Summary Of The Article 'The Price Of Shame'
Lewinsky, Monica. “The Price of Shame.” TED Mar. 2015. Lecture. 11 Sept 2015.
In the Ted Talk, “The Price of Shame” Monica Lewinsky shares her story and how her life changed at 22 from having admitted to the inappropriate relationship she had with President Bill Clinton. After her scandal, she became a worldwide known figure and later pursued a master’s degree in psychology. Monica Lewinsky states that she was reminded of her mistakes constantly. Prior to 1998, most news was disseminated through radio, television, or newspapers but the scandal involving Lewinsky revealed a digital revolution as to how news was broadcast. Her story having been shown online overpowered every traditional form of receiving news, and when the story broke out …show more content…
it was the first story to break online, she says it was “ a click that reverberated around the world,” and that “overnight I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one worldwide”. Digital revolution arose a storm of “digital stone-throwers” she states. Monica talks about her experience and her hopes to ignite a change that results in less suffering for others. Later recordings of her confession were released for the public to access online. This resulted in her losing her reputation and her dignity, she says her life was “almost unbearable”. Her private life had become exposed to the public resulting in humiliation, and cyberbullying. Monica indicates that “Every day online, people, especially young people who are not developmentally equipped to handle this are so abused and humiliated that they can’t imagine living to the next day, and some tragically don’t, and there’s nothing virtual about that”. Monica Lewinsky is a major public figure. Therefore, I can use her experience to strengthen my argument about the fact that something needs to be done about cyberbullying. Since she talks about her past and how much cyberbullying impacted her life and how ruthless it can become, I can use this to bring to light how major cyberbullying has become around the nation. That public humiliation and online harassment can have serious consequences and that there should be regulations to prevent it from occurring.
Paul, Simone, Peter K. Smith, and Herbert H. Blumberg. "Investigating Legal Aspects Of Cyberbullying." Psicothema 24.4 (2012): 640-645. Fuente Académica Premier. Web. 10 Sept. 2015
This article, the author Peter Smith and Herbert Blumberg are professors of Psychology at the Unit for Schooland Family Studies at Goldsmith College, University of London.
Author Herbert Blumberg make known that schools in the UK “are required by law to protect students from bullying.” They also notify the reader about the study that was conducted on a group of 197 male and female students ranging from ages 11 to 14. This experiment was conducted to reach ground level on the “individual student” on the aspects of cyberbullying. Throughout the article they state the rise of how “the potential to misuse technology to abuse others” exists, and that it is a legitimate cause and people should be more aware of it. They argue that, “the notion of cyberbullying has emerged with increased reports of victims being bullied through use of technology, transforming the nature of traditional bullying behavior,” they state indicating that because of the advancement of technology, cyberbullying will continue to increase. The article also provides a variety of statistics on Cybercrime, Legal Remedies, School Sanctions, Children’s rights, and Responsibilities based on the surveys conducted with the students and how they perceive cyberbullying. They found that 85% of students agreed that hacking or misusing a computer account that is not yours can be a cybercrime. As well as 75% agreeing that creating a hateful website, or making cruel comments public is a cybercrime as well. They also found that the students acknowledged by 76% that publishing, circulating, projecting or transmitting offensive material was a true legal
remedy. I can use this article for my argument because of all the statistics given about cyberbullying and the legal aspects behind it. As well as, how the UK already has regulations about cyberbullying and how it should be stopped. It informed me a vast amount because of the students perspectives of what should be considering a cyber crime and what kind of rights they deserve as well as sanctions that should be enacted. It can add to the fact that there should be more regulation than there is now throughout schools.
Wells, Christina E. "Symposium: Cyberbullying: Emerging Realities And Legal Challenges." Missouri Law Review 77.3 (2012): 613-618. Legal Collection. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
Christina Wells is a professor of Law who graduated at the University of Chicago Law school. She dives into the topic of how “Bullying and its effects concern many of us in the United States. She provides statistics on the percentages of bullying that students have experienced. Christina claims that bullying can be disruptive to the acquirement of education to students. As well as “cause depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts.” She too agrees that something must be done about cyberbullying but indicates that it is quite difficult to come to a solution, because not everyone agrees on one exact definition of what cyberbullying is. Cyberbullying has become too difficult to tackle because “society disagrees as to its exact definition.” However, despite this complication she indicates that there are many possible solutions ranging from criminal penalties to discipline by school authorities. One solution being to criminalize cyberbullying and enact laws against it however, this could threaten free speech. Disciplinary approaches she claims, would be a less expensive solution to cyberbullying over prevention programs. She also gathers information about Cyberbullying and how it is defined. This article can be very useful to me because the author talks about cyberbullying and its exact definition. This can be used to strengthen my argument because I can give more information about how it defined. Also, since the article proposes some solutions to stopping cyberbullying, it can provide support to my argument by indicating that the involvement of legal aspects can be beneficial. She states the legal challenges cyberbullying faces, so I can express in my argument that although there are legal challenges, it is still a solution that people want to include such as criminal penalties.
Conn, Kathleen. "Cyberbullying And Other Student Technology Misuses In K-12 American Schools: The Legal Landmines." Widener Law Review 16.1 (2010): 89-100. Legal Collection. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
This article is written by Dr. Kathleen Conn, an assistant professor and attorney who received a dual Ph.D in physics and biology at Bryan Mawr College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Pennsylvania. In her article, she thoroughly explains the misuses in student technology in grades K-12 in all american schools, as well as the legal land mines behind cyberbullying. She indicates how children of the new generation have access to many social media websites as well as the internet, in general. Many of these children abuse their abilities to access such vast sources to networking. Whether they are using Facebook, YouTube, Myspace, email, or texting their friends, the advanced technology allows them to reach out to the whole world through their own devices. Kathleen states that this becomes a problem when students, are “posting pictures of themselves nude” on these sites, and cyberbullying others. As a result to the misuses of these students, many of the victims from cyberbullying have committed suicide due to the harassment and cruelty that occur online. However, there are no regulations and monitoring of what these students are allowed to do and say. Kathleen argues that “Many school districts have simplistic and outdated computer use policies that provide no grounds for disciplining students for online abuses.” As well there being no “sure grounds for school administrators to report students’ improprieties to law enforcement officials.” Often regulations are hard to enforce due to the uncertain way of defining what is classified as cyberbullying. She always asserts that, “The United States Supreme Court has not equivocally ruled on the jurisdictional authority of school administrators to regulate student expression originating outside school.” There have been many Case Laws such as the case Wisiniewski v. Board of Education of the Weedspoirt Central School District, where student Aaron Wisniewski was suspended for cyberbullying a teacher from his school. Although there was justice done by the courts for that case, “school administrators are still unsure of their ability to regulate types of bullying, such s cyberbullying which originates outside the school setting.” This article will be very useful for my argument due to the fact that it thoroughly explains the misuses of technology and cyberbullying in general. The author indicates many cases that were decided by the courts that related to cyberbullying. This enhances the fact that there have been severe cases of cyberbullying where the courts had to settle the discipline of a student. It provides a lot of evidence on the benefits of have regulations for disciplining students for their online abuses. The article also asserts that there is more cyberbullying today than there every was due to the advancement of technology and the easy access to YouTube and Facebook. Those examples provide a foundation as to where the cyberbullying has commenced.
Alvarez, Lizette. "Felony Counts for 2 in Suicide of Bullied 12-year-old." The New York Times (2013): A20. Web. 14 Sept. 2015
This editorial is written by Lizette Alvarez, she is the bureau chief for The New York Times, she also won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 1995. She writes about Rebecca Ann Sedgwick a 12 year old girl from Florida who committed suicide due to cyberbullying. She jumped to her death from an abandoned cement factory after a year of enduring, “on and off” and “face-to-face and online bullying.” Rebecca was bullied by two young girls, who were both later “charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony and will be processed through the juvenile court system.” The report indicates that Rebecca was encouraged to kill herself and to “drink bleach and die”. Lizette notes the words of Sheriff Judd who was the officer in charge of the case, “Today, words stick because they are printed and they are there forever”. Many people have been victimized due to cyberbullying and this is not the only case where a young girl commits suicide due to cyberbullying. This editorial will be beneficial because it shows that cyberbullying is not a minor problem circling through the world of teenagers. It become a major issue when people are committing suicide and this editorial shows that cases like these exist. It supports the fact that cyberbullying should be regulated because it is not only bullying, it is resulting in young people choosing to take their lives due to the cruel and inhuman nature of cyberbullying. It is relevant considering it was posted in 2013, so it exhibits the severity of the topic. As well as many people being familiar with The New York times and its credibility so this will strengthen my argument by demonstrating that it was crucial enough to be posted to their website.
In the Ted Talk, “The Price of Shame” Monica Lewinsky shares her story and how her life changed at 22 from having admitted to the inappropriate relationship she had with President Bill Clinton. After her scandal, she became a worldwide known figure and later pursued a master’s degree in psychology. Monica Lewinsky states that she was reminded of her mistakes constantly. Prior to 1998, most news was disseminated through radio, television, or newspapers but the scandal involving Lewinsky revealed a digital revolution as to how news was broadcast. Her story having been shown online overpowered every traditional form of receiving news, and when the story broke out …show more content…
it was the first story to break online, she says it was “ a click that reverberated around the world,” and that “overnight I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one worldwide”. Digital revolution arose a storm of “digital stone-throwers” she states. Monica talks about her experience and her hopes to ignite a change that results in less suffering for others. Later recordings of her confession were released for the public to access online. This resulted in her losing her reputation and her dignity, she says her life was “almost unbearable”. Her private life had become exposed to the public resulting in humiliation, and cyberbullying. Monica indicates that “Every day online, people, especially young people who are not developmentally equipped to handle this are so abused and humiliated that they can’t imagine living to the next day, and some tragically don’t, and there’s nothing virtual about that”. Monica Lewinsky is a major public figure. Therefore, I can use her experience to strengthen my argument about the fact that something needs to be done about cyberbullying. Since she talks about her past and how much cyberbullying impacted her life and how ruthless it can become, I can use this to bring to light how major cyberbullying has become around the nation. That public humiliation and online harassment can have serious consequences and that there should be regulations to prevent it from occurring.
Paul, Simone, Peter K. Smith, and Herbert H. Blumberg. "Investigating Legal Aspects Of Cyberbullying." Psicothema 24.4 (2012): 640-645. Fuente Académica Premier. Web. 10 Sept. 2015
This article, the author Peter Smith and Herbert Blumberg are professors of Psychology at the Unit for Schooland Family Studies at Goldsmith College, University of London.
Author Herbert Blumberg make known that schools in the UK “are required by law to protect students from bullying.” They also notify the reader about the study that was conducted on a group of 197 male and female students ranging from ages 11 to 14. This experiment was conducted to reach ground level on the “individual student” on the aspects of cyberbullying. Throughout the article they state the rise of how “the potential to misuse technology to abuse others” exists, and that it is a legitimate cause and people should be more aware of it. They argue that, “the notion of cyberbullying has emerged with increased reports of victims being bullied through use of technology, transforming the nature of traditional bullying behavior,” they state indicating that because of the advancement of technology, cyberbullying will continue to increase. The article also provides a variety of statistics on Cybercrime, Legal Remedies, School Sanctions, Children’s rights, and Responsibilities based on the surveys conducted with the students and how they perceive cyberbullying. They found that 85% of students agreed that hacking or misusing a computer account that is not yours can be a cybercrime. As well as 75% agreeing that creating a hateful website, or making cruel comments public is a cybercrime as well. They also found that the students acknowledged by 76% that publishing, circulating, projecting or transmitting offensive material was a true legal
remedy. I can use this article for my argument because of all the statistics given about cyberbullying and the legal aspects behind it. As well as, how the UK already has regulations about cyberbullying and how it should be stopped. It informed me a vast amount because of the students perspectives of what should be considering a cyber crime and what kind of rights they deserve as well as sanctions that should be enacted. It can add to the fact that there should be more regulation than there is now throughout schools.
Wells, Christina E. "Symposium: Cyberbullying: Emerging Realities And Legal Challenges." Missouri Law Review 77.3 (2012): 613-618. Legal Collection. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.
Christina Wells is a professor of Law who graduated at the University of Chicago Law school. She dives into the topic of how “Bullying and its effects concern many of us in the United States. She provides statistics on the percentages of bullying that students have experienced. Christina claims that bullying can be disruptive to the acquirement of education to students. As well as “cause depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts.” She too agrees that something must be done about cyberbullying but indicates that it is quite difficult to come to a solution, because not everyone agrees on one exact definition of what cyberbullying is. Cyberbullying has become too difficult to tackle because “society disagrees as to its exact definition.” However, despite this complication she indicates that there are many possible solutions ranging from criminal penalties to discipline by school authorities. One solution being to criminalize cyberbullying and enact laws against it however, this could threaten free speech. Disciplinary approaches she claims, would be a less expensive solution to cyberbullying over prevention programs. She also gathers information about Cyberbullying and how it is defined. This article can be very useful to me because the author talks about cyberbullying and its exact definition. This can be used to strengthen my argument because I can give more information about how it defined. Also, since the article proposes some solutions to stopping cyberbullying, it can provide support to my argument by indicating that the involvement of legal aspects can be beneficial. She states the legal challenges cyberbullying faces, so I can express in my argument that although there are legal challenges, it is still a solution that people want to include such as criminal penalties.
Conn, Kathleen. "Cyberbullying And Other Student Technology Misuses In K-12 American Schools: The Legal Landmines." Widener Law Review 16.1 (2010): 89-100. Legal Collection. Web. 16 Sept. 2015.
This article is written by Dr. Kathleen Conn, an assistant professor and attorney who received a dual Ph.D in physics and biology at Bryan Mawr College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in Pennsylvania. In her article, she thoroughly explains the misuses in student technology in grades K-12 in all american schools, as well as the legal land mines behind cyberbullying. She indicates how children of the new generation have access to many social media websites as well as the internet, in general. Many of these children abuse their abilities to access such vast sources to networking. Whether they are using Facebook, YouTube, Myspace, email, or texting their friends, the advanced technology allows them to reach out to the whole world through their own devices. Kathleen states that this becomes a problem when students, are “posting pictures of themselves nude” on these sites, and cyberbullying others. As a result to the misuses of these students, many of the victims from cyberbullying have committed suicide due to the harassment and cruelty that occur online. However, there are no regulations and monitoring of what these students are allowed to do and say. Kathleen argues that “Many school districts have simplistic and outdated computer use policies that provide no grounds for disciplining students for online abuses.” As well there being no “sure grounds for school administrators to report students’ improprieties to law enforcement officials.” Often regulations are hard to enforce due to the uncertain way of defining what is classified as cyberbullying. She always asserts that, “The United States Supreme Court has not equivocally ruled on the jurisdictional authority of school administrators to regulate student expression originating outside school.” There have been many Case Laws such as the case Wisiniewski v. Board of Education of the Weedspoirt Central School District, where student Aaron Wisniewski was suspended for cyberbullying a teacher from his school. Although there was justice done by the courts for that case, “school administrators are still unsure of their ability to regulate types of bullying, such s cyberbullying which originates outside the school setting.” This article will be very useful for my argument due to the fact that it thoroughly explains the misuses of technology and cyberbullying in general. The author indicates many cases that were decided by the courts that related to cyberbullying. This enhances the fact that there have been severe cases of cyberbullying where the courts had to settle the discipline of a student. It provides a lot of evidence on the benefits of have regulations for disciplining students for their online abuses. The article also asserts that there is more cyberbullying today than there every was due to the advancement of technology and the easy access to YouTube and Facebook. Those examples provide a foundation as to where the cyberbullying has commenced.
Alvarez, Lizette. "Felony Counts for 2 in Suicide of Bullied 12-year-old." The New York Times (2013): A20. Web. 14 Sept. 2015
This editorial is written by Lizette Alvarez, she is the bureau chief for The New York Times, she also won the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting in 1995. She writes about Rebecca Ann Sedgwick a 12 year old girl from Florida who committed suicide due to cyberbullying. She jumped to her death from an abandoned cement factory after a year of enduring, “on and off” and “face-to-face and online bullying.” Rebecca was bullied by two young girls, who were both later “charged with aggravated stalking, a third-degree felony and will be processed through the juvenile court system.” The report indicates that Rebecca was encouraged to kill herself and to “drink bleach and die”. Lizette notes the words of Sheriff Judd who was the officer in charge of the case, “Today, words stick because they are printed and they are there forever”. Many people have been victimized due to cyberbullying and this is not the only case where a young girl commits suicide due to cyberbullying. This editorial will be beneficial because it shows that cyberbullying is not a minor problem circling through the world of teenagers. It become a major issue when people are committing suicide and this editorial shows that cases like these exist. It supports the fact that cyberbullying should be regulated because it is not only bullying, it is resulting in young people choosing to take their lives due to the cruel and inhuman nature of cyberbullying. It is relevant considering it was posted in 2013, so it exhibits the severity of the topic. As well as many people being familiar with The New York times and its credibility so this will strengthen my argument by demonstrating that it was crucial enough to be posted to their website.