In the past, a bully attacked you face to face but now in our technologically advanced society it is easier to humiliate someone more than ever. Cyber bullying is when someone attacks someone else over social media by making mean posts about them or leaking information that isn’t suppose to be shared on the sites. Cyber bullying is more prevalent in our society than previous years. Cyber bullying can be hard to trace sometimes and even harder to stop because the person can just create new accounts or can make their posts private so no one but their friends can see them. Over half of teens and adolescents have been cyber bullied and cyber bullied others. (Bullying Statistics) Students also face social exclusion when being bullied by their classmates because they are considered “weird” and their fellow classmates aren’t willing to help them because then they will be bullied themselves. The bullying can cause teens to feel that they can’t turn to their parents so they kill themselves because they feel like they are out of options. The bullying can also cause the beginning signs of depression in the teens like sadness or lack of interest. Students who have been bullied extensively also have an increased chance of developing psychotic symptoms such as schizophrenia.
In the past, a bully attacked you face to face but now in our technologically advanced society it is easier to humiliate someone more than ever. Cyber bullying is when someone attacks someone else over social media by making mean posts about them or leaking information that isn’t suppose to be shared on the sites. Cyber bullying is more prevalent in our society than previous years. Cyber bullying can be hard to trace sometimes and even harder to stop because the person can just create new accounts or can make their posts private so no one but their friends can see them. Over half of teens and adolescents have been cyber bullied and cyber bullied others. (Bullying Statistics) Students also face social exclusion when being bullied by their classmates because they are considered “weird” and their fellow classmates aren’t willing to help them because then they will be bullied themselves. The bullying can cause teens to feel that they can’t turn to their parents so they kill themselves because they feel like they are out of options. The bullying can also cause the beginning signs of depression in the teens like sadness or lack of interest. Students who have been bullied extensively also have an increased chance of developing psychotic symptoms such as schizophrenia.