Bullying Is No Longer Just on the Playground
Kaylee Taylor
Mukherjee
English 1113
March 27, 2013
Bullying has been around for centuries and is found in all human cultures across the world. Bullying is a natural behavior; it is part of the human condition. No matter where you go there will always be groups or individuals that single out other groups or individuals. Bullying is used as a form of showing dominance or social status. Bullying consists of spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, making threats, and leaving an individual out of a group on purpose. Sometimes it can be harmless but often it can be very harmful for the victim. Whatever the reason, the goal is always intimidation. There are multiple forms of bullying, such as physical bullying, verbal bullying, emotional bullying, sexual bullying, racial bullying, and one other form. The most recent form of bullying is cyber bullying. "Cyber bullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. Computers were first home wide in the 1990’s. As technologies grew and communication over the internet became more accessible, so did cyber bullying. Almost every child now has access to either a computer or a cell phone. For bullies this form of harassment is very easy. Computers and Cell phones make attacking more accessible and also encourage harassment by allowing the bullies to hide behind a screen and eliminate the face-to-face confrontation. This problem needs to be stopped. After researching and analyzing this topic, this research paper will inform and answer questions like: what a cyber-bully is, whom they target, and how to stop them.
Older generations did not have to address cyber bullying. So many people may have questions such as what is a cyber-bully and what makes them different from
Mukherjee
English 1113
March 27, 2013
Bullying has been around for centuries and is found in all human cultures across the world. Bullying is a natural behavior; it is part of the human condition. No matter where you go there will always be groups or individuals that single out other groups or individuals. Bullying is used as a form of showing dominance or social status. Bullying consists of spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, making threats, and leaving an individual out of a group on purpose. Sometimes it can be harmless but often it can be very harmful for the victim. Whatever the reason, the goal is always intimidation. There are multiple forms of bullying, such as physical bullying, verbal bullying, emotional bullying, sexual bullying, racial bullying, and one other form. The most recent form of bullying is cyber bullying. "Cyber bullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. Computers were first home wide in the 1990’s. As technologies grew and communication over the internet became more accessible, so did cyber bullying. Almost every child now has access to either a computer or a cell phone. For bullies this form of harassment is very easy. Computers and Cell phones make attacking more accessible and also encourage harassment by allowing the bullies to hide behind a screen and eliminate the face-to-face confrontation. This problem needs to be stopped. After researching and analyzing this topic, this research paper will inform and answer questions like: what a cyber-bully is, whom they target, and how to stop them.
Older generations did not have to address cyber bullying. So many people may have questions such as what is a cyber-bully and what makes them different from
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