The rapid technological development makes various electronic devices available, such as smart phone, computers, and pads. These devices have become an indispensable part in people’s life and largely change how people live, work, and interact with others. Although the advent of the Internet and technological development make it convenient for people to keep in touch with others, it provides a platform for bullying which negatively affect children and teenagers and the new form is called cyber bullying. Cyber bullying can be more harmful than traditional bullying and it poses a larger threat to people’s physical and mental health, especially children and teenagers. In addition, cyber bullying shows an increasing tendency and the rate of cyber …show more content…
A study among 84 teenagers revealed that about half of the participants had been suffer from cyber bullying (Schultze-Krumbholz et al. 148). It is a problem that is worth of attention because it is harmful to youth. Victims of cyber bullying usually suffer from psychological problems, such as stress, depression, and loneliness (Schultze-Krumbholz et al. 148). Cyber bullying is usually associated with the spreading of evaluation, photos, and videos of victims. The information is often negative and causes harm to victims and damages their reputation. Cyber bullying can be associated with traditional bullying which involves violence and abuse and causes physical harms. The academic performance becomes worse because victims cannot concentrate on studying at school (Stauffer et al. 354). Being affected by the negative and harmful information, victims can lose confidence in themselves and even in their life. The information haunts and they cannot focus on studying at …show more content…
Parents need to support and help children when they encounter some problems. Lizzie Velasquez is a victim of cyber bullying and she is called the world’s ugliest women. A video of Lizzie is spread on YouTube and many viewers criticize and even curse her. At first, she felt hurt and depressed. Her parents show abundant love, encouragement, and support for her. Lizzie said that it was her parents’ attitude that enabled her to think positively about cyber bullying (Hawkins). If Lizzie’s parents had not given her continuous support or encouragement, it would be difficult for her to cope with the harmful bullying and develop a positive attitude toward her life. Therefore, when children suffer from cyber bullying, parents need to care and support them to minimize the negative
Through the higher risk of depression, anxiety and panic attacks, bullying can have a lasting effect on a child, causing them to have a damaged adulthood. The effect is seen whereas adults who were previously a victim and a bully are fifteen times as likely have panic attacks, 5 times greater risk for depression, and 10 times the chance more of suicidal thoughts than adults who were uninvolved in bullying. Nowadays, bullying has a different stance through social media, allowing kids to bully without even being in the same room as one another. With the increased times kids see or talk to their peers through the internet, having a bully close to them has the possibility to become very harmful. Bullying can cause the bullied person to bully others.
According to the article, Rituals Sault, by Elizabeth Svoboda, the author argues that cyberbullies use the social media platform to target, terrorize, and harm others. To add, she provides the reader with information on why the cyberbullies attack others and how to stop them. In the article, Irituals Sauls, Elizabeth Svoboda’s essential focus is that cyberbullying has become a significant issue within the teenage community. Svoboda explains what cyberbullying is, why and how it is an issue, situations in which cyber bullying led to other issues, how cyber bullying created a new social pattern, methods on how to fix and prevent the issue from becoming more than what it already is.
There were many ill effects predicted, and some of them became true, including the introduction of a new form of bullying known as cyberbullying. The following is the definition of cyberbullying according to Gale, Cengage Learning, “Cyberbullying is a form of interpersonal harassment that is conducted electronically. This electronic harassment can be carried out in many ways, using a variety of mediums. Abusive messages can be sent to a victim through text messages, instant messages, or e-mail. Cyberbullies can also attack their victims through postings on Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking websites.
The article “Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies” by Lizette Alvarez unfolds the cattuses of Rebecca Ann Sedwick’s suicide. The point of the first section is that Rebecca Ann Sedwick had killed herself, and cyberbullying can lead to teen suicide or other punishments. The point of the second section is how Rebecca began getting bullied by kids online, and how her family attempted to stop her from hurting herself. The third section’s point is how it’s difficult for parents now a day to keep up with their child’s cyber life.
McClatchy writes for a national newspaper in Minnesota and is currently drawing attention to cyber bullying. She explores new methods to combat this new type of bullying, which is derived from the internet. This article provides examples on several solutions that have been employed by different states to resolve the issue. Many state governments have come up with new laws requiring schools to construct policies to counter cyber bullying. The article also quotes a professor from John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public health; he states that the increased usage and reliance on the Internet and smartphones will have a big impact towards cyber bullying.
Youths are afraid of missing out on mindless 'gossip' and get sleep deprived which can lead to extensive mental problems of anxiety and depression. Cyber bullying leads to lifelong problems which can affect youth's future relationships, work place, trust, and
Children today use more technological devices and are active on social media platforms compared to children in the 1990’s. Technology plays a huge role when it comes to our daily lives. As technology continues to advance more people are becoming active on social media apps and websites. Texting and social media applications have many advancements and conveniences like easy access to information, entertainment and communicating with others. However, it also has consequences, especially for adolescents.
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.
This study proved that given the amount of time that adolescents are on computers unsupervised whether it be at home or in public libraries those who cyberbully are most often the ones that were prior victims to cyberbullying themselves. This study would benefit in research for “affects cyberbullying has on adolescents because it gives reasons to why cyberbullying bully in the first place. Although with was full of useful information it would have been more beneficial to monitor social media sites that the kids were using verses how long the kids were on the internet. In doing so, it would have supported their theory of cyberbullies being vicitam of bullying as
Technology is getting bigger and bigger each day. With the advance of smart phones, tablets, and laptops it’s become much easier for people to keep in contact with their social media. People can easily stay in touch with friends all the time on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram and by texting. Many people are taking advantage of that opportunity and that seems like people are becoming more sociable but actually it is making people less sociable. People are spending too much time on their phones instead of having a face to face conversation.
Technology Bullying, now known as cyberbullying, has left the problem growing, becoming more difficult to understand, and more difficult to determine. An overview of various case studies, statistical research, legal cases, and news articles
Cyber Bullying has become an increasing problem in our society that threatens physical and emotional harm to ever greater numbers of young people. The sad fact is, some youths are so deeply affected by the negative influence of bullying that they have taken their own lives. Although suicides represent a rare and extreme reaction to bullying, it is a real issue that our children are facing today. Cyberbullying is often a factor in young people becoming depressed and having low self-esteem. Cyberbullying has been an issue, in the United States as well as everywhere throughout the world.
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.
Cyber Bullying has become an increasing problem in our society that threatens physical and emotional harm to ever greater numbers of young people. The sad fact is, some youths are so deeply affected by the negative influence of bullying that they have taken their own lives. Although suicides represent a rare and extreme reaction to bullying, it is a real issue that our children are facing today. Cyberbullying is often a factor in young people becoming depressed and having low self-esteem. Cyberbullying has been an issue, in the United States as well as everywhere throughout the world.
Cyberbullying Cyber bullying has been a big part of a teens life that 's where they get mistreated by other people. Throughout these years cyberbullying has been increasing really fast especially in school grounds, bullying has been a major part of the school to because that 's where teens notice who they like and they dislike. The main focus on cyber bullying comes from where one person does not like that other person so they prefer to make fun of them instead of friendship. Cyberbullying can also have a major impact on a teens life that can make them do something that they will regret doing, they do that because they think that there is no way to get away from it so they decide their own way to deal with it. There 's different varieties of levels where they take little steps or even bigger steps, cyberbullying can occur in middle school level of in a high school level.