The Pros And Cons Of Cyberbullying

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Cyberbullying Not Childs Play Anymore

And the caption reads: “Since you like having my name in your mouth so much let them see my “blank” in your mouth.” And under the caption was a picture of a woman in an unsavory position the kind you would cover your children eyes for immediately. Pictures like this are a common occurrences on social network sites as much as the advertising that goes on. On any given day you can go on one of these sites and see people exposing or “screen shooting” peoples personal information and business every day and this is the new age bullying called “Cyberbullying” and it is not just something you see or hear of children and teens doing it’s adults who participate in this discouraging behavior as well believe it or not.
Cyberbullying is divided into seven different subcategories: text message bullying, picture/video clip bullying (through mobile phones), phone call bullying (through mobile phones), e-mail bullying, chat-room bullying, bullying through instant messaging and bullying via websites. (Smith, Mahdori, Carvalho and Tippet). Earlier times bullying was more contact than it is today it was more limited to, school time and at recreation centers or where it is a lot of children. Back then you knew your bullies these days with the technology you pretty much don’t know with fake profiles being made every day. You have computer applications where you can call and harass people by putting into made up numbers or putting someone else’s number in and play on phones with no way of knowing who is the real culprit.
Fake profiling is the kind of cyberbullying that you can’t really pinpoint who the person is attacking you. “Adults are becoming more victims to cyb...

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...eported it immediately and never edge a bully on step in and let someone know if it is a threat of harm remember you can save someone’s life with just stepping in saying hey that’s not right and I will alert the proper person of your actions. Nancy E. Willard, a lawyer and the director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use said “Creating a fake identity for a harmful purpose would likely meet the standards of many of these statutes,” she said. Speaking of the laws on cyberbullying in Education Week. (Education Week) Rather you are on the internet or not you know of someone who frequent social networks and you might also know a victim of some form of bullying be it traditional or cyberbullying it’s not a good feeling and some people are afraid to speak up on it and with this information I offered hopefully it can help someone struggling with this issue.

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