Effects of Cyber Bullying
November 18th, 2008 by admin
Children learn from a young age how effective violence and intimidation can be from various media and entertainment outlets. Quirky cartoons portray a loveable character and his or her daily battles with a particular bully. Popular sitcoms and movies depict high school students who sing and dance to popular tunes, but also have to face intimidating bullies in and out of class. Although these characters overcome their plights, there is still a clear message that bullying is an effective way to upset another person and bring down their self-esteem.
Children and teenagers are becoming more technologically savvy and are looking to the Internet and their cell phones for entertainment, and to social networks to meet new people who share the same interests as them. It was only a matter of time before bullying made its way to the Internet, especially through modes like MySpace and Facebook. Cyber bullies have been making news lately with the recent deaths of children across the nation who have perished because of online bullying campaigns. Megan Meier is one of the more noted of these cases.
Some examples of cyber bullying include sending threatening emails, text messages or comments to another person; tricking someone into revealing private or embarrassing information and sending it to others; breaking into someone’s email or social media account and sending false messages to others while posing as this person; and creating web pages to make fun of another person.
Even though the bullying doesn’t take place on a one-on-one basis, MySpace cyber bullying and other forms of cyber bullying still show the same effects. Rather than just being bullied while in the classroom or play ground, children can be the target of cyber bullying 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some of the more general effects of cyber bullying include poor performance at school, depression and low self-esteem. Because cyber bullying can take place outside of the classroom and at a more frequent rate, the child may experience more extreme cases of these effects. Consider these factors if you suspect that your child is being bullied online:
- You child may feel like there is no escape from cyber bullying. It seems easy enough to close these social media accounts and simply turn off of the computer. However, for some kids avoiding these websites or instant messages may seclude them from one of the most important places they socialize.
- Your child may be at home when they experience cyber bullying, which can lead to a sense of endangerment within the confines of their own room or house.
- Cyber bullies are more likely to say harsher words online or by text message because they don’t have to say it to the other person’s face or see their reaction.
- Your child may feel like they can’t be secure within their own surrounding because some cyber bullies never reveal their identity. The anonymity of cyber bullying can add to their feeling of being unsafe.
A recent survey conducted by i-SAFE America concluded that 58 percent of children who have experienced cyber bullying never told an adult or their parent. There are a few preventative measures that you and your child can take to avert any negative experiences while your child uses the Internet:
- Never give out private information about the child, passwords, school, family or friends. This information is an easy target for an anonymous cyber bully.
- Never exchange pictures with people you meet on the Internet.
- Delete any messages from people you don’t know.
- Because millions of people have access to what is written online, be careful what you say and what type of information you send out.
- Consider setting your child’s social media account to private so people that they don’t know can’t see their pictures or any of the information posted to the site.
Bullying has been around for many generations and some people would say that it is just a part of growing up. If your child experiences physical threats, report it to the owners of the websites or local officials and keep a log of the bullying. As the saying goes, “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” However in today’s technologically advanced age, the death of a child is never worth it.
March 10th, 2009 at 5:16 am
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March 24th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Kids and teens today have been going through something that kids and teens 10-20 years ago diddn’t go through! Teens and kids and myself have had a gut full of these stuipd bullies they need to give us a rest! i’ve seen and hear of many friends that had given up 2 myself on bullies and killed themself over themself with cyber bulling getting out of hand and it’s not something just to toss over your shoulder where are the police why don’t they open their eyes and see what straight in front of them. Pleas teens and kids don’t need to deal with anymore of this, this needs to stop!!!
March 30th, 2009 at 5:57 am
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June 17th, 2009 at 3:57 am
Cyberbullying is so dumb, many kids are using technology negatively to hurt others feelings. I think this is such a wast of time when technology can be used for so much better things than bullying others. I think it is vital that kid use it appropriately beacause technology is all around us these days.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:18 am
Thanks for posting this page! I am researching for cyber bullying! This just might help me get an A!
February 25th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
This page is good to read when you need to know when your getting cyberbullied !
March 16th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
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May 20th, 2010 at 11:18 am
i’m so glad I’ve never had to deal with this stuff!!!
July 19th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I am totally against cyber bullying but i dont think that myspace, facebook and twitter should be banned for kids. I am a teen and I have all of theose websites and have not been cyber bullied and I know that you get the odd person that you dont know or dosent like you well you dont have to add them as a friend, block them! I know that they can still talk about you but then you can report it. These days there is plenty of ways to catch the culprit of cyber-bully and sometimes it cant but on Facebook, Myspace and twitter they can be stopped so these websites shouldnt be banned for kids.
January 20th, 2011 at 8:12 am
Its all the same, bullies are not just ugly kids but also the kids that think think their the most popular people in school and think its fun to make fun of people by what they wear. Even if its something to menial as size. Telling a teacher is gud but sometimes its gud to stand up for yourself. It boosts your self confidence by ten fold if you can try to stop the bullying. Looking at it from a psychological view, these kids are not satisfied by what they have. Their mind works in ways that cant even imagine. Take this scenario for example. The prettiest girl in school, who is also the most popular, sees a kid thats dressed up in a nerdy fashion, {Dont mean it in bad way}, and he/she is carrying at least 5 text books, and like the average person would, would be to just walk on by, but she would rather get the enjoyment of the kids humiliation and the laughing approval of her friends and knock to books down and push he/she to the floor. Many bullies tend to stick with the same gender. It is very rare to see a girl bully a guy or a guy bully a girl. Same with cyber bullying. Same situation but using technology, a girl would be picked on if shes over weight and feels lonely and the other girl would use that for her advantage. Physical bullying and cyber bullying are wrong, and you know what. The victum needs to ignore it, sometimes the bully will be shocked enough to not even bother because he/she is not getting a reaction from the person. If the situation gets worse and instead of verbal attacks its actually physical, you must alert the authorities because you could end up in a serious injury
March 24th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Bullying is HORRIBLE and needs to be stopped, if not for our sakes, but for those who are being bullied. Rebecca, I TOTALLY agree with you. BUT PLEASE work on your spelling.
April 24th, 2011 at 1:46 pm
me bein a teen having no myspace or facebook or twitter and i just only got mai second phone broken now =( ive never been cyber bullied but ive been bullied at school and ive made fun of ppl who hasnt at least made 1 joke about some1 any way ive been on both sides so i kno how everything works its not neccesarily 1 rotten egg or an abused kid its being bullied that makes bullies not underpriveledged bullied soooo many kids and adults 2day have absolutely no lives so dey haf2 make some1s existance miserable wether it be the class clown or the outcast or the kid with the lowest grades or the heaviest kid or the kids who dont have the best skin or complection
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November 28th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
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