Cyberbullying cases are now rising. Since social media platforms emerged and
almost 80 percent of the world's population who uses the Internet have been victimized
by cyberbullying. Now, as high or fast updating individuals, we are now encounter
cyberbully, and now we will tackle the information about cyberbullying, how it emerged,
what are its causes and effects of it to us as a student and how can it be prevented. First,
let us all know what is cyberbullying and how it emerged.
Cyberbullying came from two words: cyber and bully. Cyber means it refers to an online
environment where many participants are involved in social interactions and have the
ability to affect and influence each other. Bullying means the use of superior strength or
influence to intimidate someone, typically to force them to do something, unwanted,
aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power
imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones,
computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through Text, SMS and in apps or online
in social media, forums, gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content.
Cyberbullying includes sending, posting or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean
content about someone else. It can include sharing personal or private information about
someone else causing embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the
line into unlawful or criminal behavior. So, how does cyberbullying emerge? What causes
cyberbullying? Cyberbullying emerged from the Internet and other media. So why did the
young people end up with cyberbullying other young people whether in school or out of
it? According to a reliable source, their research found that the majority of bullies occur
on the far spectrum of popularity. By that, means popular young people tend to bully to
stay popular and make others feel below them. How does it affect the bullied? The bullied
seemed the victim. They often have low self-esteem, suicidal thoughts, anger, frustration,
and a variety of other emotional and psychological problems as a result of cyberbullying.
Can cyberbullying be prevented? How? What did it cost? Under the Republic Act
No. 10175 or also known as the Anti-Cybercrime Law addresses legal issues among
online interaction. How about the cost? As long as you're a subject of crime, you still have
to face the consequences. Counseling may be a good idea; it can help bullies to change
how they act as a superior one. How can parents act? Parents can be completely
oblivious to cyberbullying because they cannot see it unless they go through their
children's technology. Children often do not tell their parents about being cyberbullied in
fear of technological loss. Parents must try to restore their self-respect that the child has
not lost because it's cyberbullied. Cyberbullying is a problem to societies that are
advanced enough to have technology to connect with other people online, and is not
easily fixable. Cyberbullying can affect anyone because it is more prominent in today's
generation. If we can curve out this awful behavior early in their age, they are unlikely to
continue down the path. Unfortunately, this is not an easy task. This will require rules and
especially parents to be aware of the problem and act on it. Even still, parents and school
should eliminate and stop this behavior now, then loss shouldn't be necessary. So, school
and parents, be aware of what kids are doing on the Internet and their phones, and act if
they are doing something that they shouldn't be.