"In a nation known for freedom, many of its citizens frequently proclaim their rights. However, the United States still has a duty to its people monitor some internet content. The constitution was written in a time before light bulbs. As a result, many of our modern technological forms of communication are not covered. According to the first amendment, we have freedom of speech, but when that freedom tramples on the rights of others, the government needs to step in and defend those rights. In this country, every child has a right to go to school and receive an education; in fact, it is compulsory. Research shows that students who are bullied have higher drop-out rates and lower grades. When the bullying is in the form of cyber-bullying, the school …show more content…
Usually the bullying does not start on the internet, but after an incident occurs in person, the bully relentlessly attacks the victim on line. In 2003 a cyberbullying victim hanged himself and despite all of the evidence, no charges were filed because at that time “no criminal law applied to the circumstances or especially catered to protecting cyberbullying victims†(nobullying.com). The bullying in this case started at school and continued outside of school on social media. According to nobullying.com, the side effects of cyber bullying include not wanting to go to school, a sharp drop in grades and performance, skipping school, sudden self-esteem issues and even the use of alcohol or drugs. Herein lies the problem, one person’s free speech is not more important than another person’s education and metal and physical well-being. In an ideal world, there would be no bullying, but in a case of conflict the parents could step in and help children reach a resolution. In the real world, parents have been found guilty of cyberbullying children too and therefore cannot be counted on alone to monitor this issue. Schools
The definition of bullying uses broad statements to define the actual meaning. Because of this, people may view the definition differently than others. Bullying can range from physical violence to verbal abuse to even cyberbullying. Most people do not realize how common cyberbullying actually is. Over half of teens and adolescents have been bullied online and almost the same number have engaged in the bullying (“Cyber Bullying Statistics”). Cyberbullying is becoming more and more prominent throughout this time period because of the technology continuing to expand around the world. Each year this statistic increasingly grows due to the technology
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It also affects adolescents’ emotional rather than physically. The best way to prevent such bullying from being exposed to an adolescent is the precision of monitoring their media usage. The dangers of cyberbullying is not worth the risk of an adolescent’s emotional and mental stability. According to one research on prevention efforts, “attention be directed towards enhancing adolescents’ empathy and self-esteem, decreasing adolescents’ problem behaviors, promoting warm, nurturing relationships with their parents, and reducing their time spent online” (Nixon, 2014). Preventive steps to reduce such malicious and conniving behaviors online is also effective. If a parent, colleague, or a teacher looks to help a cyberbully the numbers of victims bullied online would descend drastically. In order to reduce the number of cyberbullies online, there must be interceptive measures in increasing the adolescent cyber bully’s’ affection and understanding for others. In fact, “results from the study suggest that future prevention and intervention efforts be targeted towards increasing adolescents’ affective and cognitive empathy” (Nixon, 2014). The overall problem that would be encountered, however, would be finding the cyberbully culprit. Those who are victims of cyberbully fail to report the harassment and humiliation caused to them. For example, “Pupils recommended blocking/avoiding
Track back to 15 to 25 years ago. An unfortunate student would normally get bullied at school with physical acts of violence, but as soon as that student arrives at his home he or she is presumed safe. Cyber bullying does not allow this luxury. Cyber bullying occurs over the information waves of the internet, with sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google plus. Which is why the guidelines must be improved or that children should not be allowed to access such sites entirely. With a the tools of direct messaging and posting videos cyber bullying can follow children to their home, beyond the school playground, seven days a week 24 hours a day. These acts of emotional trauma occur on a child’s computer and smartphone. For this reason it is more difficult to monitor...
As technology quickly advances bullying has become a damaging act to our youth both physically and mentally that can not be ignored. What makes cyber-bullying such a serious issue is that it has been
Child, parent, teacher, friend – regardless of what title you might have, bullying is a issue that everyone should be conscious of. Whether it is physical bullying or cyber bullying, this not only affects the adolescent when the bullying is occurring, but effects can also be shown when the child matures. Although it is difficult to end bullying completely, there are steps parents and teachers can take to help children from being the victim or the bully.
The bullying and harassment that occurs between these students should not only be up to the parents to deal with, but also up to the school districts. Afterall, parents expect that the students are partially under the school’s protection and responsibility. When the bullying continues outside of school, and personal information is exposed for others to see on social media, it is still up to the district to set the consequences for its students. Because most cases of cyberbullying start at schools, it is nearly impossible for students to avoid the bullies’ torment throughout the day. As for the consequences, a school district’s Code of Conduct must also consider the former record of these bullies and anyone else who is involved. The severity of each student’s punishment shall be partially determined by his or her history of previous misbehavior or faulty actions. In a digital pile on for example, a student may only post a small comment in agreement with a previous post but will still receive the minimal of a written referral and a phone call home, letting the parents know why such measures had to be taken. If the reported bully continues to bother the victim, whether it is in person or through social media services, the consequences will be more harsh for each known violation until expulsion is the only answer. The current Code of Conduct does
"Benjamin Franklin once said, “Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.†The principle of freedom has been put to test as speech and means of communication have changed over the centuries. However, we must never compromise our fundamental principles for convenience or false security. Liberty is the cornerstone of American society. The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees us five essential freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition. When faced with the 21st century problem of internet control, we must stay true to our Constitution.
Several claimsmakers created a social movement organization called The End to Cyber Bullying Organization (ETCB). Their claim is that cyber bullying is a leading issue in today’s technological society, which affects many adolescent kids. The ETCB framed this in a way to grasp the attention of parents, along with teenagers, in order to change their perspective on the matter. Framing is a way for organizations to encourage viewing the world from a particular perspective (although the same issue may be framed in different ways). Framing can be done three different ways using grounds, warrants, and conclusions. Grounds are statements about the nature of the problem, which describes the troubling situation using typifying examples, naming the issue,
This sort of phenomenon makes major headlines regularly in recent times and effects a clear majority of today’s youth. State and local lawmakers have taken steps to prevent this type of bullying by making illegal under several criminal law codes. Michele Hamm, a researcher in pediatrics explained, “There were consistent associations between exposure to cyberbullying and increased likelihood of depression.” Cyberbullying became widespread among students with the rapid growth in use of cellular devices and the Internet. With this kind of technology bullies have the ability to send harmful messages to their recipients at any given time. This type of bullying is the hardest to control because it involves students but often happens off school grounds. However, because the evidence is material, students and parents could bring this evidence to the school and local police departments if a situation were to happen. Parents should be mindful of their child’s use of the internet and electronic messaging, cyberbullying usually takes place in a medium in which adults are seldom present (Mason, 2008). Also, instead of sending direct messages to other students, bullies use platforms such as social media and anonymous blogs to post harmful things for others to see. Educators must understand the significance of social media use to their students, especially
Educators attempt to provide safe, nurturing environments where students can thrive. Any disturbance to this climate can have negative affects on students’ educational performances. Bullying is one such disruption. Unfortunately, physical and verbal abuse are nothing new in the school setting, however, the rise of technology in our country has created a new setting for bullies to target their victims. Cyberbulling, or the use of any number of technological means to harm or harass another, has become an increasingly prevalent occurrence, specifically among school-aged children (Campfield, 2006).
Bullying is a worldwide problem and it requires immediate attention because it psychologically affects both the victims and the bullies. Victims may ultimately have suicidal thoughts and bullies will have uncontrolled behaviors that carry on through school and after school, but they can be helped. Although cyber bullying is a big obstacle due to the large-scale usage of internet and the ability to conceal identities, technological advancements and child supervision help to single out these individuals to reduce the amount of bullying that occurs.
What is Cyber bullying? Cyber bullying is just like regular bullying but instead of bullying face to face, it’s done on the internet. In America, cyber bullying has gotten out of hand during the past year. Unfortunately kids who are bullied through the internet have a difficult time getting away from the bullying. Children today walk the street while thinking or knowing they will get picked on. This has also caused teens to commit suicide. Usually teens that are the bullies have a lower self-esteem than the person they’re bulling. Teens today use the internet more than anything excluding sleep. In two thousand and eight young teens ages 12-17 had access to the internet. Cyber bullying needs to stop before more of our children hurt themselves. Studies show that most likely a female would be the most bullied. A high percent of teens have been angry, frustrated, sad, embarrassed, scared and shockingly a small percent weren't even bothered.
Nowadays bullying has gone much farther than just physical violence. Most teens today have either been cyber bullied or have been witnesses to it. Cyber bullying is a form of bullying that is done over electronic messaging or over social media. This is very new to many people of the older generation, but is very relevant to the new generation. Cyber bullying is becoming an increasingly big problem in the U.S. every year. Being a kid who has grown up with technology and social media I have witnessed cyber bullying many times in my life. I have had many friends that have fell victim to cyber bullying and this is why I chose to talk about this topic. Since this topic of bullying is overlooked in our society as not being an issue I decided to choose
With technology progressing, students are moving past face to face hectoring, and are verbally bullying other through social media. Cyberbullying can sometimes become more harmful than verbal, physical, and emotional bullying due to victims, not feeling like they have an escape route because they are threatened repeatedly through text messages, e-mails, social media, etc. The worst part about cyberbullying is that the things posted can be anonymous; therefore, there is no blame for who posts what. A victim can suspect that someone is to blame for the actions done, but there is no proof to solve a possible ongoing issue. Cyberbullying and bullying are actually considered a crime when someone: physically assaults another person, gender or racism is talked about, violent or deadly threats are made, sexually texting, inappropriate photos, stalking,