Charisse L Nixon, in the article “Current perspectives: the impact of cyberbullying on adolescent health” (2014), asserts that cyberbullying has become a health concern among adolescent and it derives a further study. She supports this by providing statistics of young people reporting victimization by means of cyberbullying. Nixon’s purpose is to inform the readers about how dangerous cyberbullying can really be. The author writes in a formal tone for the audience .…
Cyberbullying is online, and it doesn't allow people to get away from it at home. According to cyberbullying statistics, 85% of people ages thirteen to seventeen use social media sites. They also found that 43% of teens ages thirteen to seventeen have been cyberbullied. Kids can't get away from bullying at school, it follows them home and not allowing them to get away.…
The Prosecution of Cyberbullies Twenty percent of children ages 11-18 have been cyberbullied, and 10% of those have also been the offender of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a growing problem among the teens of this new, technology-driven generation. Many people have the opinion that cyberbullies should be prosecuted. Offenders of cyberbullying cause harm to the victim and are becoming more common in society.…
It’s a Friday night, a young 11 year old girl is sitting in front of her computer screen staring at the her chat log in fear with a supposed 12 year old boy, but he has revealed his true identity. He had turned out to be a 30 year old man and she is terrified because she had shown him something which she shouldn’t have. In addition, he had been stalking her. Because of this, she was verbally and physically abused. She then decided to take her own life because she couldn’t take the countless threats sent to her by the harasser and the bullying from her classmates.…
Communities also need to know what strategies and help lines they can use to prevent cyberbullying and make where we live safer for everyone. Cyberbullying is becoming increasingly prevalent among the young demographic. It is no longer only happening in playgrounds, following innocent children where ever they go. You’re ugly, gay, fat, a freak, you have no friends, go and kill yourself are examples of cyberbullying (The top tens, 2016).…
In today’s society, teenagers are dependent upon social networking sites and technologies, but the widespread mental and physical health problems associated with cyberbullying sites is significantly unknown. Long-term effects are more commonly to occur because those who are cyberbullied in their adolescence years may double their risk of suffering from depression…
The United States is a growing world, full of new innovations, experiences, and technology. Apart of the new technology includes social media and it includes positive and negative outcomes. Unfortunately, the negative results are affecting people’s psychological health, especially in teenagers and women. About 73% of teenagers in the U.S. and about 73% of women in the U.S. use social media. In the teenager group, one of the highest negative effects of social media, affecting about 70% of teens, is cyber bullying.…
How Bullying Can affect Teens Imagine waking up and dreading to go to school thinking about what someone would say to you. Bullying is when someone uses their strength to intimidate you. Bullying can change anyone’s life. Bullying can change the behavior of the one bullied, the bystander, and even the one doing the bullying.…
She slammed one of them into the wall. She screamed, “what are you doing you psycho!” “Something I’ve always wanted to do” she said back, “you’ve always talked smack about me behind my back!” Just then the recess aid came running toward them. “You put that girl down right now!”…
Cyberbullying v.s. Face-to Face Bullying: Which is Worse? Zoe Johnson, a young 13 year old girl from Wyoming, Michigan who was cyberbullied online constantly and had minor depression. In addition, she was also a member of the cheer team and had just finished seventh grade at her middle school. In early July, Zoe Johnson committed suicide and Zoe’s family was deeply affected.…
Today cyberbullying is an ongoing issue that continues to rise every year. It has become something that is not taken seriously till a loved one commits suicide or gets hurt. Today, studies have shown that children starting in fifth grade are being cyberbullied. CITE With technology advancements and its availability it’s no surprise. Cyberbullying is not located in just one place.…
There are so many type of bullying, cyber bulling which is bullying through the internet, verbal which is using words, physical touching which is sexual. How big a problem is bullying or cyberbullying in your school or community. Over the years so many kids had commi sucide due to bullying, No kids has the right to feel unwanted or treated like dirt. Bullying has increased dramatically over the years. Bullying is a tremendous problem in my community because it caused a lot of kids to commit sucide, effect many student from learning, and it makes the kids have low self esteem.…
Depression is a serious thing for everyone, but especially in teens. This is why teens need to watch what they look up and say online. Once it’s online it never truly goes away. Teens even talk about Substance abuse, violence, and sex online. The number of teens posting about alcohol use is 37%, tobacco use is 13%, drug use is 10.2%, use of any substance is 41%, use of more than one substance is 15.6%, and use of all three substances is 3.6%.…
Remember getting on social media, seeing a post that made tears come rolling down? People in our world like to go on social media and make fun of other people, and these people are known as cyber bullies. What is cyber bullying? Bullying, in general, is an aggressive behavior that has any harm or influence on a person. The different types of bullying are physical bullying, cyber bullying, and verbal bullying.…
How Can Cyberbullying Be Prevented on Instagram? Cyberbullying is a serious problem that occurs in around half of the teenage population. Approximately 10-20% of teens are victims of repeated cyberbullying. According to StopBullying.org, “Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology.…