Throughout many generations, cyberbullying has been a problem for many people around the world. The advancement of technology has made cyberbullying an exceptionally difficult issue to resolve in our society. Due to the improvement of technology, teachers, and school staffs have reached a point where cyberbullying is beyond their control outside of school hours and they have no jurisdiction over. Cyberbullying has triggered individuals to become suicidal, depressed, and self-harmful.
Cyberbullying has led people to become suicidal. Suicidal is the second highest death in the world for teenagers. About twenty percent of minors in the United States have the thought of killing themselves and each year about five to eight percent of minors
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These young kids and teens do self-harm because it is a sign that they are stressed and overwhelmed. There are different types of self-harm like marking their skins, pulling their hair, burning their skins, and much more. Young teens who continuously get cyber bullied would have slit their own wrist or have done far more than that. In counseling sessions, around forty-seven thousand young people mentioned self-harm- a worrisome of forty-one percent (Ensom 1). Doing self-harm to themselves makes these young kids, and teens feel a reliever of stress and it is a distraction with the fact that they are being cyberbullied. The hateful words, the threats that these teenagers face every day of their life can cause them to continuously hurt and cut themselves. Adults do not understand that cyber bullying is not hurting their child, but little did they know that their child is physically hurting …show more content…
She was being bullied online because her friends thought that she abandon them for a guy. The girls would spread rumors about her online and the girls would also tweet rude comments about her like “ Sad to hear u rather treat a fck boy instead of your friends.” The whole school read about it online and they started talking about her. Some people did not want to talk to her because of the rumors they heard. She felt hurt and she wanted to do something to herself. Her mother got worried about her and she got suspicious because in the past she would tie a rope around her neck until she would not breathe. Her mother did not want anything to happen to her so she asked, what happen? Then she finally confessed and told her the truth that she was being cyberbullied. So her mother called the school and the counselor called the girls to come to the counselor's office to talk to the daughter and the mother. They talked about the problem and it was hard for her because the girls did not want to even make contact with her. Her mother explains the situation to the counselor and the principal. Her mother started to cry because everyone is family and they are doing this to her daughter. Her mother said to the girls that if her daughter did not tell about the problem, her daughter would have committed suicide. The girls started to cry and finally confessed about the cyber bullying. They all apologized
Cyberbullying is no exception to this statistic. The two writers also stated that “There have been several high-profile cases involving teenagers taking their own lives in part because of being harassed and mistreated over the Internet (Apollo, 2007; Halligan, 2006; Jones, 2008), a phenomenon recently termed cyberbullicide—suicide indirectly or directly influenced by experiences with online aggression,” (Hinduja and Patchin, 2007). These cases are not a constant issue in every school, but they have happened frequently enough to raise attention to faculty and parents. With adolescents being at such a sensitive age, it is important to remind them that the actions they take can have serious consequences, including
Cyberbullying cannot remain denied as an issue in schools, at home, and in neighborhood communities because research displays increase in suicide and incident rates are caused by bullying. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts and over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, with almost 7 percent already attempting it. (Bullying and Suicide, 1) According to Bullying Statistics, over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyberbullying.
Bullying is the leading cause of suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths among young people. Bullying results in about 4,400 deaths per year (“Bullying and Suicide”). Bullying someone doesn’t just have to be making fun of the person. There is all different kind of bullying, there is cyber bullying, physical bullying, emotional bullying, etc. 43% of kids have been bullied online that has led to suicide (“11 Facts about Suicide”). So many people are being bullied, but do not want to say anything thing or tell anyone, but they need to get help. Some people do not think what they say to others is hurting or damaging, but to others it can be destroying them and making them feel like suicide will end the hurt that being bullied constantly is causing. A few words can either make or break a person, even if they say they are okay. “In 70% of all teen suicides, another teen knew about it and did nothing” (Portner). Emotinal...
Since Teen suicide is the second leading cause of teenage death in the United States, there is a need for legislation that promotes awareness and education about Cyber-Bullying. Due to the growth of technology in the American society, the younger generations of adolescents are adapting to the excessive use of computers, cell phones, and social-networking sites. According to a study done by Amanda Lenhart, 87% of adolescents who are between the ages of 12 and 17 are using the internet on a daily basis (Trolley, Shields, and Hanel, “Demystifying and Deescalating Cyber Bullying in the Schools”).With these numbers increasing across the nation, the numbers of adolescents being harassed through technology means is growing as well. The relationship between cyber bullying and teenage suicide has been named “cyber bullycide”. Studies show that 1/3 of teenagers who have used the internet have stated that they have received threatening or offensive messages either through text, e-mail, IM, and other technology related programs. In 2007 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially labeled “electronic aggression” being cyber bullying as an “emerging public health problem” (Billitteri 387).
Teens can face severe depression from cyberbullying which could also cause later harm in life.
Generations after generations teens have used the actions of bullying to hurt others they felt as a threat or to be in the “in crowd” of popularity. Traditional bullying was physical and thus confined to face-to-face contexts. However, with the development of widespread social interaction via social media websites, email, and text-messaging, teens have additional avenues of expression and, as a result, other means of bullying. Over time the bullying taking place using digital means has come to be known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has brought the evilness out of teen’s actions, words, and thoughts whether they were the bully or the victim. Equally important, the ending results of these actions, words and thoughts have brought death, limited yet undefined punishable consequences if pursued, and slowly progressing methods to control cyberbullying as a whole.
This sort of phenomenon makes major headlines regularly in recent times and effects a clear majority of today’s youth. State and local lawmakers have taken steps to prevent this type of bullying by making illegal under several criminal law codes. Michele Hamm, a researcher in pediatrics explained, “There were consistent associations between exposure to cyberbullying and increased likelihood of depression.” Cyberbullying became widespread among students with the rapid growth in use of cellular devices and the Internet. With this kind of technology bullies have the ability to send harmful messages to their recipients at any given time. This type of bullying is the hardest to control because it involves students but often happens off school grounds. However, because the evidence is material, students and parents could bring this evidence to the school and local police departments if a situation were to happen. Parents should be mindful of their child’s use of the internet and electronic messaging, cyberbullying usually takes place in a medium in which adults are seldom present (Mason, 2008). Also, instead of sending direct messages to other students, bullies use platforms such as social media and anonymous blogs to post harmful things for others to see. Educators must understand the significance of social media use to their students, especially
Being a victim of bullying can be linked to suicidal thoughts as well as behavior in adolescents. Other causes might also include having family problems at home, problems at work, school and or with school peers. Suicide is a serious problem, though it not only affects the victim, but it also affects family members, loved ones, along with friends. Suicide in adolescents is the third-leading cause of death in the United States between the ages of 10 and 19 (National Center for Health Statistics, 2012, 292). More adolescents who think about attempting suicide are mostly the ones who are unsuccessful at it.
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).
Cyberbullying is one of the main causes of suicide and teens dropping out of school. Cyberbullying is a life threatening or even a harmful thing
The important factor of cyberbullying that makes it so popular is that it can be done anonymously. This teaches teenagers that they do not need to take responsibility for their actions, and that in some causes they will never have to pay the consequences. Teenagers do not realize the morally wrong in their actions or how it affects the victim of their taunting. The action can affect the victims in several ways such as leading towards depression and anxiety or even as extreme as suicidal thoughts. (Hurley) Media has allowed teenagers to bully another and think it is okay that it is done.
Cyberbullying is carried out through e-mail, texting, social networking sites, or instant messaging. Cyberbullies employ harassment tactics in the form of rumors, embarrassment, gossip, exclusion, and attacks on the reputation and relationships of the victims. The relentless attacks on the victims can develop into serious mental health problems, in severe cases, victims become depressed and suicidal. According to CDC, suicide was the third leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 14, and the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 15 and 34.
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“First, many targets report feeling depressed, sad, angry, and frustrated.” (Hinduja and Patchin). These are just some of the bad effects that cyber bullying is causing for today’s teens. One of the worse effects of cyber bullying is the link between cyber bullying and suicide. “Finally, cyberbullied youth also report having suicidal thoughts, and there have been a number of examples in the United States and abroad where youth who were victimized ended up taking their own lives.” (Hinduja and Patchin). This alarming fact should be the wakeup call to the U.S. that we need to do something about this problem and fast. Cyber bullying simply does not just hurt someone’s feelings, but it is taking lives of our youth. The first step to help prevent this issue can be to have our schools inform the students of the dangers of cyber bullying. “Furthermore, school district personnel should review their harassment and bullying policies to ensure that it allows for the discipline of students who engage in cyberbullying.” (Hinduja and
With technology progressing, students are moving past face to face hectoring, and are verbally bullying other through social media. Cyberbullying can sometimes become more harmful than verbal, physical, and emotional bullying due to victims, not feeling like they have an escape route because they are threatened repeatedly through text messages, e-mails, social media, etc. The worst part about cyberbullying is that the things posted can be anonymous; therefore, there is no blame for who posts what. A victim can suspect that someone is to blame for the actions done, but there is no proof to solve a possible ongoing issue. Cyberbullying and bullying are actually considered a crime when someone: physically assaults another person, gender or racism is talked about, violent or deadly threats are made, sexually texting, inappropriate photos, stalking,