Malicious People and Cyberbullying: The Case of Rebecca Sedwick

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In contemporary society, people mostly spend their lives with technology. Before those new technologies were developed, people had less opportunity to contact others anytime they want. However, as computers and cell phones were developed, people are able to enjoy comfortable life compared the period without computers and cell phones. At the same time, people had to give up their privacy and security to enjoy the new technologies.
My data is about people from online communities, especially cyberbullying. Recently, there was an incident of suicide due to cyberbullying. The victim Rebecca Sedwick, 13 years old, dropped herself from an abandoned cement factory. She was too young to bear malicious text messages or SNS messages from her former friends. Rebecca and her parents decided to do homeschooling, but the assailants were hurting her through SNS still. Furthermore, after the victim’s death, one of assailants, Katelyn Roman said that she did not feel guilty about Rebecca’s suicide. I felt sad and angry, but thought it would be interesting to analyze. Interestingly, there are some people who intended to write malicious comments or articles regarding certain events, people, or circumstances. From the perspective of Rebecca Sedwick’s case, it is interesting and amazing that people can feel certain emotion, and take actions due to SNS and anything from cyber spaces. Because the modern society develops quickly along with the new technology, people should be aware of the power of cyber spaces. Also, to prevent any suicidal events due to malicious messages from people, cyberbullying should be eradicated.
This data represent the how individual behaves in cyber culture and self which is based on the western meaning of self. In Western cu...

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Brown, Stephen Rex. "Florida Teen Cleared of Cyberbullying Rebecca Sedwick to Suicide: 'I Did Nothing Wrong'" NY Daily News. N.p., 21 Nov. 2013. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.
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