The Effects of Cyber bulling
The Effects of Cyber bulling
BULLYING - To deliberately and repeatedly torment, threaten, embarrass, humiliate, and pick-on someone, to break-up friendships or spread rumors or hurt.
What is cyber bullying and what are the effects on high school students? Bullying by itself can be defined as a type of aggressive behavior that involves intent to cause harm. It can include psychological, physical, verbal or cyber abuse. In my discussion, I talk about the long-term effects of being cyber bullied. The world has upgraded, and its technology has exposed our children to all of its positives and negatives that come with it: one negative with it is being cyber bullied. It is a terrible weapon that can destroy the victim’s reputation and life in just one click. Cyber bullying is becoming the biggest weapon in this world and it will evidently become too big to control.
According to the Cyber Bullying Research Center, “cyber bullying is defined as willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.” Cyber bullying can happen with any technology people use today including social networking sites, blogs, YouTube, chat rooms, and text messaging. According to Cyber bullying and Its Victims, an article in American School University, one in every six high school students has been the victim of electronic bullying in the past year; girls are more likely to be victimized. The study also states that a third of the high school students that were surveyed spend three hours on a computer every day. (Cyber Bullying and Its Victims, 2013) We, as a whole community, should not blame cell phones, computers or technology for cyber-bullying. As a matter of fact, social media sites can be used for positive activities like connecting with friends and family, and helping students with school. But the problem is that the same technology that is used by our population on a daily basis
BULLYING - To deliberately and repeatedly torment, threaten, embarrass, humiliate, and pick-on someone, to break-up friendships or spread rumors or hurt.
What is cyber bullying and what are the effects on high school students? Bullying by itself can be defined as a type of aggressive behavior that involves intent to cause harm. It can include psychological, physical, verbal or cyber abuse. In my discussion, I talk about the long-term effects of being cyber bullied. The world has upgraded, and its technology has exposed our children to all of its positives and negatives that come with it: one negative with it is being cyber bullied. It is a terrible weapon that can destroy the victim’s reputation and life in just one click. Cyber bullying is becoming the biggest weapon in this world and it will evidently become too big to control.
According to the Cyber Bullying Research Center, “cyber bullying is defined as willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.” Cyber bullying can happen with any technology people use today including social networking sites, blogs, YouTube, chat rooms, and text messaging. According to Cyber bullying and Its Victims, an article in American School University, one in every six high school students has been the victim of electronic bullying in the past year; girls are more likely to be victimized. The study also states that a third of the high school students that were surveyed spend three hours on a computer every day. (Cyber Bullying and Its Victims, 2013) We, as a whole community, should not blame cell phones, computers or technology for cyber-bullying. As a matter of fact, social media sites can be used for positive activities like connecting with friends and family, and helping students with school. But the problem is that the same technology that is used by our population on a daily basis