New Bottle But Old Wine: A Research Of Cyberbullying In Schools

Li Qing, a professor at the University of Calgary, who published “New Bottle but Old Wine: A Research of Cyberbullying in Schools” in the scholarly journal Computers in Human Behavior found that in a survey of seventh graders in an urban environment 54% of them had reported being bullied face-to-face, with over a quarter of them experiencing cyberbullying, and unfortunately many victims and bystanders do not report these incidents to adults (Qing). Technology has advanced rapidly in the last 15 years; it has done great things to improve our lives. Unfortunately, some people use this technology to belittle and abuse others. Many people write off what the victims of cyberbullying go through, however, they may have to deal with the effects that

Some find it to not be an issue, telling those who may receive hurtful or mean messages to “brush it off” while others believe that the issue of cyberbullying is a serious one and needs to be resolved, or at least better understood. Generally, social media is the means in which cyberbullies act. Sites like Facebook or Twitter can give these cyberbullies some anonymity if they assume a pseudonym of some kind, by doing this they are able to harass others with almost no repercussion. This perceived anonymity of the bullies is what differentiates it from traditional face-to-face

Li Meng Chen, Kun Shia Liu, and Ying Yao Cheng published an article “Validation of the Perceived School Bullying Severity Scale” in the scholarly source Educational Psychology, and they conducted this study with the purpose of creating a scale in which to focus on the perceived severity of school bullying amongst adolescent aged schoolchildren. This study had a survey of children in grades 7-12 and cyberbullying behaviors were rated to be moderate in the survey. It was noted, however, when handling physical bullying teachers tended to ignore cyberbullying. This means that the issue can tend to go unresolved, and they concluded that cyberbullying with students deserves a greater attention (Chen et al. 179). This study also drew another conclusion as it means that while the sample for the research perceived cyberbullying as like traditional bullying, many adults may overlook it and choose to deal with traditional bullying. This means that the victims of cyberbullying may be