I. Introduction
The advancing of technology has allowed people of different ages to stay in constant contact within the outside world. Throughout various methods of social networks, people are able to post and make comments upon specific pages of contact and connections almost anywhere. This can often lead to the act of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined as an action of harassing and potentially harming people in a repeated and meticulous manner through the use of technology networks. According to Canada’s Online Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, cyberbullying may just happen to be the area where teachers and/or parents are concerned about teens or kids in general, behaving ethically.
II. Characteristics
According to students from The University of Ohio, there …show more content…
Disinhibition: The anonymity that technology allows people to engage in behaviors that they intentionally wouldn’t do in face-to-face events.
III. Common Forms of Cyberbullying
Different types of traditional bullying exist through physical and verbal abuse however; there are several different types of cyberbullying. According to the End to Cyberbullying Organization, there are five common forms of Cyberbullying.
1. Harassment: Harassment is defined as a wide range of unethical behaviors and actions leading to aggressive intimidation or pressure. Cyber bullies are most likely to send offensive messages via technology networks to a group or specific individual that is likely to be consistently repeated aggressively. Cyberstalking is a specific form of harassment that consists of rude and unwanted messages that are continuously threatening.
2. Flaming: Flaming is defined similarly to harassment. However, flaming refers to a fight that is exchanged online through emails, chat rooms, social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, or instant messaging. It is a public form of cyber bullying that involves direct strident languages often used to a specific
The advancing of technology has allowed people of different ages to stay in constant contact within the outside world. Throughout various methods of social networks, people are able to post and make comments upon specific pages of contact and connections almost anywhere. This can often lead to the act of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is defined as an action of harassing and potentially harming people in a repeated and meticulous manner through the use of technology networks. According to Canada’s Online Centre for Digital and Media Literacy, cyberbullying may just happen to be the area where teachers and/or parents are concerned about teens or kids in general, behaving ethically.
II. Characteristics
According to students from The University of Ohio, there …show more content…
Disinhibition: The anonymity that technology allows people to engage in behaviors that they intentionally wouldn’t do in face-to-face events.
III. Common Forms of Cyberbullying
Different types of traditional bullying exist through physical and verbal abuse however; there are several different types of cyberbullying. According to the End to Cyberbullying Organization, there are five common forms of Cyberbullying.
1. Harassment: Harassment is defined as a wide range of unethical behaviors and actions leading to aggressive intimidation or pressure. Cyber bullies are most likely to send offensive messages via technology networks to a group or specific individual that is likely to be consistently repeated aggressively. Cyberstalking is a specific form of harassment that consists of rude and unwanted messages that are continuously threatening.
2. Flaming: Flaming is defined similarly to harassment. However, flaming refers to a fight that is exchanged online through emails, chat rooms, social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, or instant messaging. It is a public form of cyber bullying that involves direct strident languages often used to a specific