Taylor Hillridge logs onto her Cliquester. Someone has hacked her profile and posts a derogatory message about her. The whole thing spirals out of controls, and she eventually tries to kill herself by taking pills. It is crazy that people do not realize what words can do to someone. When someone post insulting things, or says things that are hurtful on a social media, such as twitter, facebook, instagram, etc is cyberbullying. Everyday, thousands of people are cyberbullied, and most are adolescents. At a young age, I realized when I called someone stupid, or ugly over the internet on Facebook or twitter, I was actually bullying someone. Many people do not realize that cyberbullying can affect an adolescent mentally and physically. Any child
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The social dominance theory may help explain it. The social dominance theory was created to help explain why society is reliant to the hierarchy of classes, or groups. In the article An Overview of Cyberbullying in Higher Education, by Washington. E, he states,“In social dominance theory, those who are more aggressive and have higher rank, status, or power victimize others perceived as having lower rank, status, or power to maintain their social hierarchy within the group structure (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999).” Many suggest that people cyberbully to make them feel powerful, or to make them popular. Being able to cyberbully someone may make them cope with their self esteem, make them feel they are fitting in with their peers, or even allow them to say things they would not say in person. Many people who cyberbully either are currently considered “popular” and try to hold that title, or they may be a nobody, and does it to get attention. Some people think it is all fun and games. They believe saying hurtful things to them is funny. Especially if they do it over the internet. The ones that cyberbully are usually spurred by revenge, anger, or frustration. They may use bullying someone a way to release the anger they have towards a person, and may be scared to do it to their face. There are many reasons one may cyberbully, no one will really know the reason one does it unless they speak with a cyberbully …show more content…
People who are cyberbullied, may not show how it affects them at first. It can take some time to see the effects. Many that are cyberbullied may feel alone or scared, and have no one to turn to. Some things cyberbullied kids may go through is developing self esteem issues, a sudden drop in grades and how they perform in school, not wanting to go to school, may even start skipping school, develop an illness, and might start using alcohol and tobacco. According to the Journal Of Learning Disabilities: Cyberbullying experience and gender differences among adolescents in different educational settings, by Heiman T, Olenik-Shemesh D. “Several studies have showed that cyberbully children are prone to negative behavior also in non-Internet settings, which includes physical aggression, vandalism, theft, and cigarette and alcohol consumption (Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004), and are likely to have a low level of peer social support and/or low school achievements (Calvete, Orue, Estevez, Villardon, & Padilla, 2010; Li, 2007; Williams & Guerra, 2007).” Also, they might start losing interest in activities, might start changing their sleeping patterns, and even change their eating patterns. Being cyberbullied, one may be affected not only mentally, but physically. They could experience depression, cutting themselves, and even experience bulimia. Someone who
The social dominance theory may help explain it. The social dominance theory was created to help explain why society is reliant to the hierarchy of classes, or groups. In the article An Overview of Cyberbullying in Higher Education, by Washington. E, he states,“In social dominance theory, those who are more aggressive and have higher rank, status, or power victimize others perceived as having lower rank, status, or power to maintain their social hierarchy within the group structure (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999).” Many suggest that people cyberbully to make them feel powerful, or to make them popular. Being able to cyberbully someone may make them cope with their self esteem, make them feel they are fitting in with their peers, or even allow them to say things they would not say in person. Many people who cyberbully either are currently considered “popular” and try to hold that title, or they may be a nobody, and does it to get attention. Some people think it is all fun and games. They believe saying hurtful things to them is funny. Especially if they do it over the internet. The ones that cyberbully are usually spurred by revenge, anger, or frustration. They may use bullying someone a way to release the anger they have towards a person, and may be scared to do it to their face. There are many reasons one may cyberbully, no one will really know the reason one does it unless they speak with a cyberbully …show more content…
People who are cyberbullied, may not show how it affects them at first. It can take some time to see the effects. Many that are cyberbullied may feel alone or scared, and have no one to turn to. Some things cyberbullied kids may go through is developing self esteem issues, a sudden drop in grades and how they perform in school, not wanting to go to school, may even start skipping school, develop an illness, and might start using alcohol and tobacco. According to the Journal Of Learning Disabilities: Cyberbullying experience and gender differences among adolescents in different educational settings, by Heiman T, Olenik-Shemesh D. “Several studies have showed that cyberbully children are prone to negative behavior also in non-Internet settings, which includes physical aggression, vandalism, theft, and cigarette and alcohol consumption (Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004), and are likely to have a low level of peer social support and/or low school achievements (Calvete, Orue, Estevez, Villardon, & Padilla, 2010; Li, 2007; Williams & Guerra, 2007).” Also, they might start losing interest in activities, might start changing their sleeping patterns, and even change their eating patterns. Being cyberbullied, one may be affected not only mentally, but physically. They could experience depression, cutting themselves, and even experience bulimia. Someone who