Essays on Cyberbullying

Sending a child to a school or a kindergarten, all parents expect their children to study there and to make friendship with the peers. The children are supposed to spend a lot of time in these establishments, so the school or the kindergarten must become a place the child likes and feels comfortable. But sometimes the parents can notice that instead of being happy, active, and excited about the time spent at school, children come home sad, depressed, and low-spirited. Of course, there may be thousands of reasons – bad marks, problems at school, illness or just a bad mood. ...

Technological advances have increased access to the Internet as a global computer network used as a communication facility. The access gives young people opportunities to communicate with others via social networking sites, instant messaging services, chat rooms, and emailing. With that aim, smartphones and tablets enable youngsters to publish text, post pictures and videos in an instant. Faucher et al. claim that involvement in online communication assists with social adjustment (1) as an important means to achieve balance in the social environment. Social space can be filled with negative emotional content which is likely to humiliate young users. Aggressive ...

Introduction

The use of social media enables the American and the global society to communicate through social networking. Additionally, individuals have been able to actively participate in different activities relating to their lives such as leadership. Various internet platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have significantly contributed to the capacity of individuals to make effective communications with the social world (Ore 12). However, the use of social media has caused various problems to the American and the global society as a whole. This paper will focus on the discussion of some of the common and potential problems that are currently ...

1. 8th-grade student is suspended for sharing with friends via instant message, a small drawing, crude but clear suggesting a particular teacher should be shot and killed. This was done from his home computer outside of school hours. This is a clear indication of lack of proper communication between the administration, teachers and the students. It is appropriate for the student to be suspended because this is an instance of inciting other people using social media. In essence, it is cyber bullying and everyone, both teachers and students, is protected against cyberbullying. The suspension should serve as an example ...

Ethics plays a very critical role in today’s IT world. Ethics will define how we do, what we should do and how we should treat each other. The framework that assists in the determination of what is wrong or right follows several approaches. The underlining steps in the approaches determine the necessity of evil in the society or a good in the same society. This paper is going to discuss an ethical emerging issue in the IT world, the exact problem that arises due to the issue and the framework for making an ethical decision. It will, also, ...

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying has seen its rise in recent decades, when internet came to practically every house and every school. Today in order to threaten someone you don’t need to have big muscles or own a weapon. In today’s world, an IP address is enough to make someone’s life miserable. While it may be seen as a harmless virtual naughtiness, it unfortunately has very physical and real life consequences. In last several years, cyberbullying became one of the most popular issues why children contact the ChildLine and one of the top reasons for adolescent suicide. Is there a ...

Bullying remains one of the most urgent problems for teenagers. It is not some kind of complications – rather a problem we are not able to solve for years, even decades! A phrase “all people are different” sounds like another cliché in this situation. The way things are at schools, for instance, hasn’t change since the middle of the last century. The world develops so rapidly that new technologies become outdated in days, however, people still haven’t learnt how to respect each other and understand that appearance or interests aren’t criteria for judging or even worse, humiliating ...

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I am writing in regards to the current issue about our education. There have been some cases of bullying in schools, which I believe a problem that must be addressed. I would like to propose an initiative that I believe, will help student’s educators, parents, and institutions understand why this is worth paying attention to. Although the state government has already created guidelines on how to prevent bullying in schools, I believe that it is my part as a member of the community, to present what I think would contribute to the success of anti-bullying campaign in our ...

Hinduja, Sameer and Justin W. Patchin. “Cyberbullying Research Summary: Emotional and psychological consequences.” Journal of School Violence 6.3 (2007). Web. 1 July 2016. This is a summary of a research study conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center which looks at the emotional effects of cyberbullying on children. It breaks down the statistics on the basis of both gender and age group, comparing the reactions of the difference groups. It talks about why bullying is so psychologically harmful and some methods to help students deal with these issues. This research summary will be useful for my essay because the information ...

Before consideration of any effects of social media, it is essential to have a look at the definition of this phenomenon. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”. (Social media. Merriam-Webster.com) The explanation from Business dictionary is broader and mentions different types of social media: “Primarily internet or cellular phone based applications and tools to share information among people.” (Social media. Businessdictionary.com) Because of variety of social media tools there is ...

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text text In schools all around the world we hear about kids that are taking their lives due to being bullied in school. Just thinking about being bullied sets my teeth on edge, I will tell you guys why later on, but for now, let me say this it is not a pretty feeling to go through. “According to a report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 70.6 percent of students have witnessed bullying in their school. A survey by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2014 that included 7,000 LGBT students ...

People used to behave foolishly and make a lot of mistakes during their life. For the most part, three years of Middle school is considered to be exactly such period of time. Middle school is also believed to be a quite dangerous territory. Children unnoticeably transformed into “teenagers”, a new title they are not fully aware of. Some misunderstand this title as the right to admit themselves better than the rest and even humiliate or offend weaker people. On the one hand, due to the maturity, many pupils began to notice considerable differences between people. On the other hand, ...

Video Games Negatively Impact College Students’ Performance in School

Introduction For college students, a high rate of academic performance during school years is strongly associated with future career success. With this objective in mind, college experience supplies students with an environment where they have an opportunity to gain relevant knowledge and acquire related skills, which are likely to contribute to their future career paths. Recent technological advances have changed the way young individuals obtain new information and communicate with their families and peers. In this case changes in their social development are dependent on facilitating access to information, sharing personal data, and promoting communication via the Internet (Lepp ...

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Cases of negative experiences on Facebook are on the rise hence the need to research on effects of such events with regards to gender. Cyber bullying is an online epidemic for both males and females with the teens being the worst affected since they are the ones who spend a lot of time interacting on Facebook. However, females are prone to incident of cyber bullying more than their male counterparts since the latter engage more in peer harassment. Among the acts that expose ladies to incidences of cyber bullying on Facebook include spreading rumors about someone online, distributing unflattering ...

Persistent intimidation of others through strength or influence is an age-old social phenomenon, but school bullying has reached disturbing heights in recent years. Negative repercussions of decreased self-worth, depression, loss of concentration, and other serious emotional and mental issues may result from the practices (Chapell et al.). As a reaction to the seriousness of the situation, there are 43 states in America with legislation addressing various forms of bullying (Kueny and Zirkel 23). Educators at all levels have a responsibility to be aware of the signs of different types of bullying in order to take steps to offer remedies. ...

In the video “Bullying The Amanda Todd Story” one can see several bullying types that a girl was subjected. First of all, it was cyberbullying, quite widespread type of bullying nowadays. Due to the fact that people have instant access to the internet and have mobile phones which can upload and download different content, it is extremely easy to expose someone in the internet, uploading pictures, videos, posts with provoking content. As it was with Amanda Todd, her private photos were exposed by her friend. Unfortunately, such cases of cyberbullying are quite common nowadays, and thousands of people can ...

Cyberbullying is the act of bullying and harassing a person with the use of electronic technology. These electronic technological devices include the use of the internet, and gadgets like cell phones, computers and laptops and tablets, etc. Over the internet, cyber bullying takes place through social media websites, emails, online chat rooms, text messages and various other websites. Cyberbullying can take place in the form of stalking someone over a period of time, harassing them through text messages and emails, spreading rumors about them and posting inappropriate and personal information about a person on social media websites. The reason ...

The proliferation of the internet and the ubiquity of the smartphone have resulted in people being able to access the internet anytime and anywhere. Today most public places like shopping malls provide Wi-Fi services for customers to access the internet. Most cellular services now come with data services as well. In fact, most people now prefer to use their smartphone for internet access instead of investing in computers and broadband connection . From banking transactions to reading newspapers, everything is now done online. Another phenomenon that has been growing steadily over the years is the use of social media over ...

Bullying, while physical in nature, can have lasting social and psychological consequences that can profoundly effect the emotional and cognitive development of young people. Aggressive behaviors, both in traditional settings and in the virtual realm, have been shown to have deep and lasting challenges to their capacity for personal relationships, emotional stability, and overall success. This is true for both the victims of bullying and the bullies themselves. In assessing the research that has been done in the field of bullying it will be possible to establish a general criteria to determine the overall consensus in regards to the ...

IMPACTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Impacts of Social networking Thesis: Social networking can ultimately destroy lives as evidenced by the exposure to predators, the loss of family connections and cyberbullying.

Introduction

Social networking is a phenomenon that has gained an outstanding popularity around the world whilst attracting many researchers who are focusing on the analysis of its impacts. Results from varying researchers have found out that all generations in the current world have come to embrace the changes that relate to the impacts that are brought up by the social networking. According to McCann, social networking has a great impact on the lives of young ...

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The importance of social media effects on families and communities has been determined by the research findings based on the investigation of existing literature. The principal objective of the study is to examine the influence of social media on our everyday life. Besides, another investigative goal is to identify possible consequences that social media may bring. Therefore, this study implies the utilization of both secondary research and primary research approaches. The expected ...

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Introduction

No one could have anticipated the scope of integration and pervasiveness of the internet in contemporary societies. Since its inception, the internet has undergone unprecedented growth in its reach and applications to become a staple in various sectors of the economy. A key technological revolution that accompanied its development was the emergence of social media as a primary platform for communication. Social media refers to web-based tools and services aimed at fostering community development through information sharing (Tarantino, McDonough, & Hua, 2013). They include blogs, wikis, sharing tools, networking platforms, media (e.g. video, audio, photo, and text), ...

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The paper offers a valuable discussion of cyber bullying, including a precise definition and factors leading to an increase in the number of victims affected by cyber bullying. It further provides information about various methods of cyber bullying through which bullies pelt their victims. The paper lists revenge, lack of awareness of harm, perception of cyber bullying as fun and boredom as possible reasons that motivate bullies to inflict pain in victims. It presents statistical numbers of cyber bullying cases and describes the consequences faced by victims. The paper asserts the role of parents in minimizing cyber bullying and ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world the use of new media, and in particular social media, has become an essential need in the society. Social media include Web sites that allow social interaction such as social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook; gaming sites such as Second Life and Club Penguin; video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube; and blogs. Such sites have provided a fertile ground for communication and entertainment especially for the teenagers and the young adults. According to the prevailing studies, 75 percent of the teenagers are in possession of cell phones, and 25 percent utilizes them on ...

Introduction

Introduction In the contemporary world the use of new media, and in particular social media, has become an essential need in the society. Social media include Web sites that allow social interaction such as social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook; gaming sites such as Second Life and Club Penguin; video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube; and blogs. Such sites have provided a fertile ground for communication and entertainment especially for the teenagers and the young adults. According to the prevailing studies, 75 percent of the teenagers are in possession of cell phones, and 25 percent utilizes them ...

Introduction

Policy makers and implementers have struggled to attain the correct balance between the first amendment rights of public schools and the schools' interest in the discipline, order, and education ever since the case of Tinker against DMI Community School District. The dawn of electronic communication and social media platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter has only mystified this puzzlement, augmenting another dimension to student speech (Hinduja & Patchin, 2011). Schools are now in search of an answer to complex questions which never surfaced in the past: under what conditions can schools penalize students for cyberbullying while adhering to ...

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There is a need to research the issue of bullying as a school- community issue. There have been many incidents where the school and the community have been both affected by the increasing incidents of cyber bullying on and off campus. This paper highlights the importance of understanding the issue of cyber bullying as a school -community issue since most often, cyber bulling takes place at home. The paper suggests that schools and communities must collaborate for the decision making process and implementation. Policies must be reformed in order to prevent cyber bullying from happening in the first place. ...

Introduction

The sensitivity of health information creates the need to for proper protection. However, the emergence of technology has proved to be a major impediment in the fight against information insecurity. It is critical to understand that several factors that have been attributed to the insecurity of information have mainly been caused by human behaviors. Therefore, the security experts are under the threat of losing their mandate due to uncontrolled behavior by humans. It is important for every practitioner to understand that certain guiding principles govern the practice of nursing due to the handling of critical information about the patients ( ...