyber bullying The social issue in Brevard that I am going to be talking about is cyberbulling. Cyberbullying is when a person, typically children 8-18, are harassed, threatened, humiliated, or targeted over the internet. This has become relatively common with the advances of technology. Cyberbullying probably commenced in the mid 90's when internet use became typical. Cyberbullying and face to face bullying are very contrastive. For instance when a cyberbully releases something slanderous into the world wide web, they have an audience possibly the whole world. In addition it is very difficult, if not impossible, to delete and completely remove anything from the internet. Another difference between a cyberbully and a face...
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...I have never seen bullying while in school first hand, but I have heard about it happening in my middle school/high school. Bullying is a very real thing that does happen, more in situations where there are a more diverse group of students, but nevertheless, it happens everywhere. Now with facebook and social networking, a big problem of cyberbulling has risen which is becoming another major problem. I do agree that a good amount of bullying happens behind closed doors, because a lot of kids want to do it when no adults are around so that they don’t get caught. And now with cyberbulling, it is even harder for teachers and others to understand or figure out what is happening. But if a teacher does witness something wrong, or if a student comes to them for help, they should absolutely do something about it. And that goes not just for teachers, but all people whether it is parents, friends, etc. It is very common among teenagers to “bully” one another and the bully’s always say they are “joking around”. Regardless of if they are, they don’t understand the effects that it has on the victim, and it is teachers, parents, and bystanders job to convey the negative effects bullying can have on people. When people get older, they sometimes say “I wish I was nicer to…”, because they don’t fully understand the toll it takes on the victim until it happens to them or someone they know, or until they get older and understand more. I think we need to teach students about the fact that even...
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...Galvan Chapter 1 The reviewers have clearly identified the topic of the review. The review explains different aspects of cyberbulling among college students. It gives examples and statistics of the victimization rates associated with cyberbullying in past years. The review has a variety of examples ranging from the year 2004 to 2010. The reviewer has written a cohesive essay where ideas and statements are specifies and the impact of cyberbullying is addressed. It explains how some are victims of emotional distress due to cyberbullying, and with this some even end up committing suicide. In the “Impact of Cyberbully Victimization” section it’s explained how some of the victims experience feelings of anger, sadness, embarrassment, and even anxiety. The reviewer has build on the single idea of cyberbullying having subtopics that all relate to the topic. The reviewer has also summarized the literature at the end of the review. In the “Purpose” paragraph the reviewer summarizes the whole study. It explains how the purpose of the study was to examine the rate of cyberbullying, the impact and strategies utilized by college student victims. Also the differences in suicidal behaviors between victims and controlled participants. The reviewer makes an important contribution to knowledge through their synthesis. Many of cyberbullied victims think they are alone or that they are the only ones going throug this but literatures like this one can show that there are others that have...
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...new things and research topics of interest * watch films, videos and TV shows from around the world * listen to music from 100's of different artists however with a positive there is also a negative these are: * stalkers, people who learn about your personal life and find ways to blackmail you into inappropriate tasks * pedophiles, people who ask for 'nudes' from both genders who are considered minors * 'hackers', these are people who gain access to personal files without permission. hackers fall into two categories these are; white hat hackers, who hack in to files to improve their efficiency and/or security or black hat hackers, who hack in to networks for personal or financial gain, not to help others. * cyberbulling, people who send hertful messages to other people on social media website * propaganda, people who spred mass lies to hundreds of people about a certain topic. and through all this we still use these site from day to day blind to the risks. so the next time you use a social media website such as face book take a minute to think about the risks....
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... but now the victim can’t escape due to easy internet accessibility. Cyberbullying is leading to extreme levels of suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety, and a feeling of loneliness. Online bullying gives opportunity for provocative remarks to be made, which can lead to extreme emotional responses from the victim. Kids as young as eleven have been targeted by bullies (Wilson). Often bullies will provoke their friends and peers to attack the victim. Big social media companies such as facebook, twitter, and instagram have taken actions to help aid in the fight against cyberbullying. Features such as report buttons and being able to flag comments are just a start to stopping the growing issue. Not only is the victim being affected by cyberbulling, but so are the family and friends. Bullying leads to drastically decreased involvement in social behavior, which leaves the family clueless to the things going on in their child’s life. Children are not fully developed at the age this commonly happens, and are not yet mature enough to completely comprehend the effects their words have on other people. Things such as threats, humiliation, degrading, stalking, harassment, indecent filming are all becoming illegal due to the increased use of the crimes online. Social media companies and police urge the victim to save all evidence, remove themselves from the situation by blocking the threat, and report the issue. In conclusion, cyberbullying may never stop unless more extreme measures are...
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...Social Media Randy Duran Hum/186 February 22, 2013 Anthony DeBonis When you first get on the internet you have the world at your finger tips. You can get any and almost all the information you want. There are websites for pictures, video, and chatting with your friends. It is also very easy to get the wrong information from web pages not filtering all the information. There are so many advantages to the information available on the internet. An unfamiliar user can find what they are looking for by using search engines and typing the information needed. You can find many different websites such as Facebook for social media and keeping up with friends and companies web links. Youtube, Flickr, and Metacafe can be used for watching different videos and advertising. Twitter, Blogger, and Digg are a different kind of site which are called blogging sites. These are used to give users up to the minute updates on what is going on from personal to companies. When information is easily obtained it comes with the untrustworthiness of websites. There are many misleading web pages and with the click of a button you can give your computer a virus or even worse have your identity and information stolen. When searching the internet make sure you know where and what you are logging in to. There are a lot of sites on the internet that are not creditable, so be careful on the information you are using or obtaining. Hackers find ways to even put information...
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...Essay One; HUMN 344 698 Essay One; HUMN 344 698 08 Fall 08 Fall Introduction Over the last decade, rapid technological advances affect every aspect of human life. Significant the most prolific technological advancement is the introduction of the worldwide web, more commonly known as the Internet. The Internet has provided mankind with luxuries such as; remote banking, distant learning for students, shopping for household goods and clothes, and countless other amenities. Therefore, just considering the technology of the Internet upon its own merits, the Internet demonstrates an evasive technology that is not only a luxury to some areas of industry it is an economic necessity. Also, considering the advent of social media vehicles such as; Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, 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...
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...Cyberbullying: the internet as a weapon Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Myspace. YouTube. Flickr. Wikipedia. These are all social networking sites – and they’re all part of what is at present known as social media. In that respect, they’re various benefits of delivering social media in our fellowship. Such as, helping students with their educations, supporting the communities, improving relationships and establishing raw friends... Etc. But there are also negative consequences of social media, like posting everything about our personal lives, providing major distractions to people, and most importantly the increased use of social media has led to more suicides among today’s youth--a result of cyberbullying. Ever since the creation of social media had occurred there have been another type of bullying that’s in our everyday life. Today there is "Cyber Bullying," and although it is less physical than traditional forms of bullying, it can cause more devastating and long-lasting effects, As well, there are ways to help preclude this type of bullying and then that they would be less of a chance to induce these experiences in our spirit. Cyberbullying is another path to spread harm to other masses by employing the internet or other electronic communication devices to share embarrassing information about any other individual. The methods of cyberbullying are used in many forms, it can start by making up rumors about the victims, sending photos without their consent, making...
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...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...
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