I do not think that cyberbullying should be an issue. If there is a conflict between two people, those two people should sit down and talk about it. Instead what I happening is one person will hear about something and then post about it to the internet. When the other person find out about this information, they become furious and lash out. The lash out leads to name calling and putting each other down. With that being said, parents should be aware of what their children/teenagers are doing and know the signs for cyberbullying so when there child is being picked on. . . they know how to handle …show more content…
How often does cyberbullying happen at the University? 15.3% not at all, 32.5% only a little, 46.3% some, 6% a lot. Is cyber bullying an issue that needs to be addressed at the University? 24.2% not at all, 34.7% only a little, 30% some, 11.20% a lot. How effective would a university policy on cyberbullying be? 29.2% not at all, 44.8% only a little, 21.3% some, 4.7% a lot. I believe that cyber bullying can cause psychological harm? 5% not at all, 4.6% only a little, 28.1% some, 62.3% a lot (Solvak).
The second category as to find out reasons for the use of social media the first one as Anonymous with 6.7%, 32.3% interesting, 61.7% up-to-date with people, 79.8% and fastest way to communicate with was 75.5% (Solvak).
The third category as to understand the online behaviors that the students that may cause cyber bullying. The results were that they pretend to be someone else was 11.3%, posted something untrue or hurtful about someone else 7.4%, been a target of negative post 24.8%, defend someone 48.9%, and report cyberbullying 6%