...Ervin ENG/280 02/06/2016 Cyberbullying Introduction Here I will open with some statistics on cyberbullying and the number of cases that are reported per year. Also, why we need newer and stricter laws implemented against bullying crimes. I. Cyberbullying Definition, History, and Demographics a) Definition of cyberbullying and What other cybercrimes qualify under the category of cyberbullying such as cyber harassment b) History, when did cyberbullying begin c) What are some demographics such as gender, race, sexuality, etc… II. Statistics a) Statistics on how common cyberbullying is b) And the number of new cases each day to show the prevalence of the situation. c) Number of suicide cases related to cyberbullying each year. d) Show the reason we need harsher punishments to stop cyberbullying. III. Effects of cyberbullying a) Show how cyberbullying affects the nation as a whole. b) Show the effects that cyberbullying has on the victims. c) Will touch on a couple of cases from cyberbullying and the affect it had on the victim. IV. Laws on Cyberbullying a) I will show current law on cyberbullying and whether they are federal and/or state b) What new laws need to be implemented and why. c) How the age of the bully affect the punishment’ V. Internet security a) Why internet safety is need in this day and age b) New programs that are designed to stop cyberbullying (ReThink) c) How to protect...
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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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...involvement traditional, offline bullying either as a bully, a victim, or both (Bannink, Broeren, Van de Looij-Jansen, de Waart, & Raat , 2014). According to Hoff and Mitchell (2009), “bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged 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...
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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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...Effects of Cyberbullying to the youth A Research paper Presented to Mam Reusora, Milagros By, ROGA CHARISSE ANN R. B.S SOCIAL WORK – 3A Centro Escolar University, Manila School of Education, Liberal Arts, Music and Social Work Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Internet is one of the most use technologies in the Philippines. Most of the people are engage in using internet for various reasons. Some of these reasons are searching, surfing, use as communication and some of the people uses Internet to bully someone. Since technology has been introduced to the world, it seems a new kind of bully has emerged. Cyberbullying. Bullying is not a new phenomenon and it has been well recognized as a common and serious problem in the society. Most of the teenagers has experience this type of problem or witness bullying. Cyberbullying is all known across the world. It maybe unnoticed but cyberbullying can be harmful and sometimes can be fatal. As a result, some took their own life because of being stressed or depressed due to cyberbullying. The reason why I conducted this research is, it caught my attention and it is wide range of topic today. And is because I believe it is a very important problem that people need to know about, for them to understand how bad cyberbullying is. Another reason why I choose this topic is because I want to know what the victim feels about, what are the reasons of the bullies why are they doing this kind of nuisance. And...
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...Cyberbullying: The Era of Virtual Bullying Rae Black EDUC 16 Mt. San Antonio College November 4, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction …………………………………….. 3 What is Cyberbullying? …….………………….. 4 Effects on Family ……………………………….. 5 Effects of Cyberbullying on the Victim ……….. 6 Effects on School ……………………………… 8 Conclusion ……………………………………… 9 Reference Page …………………………………. 10 Introduction Young people today are using the internet more than ever. They view the internet and even more so the mobile phones as positive aspects of our society. The internet and mobile phones systems are the two biggest systems of communication which play a crucial role in our daily activities and development of identities. On the other hand, these same technologies are also often used negatively. Many children are the targets of bullying via the internet or mobile phones resulting in total confusion on the part of the "target". Very often, children are not able to understand that what they are going through is a form of bullying. As a result the previously safe environment of the internet is now becoming a source of confusion and anxiety. Cyberbullying follows children around the clock, and into the safety of their homes. Many times, kids are scared to tell their parents about cyberbullying, thinking they will be blamed, lose their Internet privileges, or that their parents will call the school or other parents, probably making the bullying worse. However, the pain...
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...whoever he wanted to be, for just a little while. So when the bullying started in the one place he felt safe, Ryan decided he had had enough. He did not turn around and become a bully himself, as many others resort to in these situations. Ryan simply gave up (Associated Press, 2007). Ryan’s case is unfortunate, but it is not the only one. In an online environment, people can be particularly cruel. This destructive behavior, which led to Ryan’s death, is a growing phenomenon known as the “Online Disinhibition Effect.” By increasing awareness of the Online Disinhibition Effect, cyberbullying can be discouraged, which may have a positive effect on the interactions of the online community, including people just like Ryan. What is “Online Disinhibition Effect”? If you have ever interacted with someone who has been overly aggressive, opinionated, or simply outright hateful in an online environment, you have experienced cyber bullying - a result of Online Disinhibition Effect (ODE) - first hand. ODE is defined as “an individual’s increased propensity to act out, or self-disclose over the Internet” (Nguyen & Campbell, 2008). According to Dr. Suler who first theorized the ODE, some factors which can help to create ODE are anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and minimization of authority (Suler, 2004). These factors increase the odds...
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...In the modern era of high-tech social networking, cyberbullying is an inextricable part of middle school, high school and even college student life (Smith et al., 2008). To fully comprehend this phenomenon one must examine the circumstances associated with it, which include peer relationships and school performance in the context of students’ socialization. For example, victims will usually get lower grades and lose the friends that cyberbullied them. The victims will also lose face to their network of friends that have negative assumptions about them (Kowalski & Limber, 2013). This paper demonstrates the various forms of cyberbullying and the many strategies to help students both cope with and prevent this problem (Hinduja & Patchin, 2008)....
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...Do you believe only victims of cyberbullying suffer consequences? Or do the bullies suffer as well? When there is a situation involving a billy and a victim, there is sometimes a reason as to why that’s happening. Bullying is a two way street and it should be look at more in detail. In cyberbullying between teens, there seems to be an ongoing trend of who does it and the effects it has. An example of a trend in cyberbullying is, according to research, Gregg Macdonald says cyberbullying is “traditionally served for boys” but actually it’s the girls who are involved in it more. To explain it better, it means that in cyberbullying, a trend of gender is shown which is the fact that girls are more involved which is proof of one trend. Another...
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...Cyber Bullying- Should Schools be Held Responsible Abstract We’ve all heard the saying “stick and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” Sure words don’t hurt physically, but to those who have been or are currently victims of cyberbullying words can be the difference between life and death. Technology such as smart phones, tablets and the internet allows students spend more time being connected. With this cyberbullying is becoming more frequent. Texting, instant messaging and over the social networks are just a few ways that the cyberbullies can reach their victims. A few of the forms of cyberbullying are harassment, cyberstalking and impersonating their victim. Cyber bullying has become a serious problem amongst teens. The victim can begin to feel inadequate and self-conscious causing the victim to become depressed to the point of committing suicide. In the past the cyberbully had no consequences to their action. Two such cases are addressed in this paper. States are now passing laws to address this issue and making schools responsible for developing anti-bullying policies. Cyber bullying- Should Schools be held responsible Matt was on both the Citizenship and Honor Rolls in Middle School. Voted by his eighth grade classmates to have the best smile, the best personality, and most likely to become an actor (Eppling, 2006). Taylor was a soccer player, a soloist in the school choir, and on the volleyball team. Although she was taller and a little...
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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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...that bullying is not right and should not be tolerated. The expansion of communication technologies is widening the way bully’s can torture their victims. The fact of the matter is, technology is not going anywhere, so we need to figure out a way to put an end to cyber-bullies. Cyber-bullying is becoming a major problem and we all need to do our parts in figuring out what can be done to stop cyber-bullies in their tracks. Cyber-bullies will continue to be a threat to today’s youth until we take preventative measures against them. Before putting a stop to cyber-bullying we must understand why and how a cyber-bully works. After researching and analyzing informative articles on the topic, this research paper aims to inform and answer questions such as: what a cyber-bully is, how they work, whom they target, and how to stop them. By understanding how a cyber-bully works we will be able to better protect youth populations as technology grows. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day (Ross). Cyber-bullying is technology powered and as technology expands it is getting harder and harder to see and prevent bullying from happening. Bullying over the Internet makes it easy for the tormenter to get away with their destructive behavior without any consequences. The article, “What is Cyberbullying: Bullying Comes Home” states, “Bullying is not new but thanks to the Internet teens are now being bullied at home. Online harassment...
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...This method of survival has evolved in our daily lives as it can be reflected in our educational, economic and social systems. Bullying is an aggressive intentional and repeated behavior of a group or an individual against a victim who cannot defend him or herself. Bullying can be either physical or verbal although they are both equaling harmful. The forms of bullying has changed dramatically over the years. Originally it was limited to physical or verbal confrontations that 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...
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...When it comes to online speech or social network there be many things going on such a cyberbullying, argueing, and false alarms. As the social network for example Facebook, Twitter, Instagram continue to grow so will the population filled with kids wanting to use social network/media. They want to protect school and community safety by limiting students speech. Schools should limit online speech cyberbullying is the main problem to kids killing themselves, it can be harmful to the victim in public or school, and that the teachers and administrators should have duty to protect those victims. Schools should limit online speech since cyberbullying is a widespread problem. Girls are more likely to be bullied more than boys and they are more likely to bully someone than boys. 7.5% of students reported being cyberbullied at Mhsa in the past 30 days which is a quite a problem. Cyberbullying can discomfort a victim/ student can affect their self esteem and academic performance ( Document A ). Not only si kids being bullied online teachers are also too. There are kids committing suicide from cyber bullying which is an offense of crime. Since teachers are adults they are not...
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...Cyberbullying Russel Bustamante Devry University Cyberbullying Rebecca Ann Sedwick, a 12-year-old girl from Florida, had a dispute with some girls over a boy in Crystal Lake Middle School. Multiple girls started threatening and bullying her in school which forced her mother, Tricia Norman, to take her out of school and be home-schooled instead. Little did she knew, the bullying carried over online. Rebecca was being cyberbullied with hate messages such as “Go kill yourself” and “Why are you still alive?” It affected Rebecca psychologically and emotionally to the point where she started searching questions online related to suicide such as “How many over-the-counter drugs do you take to die?” and “How many Advil do you have to take to die?” Eventually, Rebecca could not take it anymore and jumped to her death at an abandoned Cemex plant site on North Eastside Drive in Lakeland, Florida (Allen, 2013). Figure 1: A memorial for Rebecca Ann Sedwick Figure 1: This is the abandoned Cemex plant where Rebecca committed suicide by jumping off from one of the towers. Source: The New York Times: Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies (2013). Tragic stories like this needs to stop. This is an example of an unintended tragedy that can come out of technology in the hands of children. Everyone needs to be aware that cyberbullying is a serious matter and should not be ignored. Kids need to be educated about cyberbullying and know its consequences...
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