Bullying is a very rampant problem spreading quickly and somewhat difficult to control among children and adolescents. This may take in several ways or forms like physical, verbal, relational, or cyber bullying (which is now the new form of bullying created through the advent of new technologies and becomes prevalent nowadays) (Wang et al., 2011). According to Olweus (1993), the person is being bullied when he or she, who cannot easily defend himself/herself, is subject to negative actions or harassment on the part of individual or a group of people repeatedly and over time.
There are two basic types of bullying, these are the traditional which is the most common type and the cyber bullying which is relatively the new form (Law, 2012; Wang, 2011). Traditional type of bullying does not involve the use of technological means. Harassment of a victim by an aggressor whose intent is to inflict harm is a concrete example to this, it could be in the means of physical, verbal and social (Gale, 2013; Wang, 2011). Physical bullying manifested in a direct manner that causes body pain on their victim; this involves striking, punching, kicking, pushing, or other types of physical aggression. Physical bullying is a form of cruelty done to others who are weaker. This may involve intentional aggression towards others causing bodily harm, pain or even grave injury. This may take in the form of beating/hitting, punching, kicking, pushing, slapping and the like which tend to put the victim
Loo Huan Ting ID #: 02359329 CMST 180 Tuesday & Thursday 2:20 11/13/14 Annotated Bibliography The invention of the Internet has created a new space for bullying. McClatchy, Komolafe Kaz. “States seek ways to fight newest form of bullying” St. Paul Pioneer Press. 25 August 2012:
There are four types of bullying 1.physical bullying physical bullying includes hitting kicking tripping pinching and pushing or damaging property one other type of bullying is 2.verbal bullying contains of name calling insults teasing intimidation homophobic or racist remarks and verbal abuse. The third type of bullying is covert or hidden bullying this is the hardest type of bullying to recognize because it is usually carried by their back some examples for this is lying and spreading rumours making fun of their appearance and how they look and mimicking unkind stuff and the fourth type of bullying is cyber bullying cyber bullying occurs on digital technology that 's including computers and smartphones and social media, messaging, texts and websites and other this may include abusive texts emails or post and images another way of cyber bullying is group chats of nasty gossip or rumours imitating others online using their login. There are many ways to bully someone buy just don 't do it in the first place and don 't be a bystander thank you students teachers and judges for listening to my
Bullies are usually stronger and victims are usually perceived as weaker and unable to protect themselves.” (Masterson,1997) Bullying expands in many aspects of everyday life; from schoolchildren and teenagers, to adults , working environments and even spouses and family members. Considering that the first signs of bullying appear among schoolchildren, we should examine it in its infancy, that is, bullying in early years and school life, which in turn becomes with the passage of years violence and in some cases even crime. As far as bullying at school is concerned, “one definition is that a student is being bullied or victimized, when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time , to negative actions on the part of one or more other students.”
Bullying is an undesirable, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves actual disparity of power. According to Megan Brooks bullying is a serious public health problems, with significant short-and long-term psychological consequences for the child who is bullied and the child who is the bully. This only tells us that bullying can lead to difficulty that a certain children may experience and will have either short or long term problem. “Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents, but it has lasting, negative consequences and cannot simply be ignored.” Committee chair Frederick Rivera, MD.
This article explains what is bullying exactly. Bullying is any form of psychological, verbal, or physical abuse that occurs repeatedly among schoolchildren over a period. Statistically, the dominant type of violence is emotional and occurs mostly in the classroom and courtyard of schools. Bullying is a kind of torture, methodical and systematic, in which the aggressor sums up the victim, often with silence, indifference or complicity of other comrades. The author explains some characteristic and consequences of bullying.
Recently, bullying has been becoming more and more of an issue. It’s gotten so bad that one out of four kids deal with it. Currently, bullying is worldwide. There’s no place where it began, because it’s pretty much human nature. Many people are trying to stop it, whether by using zero-tolerance policies, small punishments, and more, however, nothing has worked so far.
This is the first century and technology has never been better. It has become so advanced that it has opened up opportunities for jobs, learning, and bullying. It is now easier than ever to bully someone all hours of the day, and to make the bullying follow them wherever they go. Cyberbullying never used to be much of a problem, in fact it didn’t use to exist. But now with all the new technology, and all the freedom online cyber bullying happens everyday.
Lastly, violent acts can be stimulated by in which an individual is facing a certain type of situation or that individual’s environment. For example, bullying. It is broadly defined as negative acts or hurtful behaviors committed against an individual or group repeatedly over time. Bullying may consist of apparent acts that are spoken (e.g., teasing, name calling, harassment) or physical (e.g., hitting, kicking, pushing). However, bullying may also involve more covert behaviors such as gossip, spreading rumors, and exclusion.
Bullying has been named an “emerging public health issue requiring intervention” (Ansary, Elias, Greene, & Green, 2015, p. 27). As a major problem in schools around the world, the issue of bullying must be addressed in order to keep students physically and emotionally safe. The act of bullying not only affects the well-being of the person being targeted, but it also affects the rest of the school community too. It can be difficult for teachers, principals, and superintendents to make an ethical decision about what to do when bullying occurs because there are misunderstandings about what bullying is, leading to the improper identification of situations.
Bullying is an issue that has major impact on the emotional wellbeing of the individual who is on the receiving end. It is recognised globally as a complex and serious problem (). Bullying can come in many different forms, it can be verbal, physical, social or psychological aggressive behaviour by an individual or group of people directed towards a less powerful person or group that is intended to cause distress, fear or even harm (). There are many consequences from experiencing bulling, such as anxiety, suicide/ self-harm or depression, that can impact the day to day lives of individuals. Many different behaviours can be seen as bullying behaviour.
As defined on stopbullying.gov; Bullying is “unwanted aggressive behavior; observed or perceived power imbalance; and repetition of behaviors or high likelihood of repetition. There are many different modes and types of bullying. The current definition acknowledges two modes and four types by which youth can be bullied or can bully others. The two modes of bullying include direct (e.g., bullying that occurs in the presence of a targeted youth) and indirect (e.g., bullying not directly communicated to a targeted youth such as spreading rumors).
Bullying is a widespread problem in our schools and communities and has a negative impact on students’ right to learn in a safe and secure environment without fear. It is a process in which one person repeatedly uses his/her superior strength or influence to mistreat, attack or force another person to do something (Van der Werf, 2014). Bullying or peer victimization is now recognized as a complex and pervasive problem (Beran, 2009). It is an ongoing problem that is not restricted by age, race, gender or class. This behavior generally takes one of four forms, physical such as assault, verbal which involves threats or insults, social which entails exclusion or rumor spreading, and cyber which includes aggressive texts or social network posts
Imagine an unpopular student, getting bullied and picked on at school. Going home after a long day feels like a blessing for that child. However, upon turning on their phone, they realize it has been bombarded with cruel messages and images. The constant messages are having a harmful effect on the student’s well-being, and they are trapped in a never-ending loop of bullying. Some argue cyberbullying is not a ‘real’ problem, however, cyberbullying is a significant issue that needs to be prevented because it commonly affects youth, it leads to physical injuries, and it causes psychological harm.
Bullying Can Be Prevented Bullying is a form of violence to pick on victims because they are different from their bullies, have insecurity/jealousy or home problems. The hate towards their victim has something to do with the victim having an unusual gift or being intelligent the bullies has yet to become. It is important that this behavior should be prevented or it will become worse. Bullying is one of the main issues public and private schools have to face on a day-to-day basis. When the bully takes it too far, the victim snaps and retaliates by fighting him/her back physically or verbally.
Bullying is defined as repeated oppression, physical or psychological of a less powerful individual by a more powerful individual, people or group. It consists of three main types of abuse which are physical, verbal and emotional. Bullying in schools is a common and worldwide spread problem that can have critical and negative implications on the general school climate as well as on the right of students to study in a safe and secure environment without fear. Many people believe that bullying is part of life, happens in all schools and so it’s not an issue to worry about and that it lets individuals know what life is all about as it toughens them but in reality bullying is a detrimental problem that affects most school going children and teenagers physically, emotionally and socially.