Cause and Effects of Bullying In the Media Today many kids face the hardships of being bullied by their fellow peers; whether its physical or emotional bullying the effects that it has on the person is greater than anyone probably imagined. With the research that I found on the cause and effects of bullying in the media I was able to find out whom bullying effects the most, the two types of media bullying, and the long-term impact that bullying causes to the victim. Bullying is no longer just saying mean words to people; now day’s kids take what they see on TV and tie that into their actual life which leads to a greater impact on the victim. Bullying has an impact on 50% of children in the nation (Zimmerman
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Social psychologist Sarah Cayne, who studies the effects caused by reality TV, she was able to find that they are full of situational aggression that cause a change in a teenagers behavior (bullying & media 1). “Reality” shows, that feature nothing but a bunch of adults acting like children by arguing, shouting, and throwing insults at each other is just another form of social bullying (reality TV sets bad example 1). Look at the TV show survivor, with the whole concept of last-man-standing style of elimination game the format has been duplicated by many other TV programs (Bullying and media 1). The style of the show is to make packs with the other players and use the other ones so that you can have their loyalty and you don’t get voted off, but you’re also trying to plot against them so at the end of it you’re the last-man-standing (bullying and media 1). They use all the ways of back stabbing, terrible behavior, lying and cheating by exploiting others is enforced by the show (bullying and media 1).you might not see it but Survivor actually encourages bullying, but it does in so many ways (bullying and media 1). A show like this is able to send a message to our youth that states gossip, any form of aggression are acceptable forms to manipulate others to get what you want (bullying and media …show more content…
The bullying affects the behavior, emotions, and their brains. Let’s talk about their behavior first. The bully has learned the power of aggression from home (Schafer 2). Their main goal is to humiliate a student who is physically or psychologically susceptible unable be at the top of the social order (Schafer 2). That power is used to abuse others (Schafer 2). After long periods of bullying it will start to take a tool on one’s behavior this can then hamper one’s ability when it comes to processing events happening around them and be able to respond in the right way (Tim 1). There is a change in the neuroendocrine system that has an effect on the adoptive social behaviors
Social psychologist Sarah Cayne, who studies the effects caused by reality TV, she was able to find that they are full of situational aggression that cause a change in a teenagers behavior (bullying & media 1). “Reality” shows, that feature nothing but a bunch of adults acting like children by arguing, shouting, and throwing insults at each other is just another form of social bullying (reality TV sets bad example 1). Look at the TV show survivor, with the whole concept of last-man-standing style of elimination game the format has been duplicated by many other TV programs (Bullying and media 1). The style of the show is to make packs with the other players and use the other ones so that you can have their loyalty and you don’t get voted off, but you’re also trying to plot against them so at the end of it you’re the last-man-standing (bullying and media 1). They use all the ways of back stabbing, terrible behavior, lying and cheating by exploiting others is enforced by the show (bullying and media 1).you might not see it but Survivor actually encourages bullying, but it does in so many ways (bullying and media 1). A show like this is able to send a message to our youth that states gossip, any form of aggression are acceptable forms to manipulate others to get what you want (bullying and media …show more content…
The bullying affects the behavior, emotions, and their brains. Let’s talk about their behavior first. The bully has learned the power of aggression from home (Schafer 2). Their main goal is to humiliate a student who is physically or psychologically susceptible unable be at the top of the social order (Schafer 2). That power is used to abuse others (Schafer 2). After long periods of bullying it will start to take a tool on one’s behavior this can then hamper one’s ability when it comes to processing events happening around them and be able to respond in the right way (Tim 1). There is a change in the neuroendocrine system that has an effect on the adoptive social behaviors