Introduction One of the most rampant experience every person has gone through is being bullied or bullies other person. According to Jose A. Casas, et al., “bullying can be described as an essentially psychosocial problem involving the intentional, repetitive harming of another person and the creation of a power imbalance between the victim and the aggressor, with negative consequences for both parties (J. A. Casas, et al., 2013). As time evolved, bullying comes in many phases and one of which is through the use of the upgraded technology and that is what is known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a type of cyber aggressionwhich means that cyber aggression exists when a sender initiates cyber communication or cyber action intended to harm …show more content…
They may be in different ways but has one goal and that is to bully the person. Before we could fully understand the concept of cyberbullying, it’s important to know first a brief background. Here in the Philippines, it is showed that 3% of the household owns a computer in the year 1997, 7% in 2007, 10% in 2008, 11% in 2009 and 12% in 2010 with the proportion of 414,000 in 1997 and became 2.1 million in the year 2010 (I. D. Labucay, 2011). Since on that duration of time, internet access has also made known. The range on internet access is 1% to 3% between 1998 to 2007, 4% in 2008 and 2009 and 6% in 2010. The corresponding proportion is 230,000 in 1998 and 1.3 million in 2010 (I. D. Labucay, 2011). Base on this statistics that is mentioned, this is how many people who are using the computer and have access with the internet up to the year 2010. The growth of technology and communication is widely fast and people’s knowledge has also widen. Since then, cyberbullying too has …show more content…
Cyberbullying became much known now and almost all people do this on a social networking sites. But have you ever thought of the outcome or effect of cyberbullying to the person being bullied? Probably, people haven’t thought of this because they see cyberbullying now as a “normal” thing to do. However, the sad truth is that many bully victims have faced a lot of traumas in their life. The bully-victim may be aggressive, passive and provocative simultaneously. They may learn maladaptive behaviors of using bullying strategies to cope with their victim status. (Douglas Vanderbilt and Marilyn Augustyn, 2010).On the other hand, the bully itself feels a different way on his/her part. According to Vanderbilt, D. and Augustyn, M., “bullies often have high social status, which gives them license to use their power on those weaker” (2010). Moreover, the bullying behavior results from use of alcohol and physical abuse that they have experienced in their life. On the other hand, victims have long-term effects like psychosis, depression, poor self-esteem, and abusive relationships (Vanderbilt, D.& Augustyn, M., 2010). Although we could see here that both bully and victims has different outlook or effect but in honesty, they both have something in common. As stated by D. Venderbilt& M. Augustyn, “Bullying, whether as bullies, victims, and bully-victims, is
The definition of bullying uses broad statements to define the actual meaning. Because of this, people may view the definition differently than others. Bullying can range from physical violence to verbal abuse to even cyberbullying. Most people do not realize how common cyberbullying actually is. Over half of teens and adolescents have been bullied online and almost the same number have engaged in the bullying (“Cyber Bullying Statistics”). Cyberbullying is becoming more and more prominent throughout this time period because of the technology continuing to expand around the world. Each year this statistic increasingly grows due to the technology
Moreover, cyberbullying has longer effects through a child’s life, leading the victims to turn into victim-bullies (Donegan 1). Victim bullies take their own frustrations on bullying others as an escape to help them cope with their pain caused by cyberbullying. In addition, it’s been reported that bullies commit at least one crime as an adult whereas victim-bullies commit a 23 percent higher than of the bullies (Donegan 4). Konnikova doesn’t mention that bullies also need help as much as the victims, but not all bullies are born that way. In fact, most of them have been bullied before or they have psychological problems (Donegan 5). Indeed, people should take this statistics as a wakeup call to help cyberbullies to cope with their frustrations to lower the numbers of victims, to create a better childhood, and a healthier adolescence for a better
Bullying is nothing new but now times have changed because technology has made it possible for teenagers to bully one another without having to be face to face. This type of bullying is known as Cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is another method that is being used in today’s society to bullied one another and it takes place using technologic devices such as; computers, tablets, cell phone and using social media websites such as; facebook, twitter Instagram etc.. Although cyber bullying is not physical it has become a big problem in today’s society affecting many families psychologically and resulting in irreversible outcomes.
Bullying has both short term and long effects on the victim. A victim of someone who has been bullied for so long can lead to them bullying other individuals, making this a never-ending cycle. "Bu...
The article addresses cyberbullying and direct bullying as a whole and goes deeper into different races and cultures. It explains how they are affected along with who is most likely to be the bully or the victim and how both are affected by mental health and can affect one’s mental health. Edwards wrote the article with April Edwards, Interim Vice
Cyberbullying is a new form of bullying that has developed through the increase in the use of technology throughout recent years. It is bullying that occurs through technological devices such as computers, phones, and any form of communication. For example, a teenager can be bullied by a
This connects to my thesis because in many case there are kids that need to go to psychology for cyber bully and it also affects their life style. there's many kids who need to go to psychology.Cyberbullying is a mental trauma because you being cruel to somebody and it has a big effect. According to source 1 it states “"This is noteworthy, but nevertheless unsurprising," says psychologist Thormod Idsøe from the University of Stavanger (UiS) and Bergen's Center for Crisis Psychology. "Bullying is defined as long-term physical or mental violence by an individual or group.” When kids are cyberbullying they cause a big impact to the
Bullying has been around for decades and yet it is still a reoccurring problem, and it is only getting worse. The National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2009, said nearly 1 in 3 students between the ages of 12 and 18 reported being bullied in school. Eight years earlier, only 14 percent of that population said they had experienced bullying(Ollove,2014). There are two types of bullying the direct form and indirect form, in the direct form the victim receives physical harm example kicking pushing shoving. In the indirect form the victim receives emotional or mental harm by name-calling, rejection, gossip, threats, or insults(Green,2007). It doesn’t matter which way the victim was bullied it still causes
Educators attempt to provide safe, nurturing environments where students can thrive. Any disturbance to this climate can have negative affects on students’ educational performances. Bullying is one such disruption. Unfortunately, physical and verbal abuse are nothing new in the school setting, however, the rise of technology in our country has created a new setting for bullies to target their victims. Cyberbulling, or the use of any number of technological means to harm or harass another, has become an increasingly prevalent occurrence, specifically among school-aged children (Campfield, 2006).
In a CNN study by Chuck Hadad he states “That bullying is pervasive even though the schools have anti-bullying programs from kindergarten through 12th grade, assemblies throughout the year, and a peer-to-peer program where older students talk to younger students about the dangers of bullying” (Hadad). Robert Faris, a sociologist found that bullies and victims are generally the same person. Whe...
Cyberbullying is online bullying, which has only been around for a short amount of time. For example, cyberbullying is when someone repeatedly targets you in a negative way using electronic media (Reece). This statement explains what cyberbullying is and how it is different than common bullying. Continuing on, cyberbullying is a young concept because it involves technology which expands a teen’s reach of what their harm can do (Hinduja). In addition, the use of technology is new in this day and age and it can be much worse, unlike face to face bullying, you cannot avoid cyberbullies (Reece). With normal bullying it is possible to walk away or ignore. When it comes to cyberbullying whether you ignore the hateful texts or bad posts, or you turn of your electronic device, the messages will still be waiting. Also, bullying and cyberbullying have many similarities. Online victims know their bullies in real life too (“Internet”). This explains the similarity of usual bullying and how this
The article, “Bullies and Their Victims”, by Berk (2010) gives an analysis of how bullies and their victims develop, what makes them persistent and how they and their victims can be assisted. Bullying is an activity that thrives mostly in a school setting because of peers and the various cultures and diversities among them. Interactions are inevitable among children, but bullying is destructive because it aims at peer victimisation. Both boys and girls have the ability to become bullies but the majority of them are boys who use physical and verbal attacks on their victims. In the more recent generations, the means of bullying is amplified in the adolescent stage by using electronic means like cyber bullying. Students will rarely like bullies but if they do, it is because of their leadership abilities or influential personalities. Their peers may join or stand by to watch as the victims are bullied.
Children are often bullied in school, but they can also be bullied online. Cyber-bullying is bullying over devices and often using social media to conduct it. It has become common due to the rapidly increasing use of social media. The bullying is done by sharing embarrassing or demeaning content of one another or writing cruel messages. Some take it a step further and create fake accounts to anonymously harass a person, or even use the fake account to impersonate that person. Due to social media, cyber-bullying is a harsh reality that children are being born
Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that takes place with the use of any electronic technology. Cyberbullying is a major problem affecting young people today. There are different types of cyberbullying. This topic comes as an interest to many people these days because bullying is very common and it can ruin a person’s life. These days, cyberbullying is considered a new form of bullying. It can happen over the internet by computer, mobile phone or any other electronic devices. Cyberbullying could involve any form of unpleasant words or pictures being displayed on the internet for others to see. It could also involve the spreading of lies about the victim on the internet. Many people are stepping up efforts to prevent bullying in the first place. Approximately half of U.S. students are impacted by traditional bullying each school day (Ross). Bullying peaks in middle school, then reduces in high school. Other types of bullying may involve the passing of notes behind someone’s back, rumors being whispered about someone, or being threatened in the internet. The most common types of cyberbullying include passing of humiliating photos, cell phone pranks, cyber stalking, impersonation, online slam books, and text wars. Bullies appear scary but truthfully they are the unhappy ones. Majority of bullies have been bullied by parents, siblings, or other young people. This may trigger them to bully and pick on other kids.
A great number of children and young adults are the main target of bullying via the internet. In most instances the youngsters cannot understand that they are being bullied as this shows that that the once safe internet environment is over time becoming a great sources of anxiety and confusion (Berson, Berson & Ferron, 2002). Cyber bullying tend to have negative effects of the one being bullied in that the victim attains a confused feeling and are hurt since they have been targeted and insulted for no justifiable reasons. With time the victims develop feelings of loneliness and fear and may opt to stay at home where they feel secure and may even avoid to schools or in other social gatherings. This is likely to affects