Bullying Essay: What Are The Causes Of Cyberbullying

Name: Ngô Thị Linh.

Class: 3Q16

Research paper: Cyberbullying

I. Introduction

Cyberbullying, which happens mostly on the Internet, is becoming a topical question in many country’s education. It is defined as violent behavior that is intentionally and repeatedly implemented against a person and is characterised by power disproportion between the bully and victim. (Dooley, Pyżalski & Cross, 2009; Patchin & Hinduja, 2006) Although it has been hard to define cyber bullying more clearly due to a large number of utilized methods and questions involving the levels to which respects such as reiteration and power inequality play a role, a comprehensible explanation is that cyberbullying regards hostile, deliberate acts taken by an individual or group, making use of technological form of communication directly to someone who finds it difficult to protect themselves. (Dooley, Pyżalski & Cross, 2009) On account of mobile phones, social media

indicated that, there are two types of human beings who tend to cyberbully; “the socially active people and the socially inactive people.” According to Gabriel, the former may bully others because they see it as a way to protect their reputation and make them feel powerful. Many young people believe that some people cyberbully others for one (or more) of these mentioned reasons: “they think it’s funny” (81%); “they simply don’t like the person” (64%); “they view the victim as a loser” (45%). About six out of ten youngsters (58%) said the perpetrator “probably didn’t see the action as a big deal.” (National Crime Prevention Council, 2007) The reason of the latter maybe is that they think it is an opportunity to fit in with their peers and show that “they are not weak and that they are compatible with their surroundings.” The similarity between both kinds, surprisingly, is that “bullying also makes socially inactive people feel powerful.” (Gabriel