003+Cyberbullying

**Stephanie Straka**
=**Frostburg State University**=




 * Introduction **

 Cyber-bullying exists in many places in today's world. Almost all children and teenagers have grown accustomed to computers and the acts of face book, myspace, twitter, and several other instant message programs. The internet influences students to use it as a source of communication to their friends and family members. Sometimes students choose the internet as a source of ridiculing or making jokes towards another person. This is when cyber-bullying exists amongst children and teenagers  throughout the world.



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Preventing Cyber-bullying

There are many different ways to prevent cyberbullying. Anyone who is being bullied has to be willing to speak to someone about the situation. If someone knows about a certain person who is cyberbullying other students that person should try to encourage the bully to stop because the victim can be very hurt due to the bullying. Always tell a trusted adult about the bully and make sure the victim understands exactly what cyberbullying means. If the victim is dealing with the bully in school the victim should report it to school administrators, teachers, or parents. As soon as the victim feels threatened by the bully, the victim should block them immediately from every social networking or email that the bully has access to. The victim has to make sure he or she doesn't forward the conversation to anyone else because it can be turned around on them in the long run. Another good way to prevent cyberbullying would be to ensure that everyone understand the rules against bullies. A great way to understand cyberbullying would be "If you wouldn't say it in person, don't say it online." ([]).

Teens have figured out ways to prevent cyber-bullying, such as:
 * Refuse to pass along cyberbullying messages
 * Tell friends to stop cyberbullying
 * Block communication with cyberbullies
 * Report cyberbullying to a trusted adult

Photo By: pickman_2008 Where it can be found: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc326/pickman_2008/cyberbullying.jpg  ** Effects of Cyber-bullying ** Bullying occurs among children and teenagers almost everywhere and can impact students during anytime of the day and night. Bullying no longer just exists in the school systems or when large groups of children and teenagers are together. This type of harassment happens when students find the opportunity to make fun of or be verbally and even physically abusive towards fellow students. Cyber-bullying can be the worst form of bullying and harassment, because children and teenagers are able to use technology as a source to ridicule or make jokes about someone. A lot of students in the school systems, today use the resources of face book and myspace to judge individuals or groups of people. Students feel that they can get a way with more things through the internet, but many do not realize the effects that cyber-bullying causes to a person. Cyber-bullying often gets very serious if students continue to harass their victims, and no authority is taken by the one being bullied. There are many negative outcomes that can result from an individual being cyber-bullied such as, anxiety, depression, and other stress-related disorders (http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html#). The most serious effect is suicide, which often occurs when the student has be severely bullied and can no longer deal with the harassment. There are many actions that take place for someone that is caught cyber-bullying another student. A few examples can be suspension from school, being kicked off of sports teams, or even being expelled from the school (http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html#). Some cases may even result in legal actions being taken.   **Types of Cyber-bullies**  Cyber bullying is a term that is commonly overlooked by students, parents, and teachers. A cyber bully is a child, preteen or teen who is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed using some sort of technology. It is mainly expressed through the internet or by phones. It must be a confrontation or instigated from one minor to another.

There are 4 types of cyber bullies. The first is referred to as "The Vengeful Angel", which means that the bully themselves does not feel that they are doing anything wrong. They claim to be protecting people or themselves from "the bad guy" that they are victimizing. The second are "The Power-Hungry", which are bullies that like to have a small audience. They want to make people think that they are powerful and can control situations. Another name is the "Revenge of the Nerds", these bullies may act tough, but in person they are quiet. Usually they like one-on-one confrontation. The third types of bullies are called the "Mean Girls". This type of bully is usually a group of people who bully other for entertainment. Mean girls represents cliques that bully other groups or individuals. The fourth and final types of bullies are called The Inadvertent Cyber bully or "Because I Can". These type of bullies are similar to the "Vengeful Angel" in the fact that they don't think they are being bullies at all. The inadvertent cyber bully speaks without thinking of the consequences. Most of the time they do it for the fun of it, and thinking that it's not going to be a big deal. Where it can be found: []  **References** (http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/cyberbullying.html#). (http://www.ncpc.org/cyberbullying) (All statistics from the 2006 Harris Interactive // Cyberbullying Research Report//, commissioned by the National Crime Prevention Council.) []

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