Summary Of The Dark Side Of Using Technology

Altough bullying is terrible, there are some things we can do about it. In “The Dark Side of Using Technology” by Del Siegle, Siegle explains how we can prevent cyber bullying. Siegle states,
“The following tips should be shared with young people to prepare them if they encounter a bullying situation: The best response to a cyberbully is not to respond. It removes the bully’s power. Those who are bullied sometimes become bullies. Retaliating only perpetuates the process. Save the bullying evidence and show it to someone who can help. Report the bullying to a parent, counselor, or school administrator. Share even minor incidences. Most technologies have an option to block messages and calls from the sender. Block the bully. Treat others with
respect. Students who degrade others are more likely to be bullied. If you know someone who has been bullied, help him or her and work with him or her to report the bullying” (Siegle 233).
Bullying can never be completely ended but these tips will most definitely help decrease it.
If an invidiual does not respond to the cyber bully there is nothing that can happen. If they do not listen it’s like they are not real at all. It completely removes all power that the cyber bully has. If someone saves the messages or however the American teenager is being bullied they can show it to an adult or authority figure and they can help resolve it. For example, in Tyler Clementi’s case the cyber bullies that bullied him are facing chargers or invasion. Additionally an individual can block the person who is cyber bullying them. This allows the person to never have any contact with that person ever again. Additionally, in “Predictors of Cyber Bullying Intervention among Elementary School Staff: The Moderation Effect of Staff Status”, Anne Williford and Kathryn J. Depolis explain how the staff should get involved with cyber bullying to help stop it. They state, “Effective responses by school staff to cyber incidents are needed. Yet, few studies to date have investigated how teacher attitudes, perceptions, and self-efficacy beliefs impact the likelihood of cyber bullying intervention” (Williford and Depolis 1033). The school needs to take part in cyber bullying. Even though it may seem they do not have anything to do with it as cyber bullying is typically done at home, the students will talk about it at school. Additionally, the teachers should be authority figures to the
students. The teacher should help the students get through the cyber bullying and punish those who are cyber bullying. These tips will never fully prevent cyber bullying, but it definitely helps. Although cyber bullying will never completely disappear, recognizing its impacts and ways to prevent it are a huge help. More American teenagers are being cyber bullied every day. In today’s society, cyber bullying is much worse than traditional bullying. It has much longer lasting effects and can be done from anywhere at any time. Cyber bullying causes many terrible effects. Most of which are detrimental to an American teenagers mental health. These mental health problems can lead to many horrible acts such as self-harm or suicide. Additionally, there are people out there called cyber predators that seek individuals to cyber bully. In the end, there are many things society can to do help decrease the problem of cyber bullying.