Thursday, April 10, 2014

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is basically being an asshole to someone by using technology as a medium.  Cyberbullying can vary from gossip or rumors to be directly malicious to the recipient by harassing them with strong language, threats or inappropriate pictures.

Somini Sengupya's article Warily, Schools Watch Students On The Internet starts off by telling a story of a 12 year old girl who committed suicide because her peers were tormenting her at school as well as online.  This brings up many questions about how things like this should be dealt with.  You're never going to stop all the bullying that happens and there is no way to monitor what kids say to each other on the internet, so what do you do?  We've all seen or been the focus of bullying and we know it doesn't feel great.  I grew up in a time when you could go home and get some peace and quiet, away from all the BS, and get yourself mentally prepared for the next day.  These kids don't have that freedom anymore.  Everyone and anyone is connected and if somebody has it out for you, chances are they'll find you and bring other along for the ride.  Sadly "unplugging" isn't much of a choice now-a-days since most of a persons work, social life and free time are based on the internet.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 10, 2014 at 11:24 AM

    Great answer . on cyber bullying, and I like the article of warily.

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  2. UnknownApril 10, 2014 at 11:29 AM

    Also, teenager years are very sensitive years, in this age its easy to make teenagers do anything which can ruin up their life as well.

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  3. UnknownApril 10, 2014 at 11:36 AM

    Cyber bullying is a very terrible thing especially with how easy it has become to do so with many different ways to hide your identity. We need to keep looking for ways to fight back against cyber bullying and stop it for good.

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  4. Jesus CorderoApril 24, 2014 at 8:53 AM

    Yeah it is sad that if someone finds something embarrassing about you and types it into the computer it will spread to every person you know

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