Cyberbullying: Good Or Bad?

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Cyberbullying is a potent tool for bullies as discovered in the tragic case of Phoebe
Prince. Prince unfortunately killed herself after becoming a victim of cyberbullying which hap- pens to be one of the most harmful and damaging form of bullying. Social networking is a detri- ment to society because of many dangers circulating social networks.
Some people say students can collaborate and work together on homework and learn from their teachers with social media. "Middle School and High School students are using social media to connect with one another on homework and group projects (O'Keefe)." A few schools have triumphed in utilizing blogs as teaching assets. Social networking is awesome for helping students collaborate. Collaboration is a …show more content…

"[T]hey can develop supportive networks of people with similar conditions (O'Keefe)." This of- fers some people they can relate to. Teens can also talk with their doctors. Being able to ask doctors about whatever question they have for a quick answer is helpful. However the risk of becoming a victim of cyberbullying is very high and the outcomes are harmful. As described in the article "Clinical-The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families" "[C]an cause profound physiological outcomes including depression, anxiety, severe isolation, and trag- ically suicide (O'Keefe)." An example of suicide is depicted in the sad story of Phoebe Prince. Phoebe Prince was 15 years old from Hadley, Massachusetts. The bullies were other girls who were jealous of her. The author claims the bullies "left ugly messages about her on Facebook (Winter)." On January 14th after being relentlessly harassed Prince hung herself in her closet. This outcome is extremely unfortunate and cyberbullying is very difficult to prevent because cy- berbullying is widely spread through the Internet and nobody will take accountability for it. Cy- berbullying can occur to any teen involved with social networking. Even though a teen with a chronic illness can receive support and talk with their doctors cyberbullying is way too …show more content…

Children will also be acquainted to instant gratification. Basically they are used to everything they want coming quickly. This will decrease the duration of their atten- tion. Greenfield also claims "Perhaps when the real world are not immediately forthcoming, we will see such behaviors and call them attention-deficit disorder (Wintour)." In result their atti- tudes will be worsened and will turn out to be little brats with ADD. Although you can discover new technical skills it can shorten the attention span of young brains and will cause

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