Keith Hansford
Mrs. Thillman
Honors Sophomore English 7
7 December 2015
“People say that sticks and stones can break your bones, but names can never hurt you. But I have come to realization that the statement does not apply to the majority of teenagers. Verbal abuse hurts." This startling statement by a sixteen year old girl, shows how a common believed adage has now been twisted by social media, technology, and society as a whole.
This example is just one of millions of people that have been affected by cyberbullying. According to the Cyberbullying Research Center, cyberbullying is the “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.” When people hear these stories, often they feel
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Parents must be aware of what their children are doing at home by making rules that enforce good technology use online. When at school, the teachers and counselors must be responsible for them by setting up policies that foster good decision making and consequences for incorrect use. Two studies that were listed on the Cyberbullying Research Center’s website, show the change of affected students of cyberbullying over time.
The first study, which was conducted by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire showed an increase in cyberbullying between 2000, 2005 and 2010. The numbers escalated from 6% to 9% to 11% respectively.
Secondly, a survey distributed by the School Crime Supplement and the National Crime Victimization Survey also showed an increase of cyberbullying during the years 2009 and 2011. The rise was from 6.2% to 9%.
While these number show an increase in the cyberbullying issue, Dr. Patchin is quick to point out that with limited studies and data points, it is hard to draw a conclusion of whether cyberbullying has been getting a lot worse or just staying relatively
With the use of the internet increasing, researchers are finding a higher amount of cyberbullying. According to Hinduja and Patchin, “There is no shortage of potential offenders or victims of cyberbullying because of the widespread availability of computers and the Internet in the developed world,” (Hinduja and Patchin, 132). Both the writers make a good point stating this fact. With the amount of technology that is available to students, on different devises, has allowed them to freely communicate. While this is not all bad, there are major downfalls, cyber bullying being a big one.
Evidence (Concrete Detail): Be sure to cite your document.- According to Document B, out of the total number of British teachers surveyed about how cyberbullying had affected them, 38.6%, which is the highest percentage, said that they were not affected.
Cyberbullying has become a widespread problem. The more people have been using the internet, the more the number of cyberbullying incidents increase. According to document A, 25.1% of girls and 16.6% of boys reported being bullied in their lifetime. In addition to this, document A also
Williams, K. R., & Guerra, N. G. (2007). Prevalence and pre- dictors of Internet bullying. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(6 Suppl 1), S14–S21.
Context: Cyberbullying is a relatively new strain of bullying. With the Internet being at such easy reach and children and teenagers being so tech savvy, things such as a mean text or an unfriendly social media post is just a finger click away. “Cyberbullying is in simple terms, known as, bullying through the Internet. Whether it is through email, instant messaging, on a Web site through images sent digitally. Because cyberbullying is so new, it has caught the eyes of the press and educators recently. Cyberbullying has both similarities and differences of traditional bullying. There are also unique repercussions and ways of dealing with it. (Kowalski, Limber, and Agatston pg. 1-2).
“Cyberbullying is reported as an aggressive, intentional act distributed by an individual group, using contact in an electronic medium, continuously and relentlessly against someone who cannot stand up for himself or herself easily (Smith et al., 2008).” In 2009 cyberbullying was found as a disproportion
Research suggests that verbal abuse is the most common type of bullying today and following verbal abuse is relational and physical bullying. Cyberbullying seems to be growing with time but it is a lot more difficult to calculate because of the way bullies go about it (A. James, 2010).
Cyberbullying is a harassment through the internet or other technologies. 42% of youth nationally have experienced cyberbullying, and 53% admitted to being
According to the article, “What is Cyberbullying?” by the Ophelia Project, “20% of youth ages 11-18 have been a victim of cyberbulling.” 20 percent of youth is a vast number; it adds up to millions of people. The concept of cyberbullying is prominent throughout the world, and, if millions of people are being affected, then it is a major problem. To elaborate, if laws are not passed restricting the number of offenses, then the numbers will continue to grow, as cyberbullying is not a problem that will fix itself. Cyberbullying destroys millions of lives every
From this article, the subjects were school-aged adolescents who were in the class 6-10th grade. I believe this article is well versed; however, it had some flaws or limitations. First, all of the data that was collected were student self-report, which I believe would not produce an accurate or substantial result. I believe having information from various sources is highly recommended in order to get good results and further help studies. Secondly, there was no inclusion of white male and female Americans in the sample that was surveyed. Also the article failed to address or show the association between cyber bullying and the traditional form of bullying. I believe that if this information were provided, it would provide a more suitable avenue to better understand adolescent bullying as a whole and also help future studies.
A review held in England revealed an expanding number of cyberbullying among youngsters whose age ranges from 13 to 22 where researchers found that 7
Thesis: Cyberbullying is a 21st century form of harassment that is resulting in psychological, emotional, and physical stress, which is why the issue of cyberbullying desperately needs effective laws and consequences to decrease the amount of victims that suffer from the act each year. This is especially true when considering the effects of cyberbullying and statistics, outcomes of cyberbullying cases, and lack of awareness that exists to help victims.
Internet usage in children and adolescents has been increasing in a steadily fashion in the past number of years and with the increase in internet usage, a new form of bullying has developed – Cyber bullying. Cyber bullying can be defined as “the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person,” (Merriam-Webster, 2012). This form of bullying can come through various mediums including but not limited to text messages, emails, videos, and social networking sites. There is an overwhelming amount of information that defines cyber bullying, identifies the demographics of bullies and victims of cyber bullying, and identifies the outcomes of cyber bullying on victims. More focus needs to be placed on who the perpetrators of this form of violence are and how this form of violence is linked to traditional bullying. This will allow researchers and practitioners to move forward with research and implementation preventative methods and intervention once the problem has already occurred.
...20% (Moore et al., 2011) and 29% (Menesini et al., 2011) of participants reported being a victim of cyber bullying more than three times a week. From these two studies we can conclude that cyber bullying happens more frequently to the same victim than traditional bullying.
Cyberbullying has become a serious dilemma because of the harm and pain it can leave. It affects so many teens and can potentially change their future. Cyberbullying can change a person’s mood, character, and even destroy someone’s motivation. This is an important issue that will hopefully be stopped in the near future.