Cyber Bullying Awareness - Thesis
The Awareness on Cyber bullying as Perceived by the Second Year High School Students of St. Martin Montessori School, Inc. School Year 2012-2013
The Problem and It’s Background This chapter presents the description of the problem and its background. It mainly introduces the topic itself.
Chapter 1
Introduction
“Cyberspace” sometimes called as “Internet world”, is described by the Merriam Webster as the online world of computer networks and especially the “Internet”. It is a wide array of alternative activities conducted using medium whether a personal computer or a portable devices. Its main purpose is to establish communication with other people around the globe. Also, it is used for recreational activities, researches, paperworks, etc. Due to its versatility, usefulness and the fact that it is very much accessible, some users tend to use it the way it is not meant to be used. It leads to the crimes conducted via violations or actions that express, abuse or misused of the internet as called cybercrime. Cybercrime is a very wide range of lawlessness occurring around the internet, which includes the use of the internet to harm other people, in a deliberate manner called cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is the art of using internet services for the intention of harming a person. It seeks to intimidate, manipulate and humiliate the recipient. In fact, cyber bullying is one of the main causes of human distress. It affects the victim emotionally, physically and psychologically. Worst cases of cyber bullying often end in either mental breakdown or suicide.
As Lourd De Verra once quoted in his show, “Ang biktima ng Cyber bullying ay parang isang taong sinapak sa isang kwartong walang ilaw.” The victim won’t know what will him/her. The recipient won’t even know who will hit him. Because the identity of the bully is hidden, it is hard to identify who did it or what is his/her gender. The bully on the other hand, continuous to harass the victims and the more
The Problem and It’s Background This chapter presents the description of the problem and its background. It mainly introduces the topic itself.
Chapter 1
Introduction
“Cyberspace” sometimes called as “Internet world”, is described by the Merriam Webster as the online world of computer networks and especially the “Internet”. It is a wide array of alternative activities conducted using medium whether a personal computer or a portable devices. Its main purpose is to establish communication with other people around the globe. Also, it is used for recreational activities, researches, paperworks, etc. Due to its versatility, usefulness and the fact that it is very much accessible, some users tend to use it the way it is not meant to be used. It leads to the crimes conducted via violations or actions that express, abuse or misused of the internet as called cybercrime. Cybercrime is a very wide range of lawlessness occurring around the internet, which includes the use of the internet to harm other people, in a deliberate manner called cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is the art of using internet services for the intention of harming a person. It seeks to intimidate, manipulate and humiliate the recipient. In fact, cyber bullying is one of the main causes of human distress. It affects the victim emotionally, physically and psychologically. Worst cases of cyber bullying often end in either mental breakdown or suicide.
As Lourd De Verra once quoted in his show, “Ang biktima ng Cyber bullying ay parang isang taong sinapak sa isang kwartong walang ilaw.” The victim won’t know what will him/her. The recipient won’t even know who will hit him. Because the identity of the bully is hidden, it is hard to identify who did it or what is his/her gender. The bully on the other hand, continuous to harass the victims and the more