Examples Of Cyberbullying

Have you ever had a classmate pass around an embarrassing a note to your whole class? What about someone posting it on the social media, chat rooms, instant messaging sites, where it gets shared, laughed at, and seen by thousands. And it won’t go away because there are just way too many copies. This is an example of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is when someone harasses or insults a victim through the internet, practically anywhere that has a chatting system of some sort. People need to understand how bad cyberbullying is, to be aware of it. People need to know what cyberbullying is, how many people are affected by it, and how to stop it. Whether it’s slight discomfort to depression, here is why cyberbullying needs to be reduced and stopped.

Cyberbullying is when someone continuously bullies another person. The difference between cyberbullying and traditional bullying is that cyberbullying happens online and is usually in the form of messages or images. Cyberbullying is when someone continuously harasses, insults, or harms another user. This usually happens on social media sites, instant messaging sites, or online chat rooms. Basically anywhere where people can talk digitally to other people. Because so many teens use social media, a lot get cyberbullied. Cyberbullying takes form in messages or embarrassing images. They get posted somewhere where other people can see it. Stopbullying.gov says, “Most information communicated electronically is permanent and public, if not reported and removed.” Because it’s public and permanent, it means that no matter what time it is, the victim could be bullied again and again through that one message or photo. It’ll only get taken down when someone reports it, then the person reviews it, then gets taken down which by then, would’ve already created a lot of damage to the victim. This is cyberbullying, online hurtful comments, insults, messages, images, and emails. And it’s public, universal, obvious and

And because these sites are so big, many people use them and many people get cyberbullied by them. People who have these sites or apps have the potential to get cyberbullied or to cyberbully someone else. According to cyberbullying.org, a website dedicated to spreading awareness about cyberbullying, “...about 25 percent of the over 10,000 randomly-selected 11-18 year-olds we have surveyed over the last seven years have said that they have been cyberbullied at some point in their lifetimes. About 17 percent admitted to cyberbullying others during their lifetime.” That is a lot of people. Here is another way to look at it: if 25% of teens get cyberbullied, 10 million teens have been affected by online harassment. That’s more than the population of Michigan. This is just how big and how many people are affected. This is just how big of a problem cyberbullying. Now that you know how many people get cyberbullied, you should know what cyberbullying does, emotionally and mentally. “Those who are victimized by cyberbullying also reveal that they are often afraid or embarrassed to go to school. In addition, research has revealed a link between cyberbullying and low self-esteem, family problems, academic difficulties, school violence, and various delinquent behaviors” (cyberbullying.org). This is important as it