In 2012, the news of the suicide of eighth-grader Amanda Todd from the Canadian city of Port Coquitlam shocked the world. A month before that, Amanda posted a video on the Web page in which she tells the story of her life and all the abuse she had suffered. This video message had over 19 million views. After her death, 15-year-old Amanda Todd became a symbol of the fight against bullying on the Internet in many countries.
A modern space of everyday communication is characterized by a bright new feature, especially its spread into the virtual world. And if a current adult communication skills via e-mails, instant messaging, and chat rooms are a superset of the acquired communication skills live, children and teenagers learn those skills almost
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E-mail or instant messages allow him to keep the distance from the victim. Emotional feedback regulates human interaction; without it there is no “ruler”, which would help to measure violent behavior. Cyberbully forgets that his messages on the screen of the electronic device are read by a real person. A victim also cannot see a bully, or imagine his expression or interpret his tone, what makes it difficult for a victim to read the meaning embedded in the message. Reduction of the emotional component in e-mails or instant messages leads to a strong misunderstanding between the parties in this communication and in an underestimation of the misunderstandings. Thus, communication is distorted in both directions at the same time, and participants may not even be aware of it.
Although, sometimes community members clearly attaching to the offender or a victim, as a rule, there are many silent witnesses, who’s non-intervention is the kind of support of the bully and strengthens the already humiliating and painful experience of the victim. Presumably, for witnesses of electronic violence is easier to join the bully, than traditional bullying witnesses, because they do not require any physical effort or social skills; most physically weak child can actively bully the stronger one, using a modern