1. Introduction In the information age, bullying is not only limited to attacking the victims in person but has expanded to the cyberspace. Cyberbullying has grown with the increasing prevalence of the use of the internet (Smith et al., 2008). Previous research has revealed that 87 percent of interviewees having witnessed others being cyberbullied and over 30 percent of them affirm that they have been cyberbullied (Cyberbullying Research Centre, 2016). Cyberbullying is found to cause enormous harm to teenagers. In the meantime, this situation has proved that interventions on controlling these tragedies from happening is inadequate. In this paper, the impacts of cyberbullying on victims which can be categorise into personal well-being and psychological …show more content…
Negative impacts of cyberbullying Cyberbullying has found to cause enormous harm to youth, which can be ascribed into impacts on personal well-being and psychological health. 3.1 Social well-being There are deep-rooted effects for bullies on their social well-being. In some cases, these impacts carry on when they enter the stage of early adulthood (Patchin et al., 2006; Kulig et al., 2008). A research done by Patchin and Hinduja (2006), reveals youth who were involved in cyberbullying, regardless of his/her role, had notably lowered self-esteem than children who had never or little experience of cyberbullying. Therefore, they display higher levels of antisocial, violent and/or criminal behaviour. The implications of cyberbullying depend on the severity of bullying they have experienced (Brighi, 2012). The more frequent and severe they were bullied, the higher possibility of being unsociable, violence and committing crimes. For instance, victims were at the centre of attention when they were publically humiliated, they felt embarrassed and shameful, ultimately, they alienated themselves from the society (Sonja, 2011; Slonje & Smith, …show more content…
Individuals can select a range of coping mechanisms when they endure cyberbullying. Victims can block bullies from contacting them through various means (Campbell 2005). Sufferers can change their identification on networking sites such as switching passwords, online identity, e-mail addresses and deleting anonymous text messages to terminate potential bullying from happening (Juvonen & Gross 2008). If perpetrator continue to annoy the innocent, the one who is affected can take further actions to prevent themselves from reading hurtful messages or the rumours spreading online. Seek help from a friend, inform parents, teachers or the more experienced can be alternatives (Cassidy et al., 2009). A study which investigates the coping strategies of youth cyberbullying points out the most frequently used method is talk to someone about the event. The mean stated accounts for 67 percent among all other measures (Smith et al., 2004). Nonetheless, a massive portion of interviewee refused to tell teachers, or family members about their tragic experience (Hunter & Boyle, 2004). Informing teachers can be a powerful approach, if only teaching staff find a suitable way to deal with the complication. At last, it mostly depends on what way does the victim choose to confront the
In the article “High-Tech Bullies”, Ingrid Sturgis claims that people should do something about cyberbullying not only because it demeans people, but also because too many students are either committing or attempting suicide, and it is something that needs to be addressed immediately. Sturgis starts out her article by making readers aware of the staggering amounts of cyberbullying arising over the past decade. The article is filled with images and informational side notes that help describe the cyberbullying motives and programs that go against cyberbullying. Throughout the article, Sturgis writes about the ways that some cyberbullies may try to humiliate or harass distinct types of people (including members of the LGBTQ community or people
In some instances, cyberbullies have used these and other mediums to post potentially embarrassing photos or videos of their victims online for everyone to see” (Differences…, 1). Bullying has become an increasing problem because of the use of technology as a means of bullying in addition to the traditional type that many people are used to. The effects of cyberbullying can be extremely devastating to teenagers, as stated in the following quote, “Cyberbullying can be so serious that it has resulted in teen suicide” (Teens and Technology 1). Teenagers who are bullied on the internet are several times more likely to commit suicide than those who are not cyberbullied. Cyberbullying is not the only dangerous effect of technology on
Bullying is a major issue facing today’s youth. Over the course of the past few years bullying has become such a concern that many states have adopted laws against it. However, the issue evolves as time goes on and now cyber bullying exists. Cyber bullies can insult others over the internet with no need to be nearby the person they are insulting.
Effects of cyberbullying cannot be underestimated. Long-term effects showed that those who are bullied also became bullies in the future. Similar to bullying in person, immediate effects of cyberbullying are that the youths who are subjected to cyberbullying tend to separate themselves from the society and live alone. They develop inferiority and doubt on their skills and abilities. Having the high possibility to be depressed, the worst solution is to cut their own lives for they can see that it is the only way to answer their problem.
When children have access to technology and to communicate to anyone, a whole new form of bullying takes place: cyberbullying. Cyberbullying can make a child feel so frightened and unsafe that they feel as though this world has gained a brand new level of danger. A child could feel so helpless that they could take their own life. A man named John Halligan informs an article about his son named Ryan Patrick who killed himself in 2003 after being threatened and bullied by his classmates online for months (“Prosecuting Cyberbullies”). This type of bullying that technology has created makes bullying a child easier because the bullies do not have to see the victim face to face.
One of the biggest issues of online communication is cyber bullying. It is defined as, ‘‘the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others” (Baas, de Jong, and Drossaert, 1). There is so much anonymity online which makes it difficult for cyberbullying to stop. From personal experience, I have been cyberbullied on social media websites like Youtube. People commented hurtful things on my videos, I was fifteen at the time, so I did not tell my parents.
First of all, even though some may argue differently, cyberbullying has a huge impact on mental health. Notably, as bullying increases, suicide rates go up. To illustrate this fact, in the article “Cyberbullying linked with suicidal thoughts and attempts in young adolescents”, the National Institutes of
Have you ever wondered why cyberbullying is more in the spotlight than ever? Or why more people are being cyberbullied than other types of bullying? I have been invited here on the “National Day of Action against bullying and violence” to talk you about why cyberbullying is worse than ever and the incredible dangerous and harmful effects of cyberbullying. ^
The most frequently noted topics of cyberbullying is romantic relationships, friendships, sexual activity, and personal appearance. Every child has their own demons and weaknesses and when one of their “topics” are targeted on an online setting it makes it nearly impossible to escape. Bully’s target kids that can’t fend for themselves
According to Jemica Carter’s article “Cyberbullying: A 21st Century Health Care Phenomenon,” 30% of people have been bullied during school, and 82% using an online social networking such as Facebook. It is more relevant to adolescent to use social media to bully others because there is any face to face contact. Sticca approach in her article “Is Cyberbullying Worse than Traditional Bullying?” Social networking is mostly used to bully other because there is an increment in the audience and it is also sometimes anonymous and less
The study that was carried out by a sample group comprised middle students revealed findings that learners are highly the ones involved in cyber bullying (Çetin et al.,2012). Many characteristics emerged regarding the risk factors and frequency of the students being involved in cyber bullying. Unlike in the physical bullying where the victims of such actions represented a small and vulnerable group of children, the current research showed that the victims of the cyber bullying comprise a larger group. Risk factors were also established among three categories of children depending on a number of hours they spent on a computer. As much as technology has been efficient in global operations today, a limitation should be considered when it comes to teenagers and young people.
The consequences that come with these actions are severe and are being fought against yet these efforts are not enough to stop this issue from growing. People around the world from different age groups are being affected by cyberbullying but it is having a bigger impact on high school students’ mental health. Students social, academic, and personal life is being negatively affected by the mental health problems they face after being victims of cybernetic bullying. Now the question at
Fast innovations, such as the Internet, are constantly changing how people interact. Although this development has been approved human beings to make great progress in many areas, they have also allowed the form of violation to become more widespread. This is evident when looking at how traditional bullying has grown became today's issue known as cyberbullying. Although bullying and cyberbullying are often similar in shape and their technique also has a lot of difference. Unlike traditional bullying, cyberbullying allows offenders to close his identity behind the computer.
Bullying is a very rampant problem spreading quickly and somewhat difficult to control among children and adolescents. This may take in several ways or forms like physical, verbal, relational, or cyber bullying (which is now the new form of bullying created through the advent of new technologies and becomes prevalent nowadays) (Wang et al., 2011). According to Olweus (1993), the person is being bullied when he or she, who cannot easily defend himself/herself, is subject to negative actions or harassment on the part of individual or a group of people repeatedly and over time. There are two basic types of bullying, these are the traditional which is the most common type and the cyber bullying which is relatively the new form (Law, 2012; Wang, 2011).
One possible view is that it does not affect people any differently than other forms of bullying; this view will be referenced as the Equal perspective. To further support this argument, “Cyberbulling Among Students is Serious, but It Is Not an Epidemic,” will be analyzed compared to the two other articles that reinforce the two other opposing views. One of those views, that will be referred to as the Mind perspective, is that Internet incivility only has an effect on the individual on a very personal level, only affecting their thoughts and mental health. Support from the article, “Cyberbullying Can Lead to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues,” will be examined to prove that Internet incivility only affects mental health. The final and most extreme perspective, which will be referred to as the Life perspective, is that Internet incivility not only affects the mental health of an individual, but it also has an effect on their career and relationships with others.