Schoolyard bullying, we 've all heard about it, but now thanks to social media we have a place where bullying can happen 24 hours a day. There are pictures and videos to be continuously reminded. While some may argue that social media and traditional media are great platforms to help fix the bullying epidemic, they both have various negative effects on bullying, both cyber and face-to-face. Now with social media, we can spread a video or pictures taken of bullying, bullying can continue even when you aren 't face-to-face with that person, and traditional media alone can spread almost a mass hysteria in certain bullying situations that have gone "viral". Bullying isn 't new, and it didn 't just start yesterday, but the growth is substantial due to the resources that make bullying go far beyond face-to-face. The option of escape becomes nonexistent. Today, we use social media as one of …show more content…
However, Jessica Mendoza, a Christian Science Monitor writer, writes in her article that many platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. are now being used to help stop the bullying problem. Mendoza acknowledges the changes being made in the policies on these websites, and the steps being taken to try to prevent the problem from growing. Social media isn 't always negative, but websites cannot control every statement and every message being put out there, therefore, despite the changes being made, the people are what is making the problem grow. Not the website its self, just the poor use of them. So, while they may be a good platform to help get the word out to stop bullying, it is an even larger platform for the bullying itself. Studies show that bullying has declined but being able to escape is where the problem lies. With the option to use the internet, people are continuing to be victimized by their