Cyberbullying is becoming more and more frequent amongst the younger generation. Teens are becoming very much equipped with technology and they’re using it for all the wrong reasons. Historically, people have known about bullying for an interminable amount of time, but nothing has been done about it. A bully is a person that continuously puts others down by using slander. Although it is true that there are punishments for these actions, schools are not doing enough, as well as the community in general, to prevent the issue entirely.
--------------Hook-------------The problem is that cyberbullying is an act that must be stopped, but putting limits on students ' online speech is unnecessary. If you are not familiar with the word Cyberbullying, it is a is when an individual is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another individual using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies.But yet again I bring the point that schools should not limit the amount of students online speech. Schools must protect students’ First Amendment rights but also maintain the learning environment and safety at school. Three main reasons why school should not limit students online speech are there is not a large percent affected, it does not cause
“About one third of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online” (Amanda Lenhart). Cyberbullying is bullying that occurs using electronics such as cell phones, computers, and social media websites. Cyberbullying can include mean text messages, embarrassing pictures of others on social media, or fake profiles. The internet continues to be the most democratic of mass media. Anyone can use the internet and create a website
Technology has expanded exponentially within the last two decades. People have more virtual ways of communicating rather than face to face interaction. Hurtful words appear on a computer screen or cell phone, launching a series of aggression and abuse. A cell phone, social media including Facebook statuses, Tweeting on Twitter – and all it takes is one simple status including one or two lines to torment faith in one’s self, bring many tears and emotions to sabotage a friendship. Soaring with modern technology, bullying is no longer the common way to harass someone and attack their feelings,
Because of the increasing dependence of social media and the internet, it can prove to be difficult to avoid online bullying. Despite being defenseless in the face of bullying online, minors still use the internet because it has become such a large part of life in today’s society. This creates a perpetual cycle of ...
Bullying has always affected teens and children in some form or another, but in modern times, with the advent of the internet and social networking, we have the first generations of young people facing a much more insidious assailment: cyberbullying. It is one much stronger than what traditional bullying once was, and poses problems of greater magnitude. For victims, this fairly new entity of social aggression has them facing substantially greater intimidation and emotional harm. Several issues even arise in protecting these victims.
Cyber harassment mostly occurs out of school property, leaving the school with no jurisdiction to punish the bully. Schools are also “ill equipped” to deal with cyberbullies, not knowing where the boundaries of discipline begin or end (Goodno, 2011). New media such as cellphones, computers, emails and social media are harder to track and monitor for parents. A child’s “vulnerabilities escalates by the use of the wider forum of technology” (Goodno, 2011). This inability to protect the victim gives the aggressor more power, making the student feel unprotected at all times. “The victim’s perception, and perhaps the reality, is that an entire school, neighborhood, and community can be involved in the bullying” (Goodno,
This paper discusses the different types of bullying, particularly cyberbullying, and the effects it has on children and young adults. Also we will identify the policies and programs that are already set in place to try and prevent bullying. Studies done on the effects of electronic bullying in middle school children found that, “on an annual basis in the USA, more than 3.7 million students in grades 6–10 engage in moderate or serious bullying while more than 3.2 million students are victims of moderate or serious bullying” (Moore, Huebner & Hills, 2012, p. 429). There are many strengths and weaknesses to each approach attempting to combat bullying but since it is such a complex topic with many subsections it is difficult to identify any significant change. On the other hand, it is important to know that as long as there are cyberbullies there will be people fighting to end the physical, verbal, and emotional abuse children and young adults endure every day but do not deserve.
Even though kids say that they are fine when cyberbullying occurs most of the time they are feeling bad. Why should you trust me ? Well…. you don't have to but if you trust me you can make difference we can help the kids who think cyberbullying is a freedom of speech
According to statistics on bullying, over half of young people have been bullied online and about the same amount have engaged in bullying through this platform (Source C). All incidents that involve a person being regularly and purposely harmed whether physically or psychologically is bullying (Source D) and it seems to be a growing problem in schools nowadays. Some people believe that bullying is a big problem but some also believe that it isn’t that dire. However, these incidents can cause huge problems in students, resulting in negative consequences for both the victim and the bully. Bullying can happen anywhere now, especially with the current technology that allows students to harm other students through social media. Therefore, there
Bullying is a prevalent issue in school communities across the world which has caused great damages to the bullied. In fact, suicides is one of the leading cause of deaths in students 10 to 14 years old and the cause of suicide was overwhelmingly from bullying. Bullying is pervasive amongst all age groups; statistics show there is an estimated 1 in 7 students grades K-12 who are being bullied. Social media is increasingly becoming the new medium for bullying where anonymity allow bullies to be as toxic as pleases them. So what good solutions has our schools came up for this? Nothing, most students agree.
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
...r understanding of appropriate behavior, parents can create contracts for proper internet and cell phone use and schools already has a safety program. To enhance online security, parents can install filtering and blocking software. Teachers could create a formal contact regarding cyber bullying and contact the school’s attorney to find out what actions can be taken if cyber bullying issues arise. They can also encourage peer mentoring. Always document incidents. Keeping evidence of the incident is crucial, so recording dates, times and descriptions of the harassment would be most helpful. In addition, e-mails, text or posts in question should be saved or printed. If cyber bullying ever happen in school, it should be reported because it is often accompanied be traditional face-to-face bullying which may lead to an overall disruptive atmosphere at the victims school.
By monitoring where bullying occurs and making sure that they are safe for a student can be extremely helpful. Lawner and Terzian identify that bullying happens where adults aren 't watching and call these places “hotspots”. They say “Research suggests that much bullying behavior occurs in “hotspots”— areas with low levels of adult supervision, such as a playground, bus, or cafeteria.” This only proves that bullying happens everyday usually at the same area, yet no one is there to see or help. Adding supervision by placing adults in areas like this would decrease the issue in that children are being watched causing the victim to feel safe and the bully intimidated. Since bullying is being turned to online, administrators should have the right with permission from the victim to see what the bully is posting on there page. Bullies usually have more than one victim and administrators being able to access the bullies internet pages so that they could identify more easily who they are attacking. Although I stress the importance of supervision, it is important to also make children feel a sense of freedom and by adding too much supervision school can quickly turn into a prison style monitoring
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,