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The New Abuse of the Modern World
THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA HAS CAUSED CYBER-BULLYING CASES AMONG YOUTHS
TO INCREASE
A depressing effect
Social media Users
A research on Cyber
Bullying and social
media have investigated
that the likelihood of
depression has increased
due to the effects of cyber
bullying. It usually
happens to teens ages
12 to 18. Cyber-Bullying’s
effect can be as bad or
worse than child abuse.
Research have shown
that Facebook have
between 89 percent
and 97.5 percent who
used social media.
Out of the 36 studies
investigated, 17 looked
at how frequent Cyberwas. A median of 23
percent of teens
reported being targeted.
STOP
CYBERBULLYING
Facebook as the Leading Problem in Social Media Bullying and Other Social
Media Bullying
As Facebook is a well
Facebook. A survey by
known open platform Ditch The Label showed
for people to
that 54 percent of the
comment and send
surveyors have faced
private messages, a
bullying on the same site.
huge majority of
Ask.Fm has also caused
Cyber-bullying takes
serious issues because of
place on this social
the way it is set up. This
media site. 9 out of
resulted in many bullying
10 teen Facebook
cases. Another social
users reported they
media website that cause
have seen bullying on many cyber bullying cases
is SnapChat. Social media like
Facebook and Ask.Fm has
contributed to the cyber
bullying problem. Social media
is an easy platform for cyber
bullying because bullies can
easily connect with others to
gang up on one to keep
attacking. When victims feel
helpless, they sometimes
escape reality by committing
suicide.
“Unless and until
our society
recognizes cyber
bullying for what it
is, the suffering of
thousands of silent
victims will
continue”
-Anna Maria Chavez
BLOG WEBSITE:
bullying58.wordpress.com
The Top 4 Unforgettable
Cyber Bullying Cases:
(1990-2008)
Jessica Logan (18-year-old),
a cyber bully victim who
hanged herself after getting
all the hate and judgement
from sending nude photo of
herself to her boyfriend. After
they broke up, he then sent
the nude photos to hundreds
of teenagers in at least seven
Cincinnati-area high schools.
The cyber bullying went on
through Facebook, MySpace
and text messages.
(1991-2010)
Tyler Clementi (18-year-old),
who entered his freshman
year at Rutgers University,
was set up by his room mate,
using a webcam in September
2010 to record Clementi
kissing another man, after
Clementi shared that he was
gay. After Clementi knew that
he had become “a topic of
ridicule in his new social
environment”, he committed
suicide by jumping off the
George Washington Bridge.
(1996-2012)
Amanda Todd was a cyber
bully victim that had her
story posted on YouTube
titled “My story: Struggling,
bullying, suicide, self harm.”
It shows the teenager using
flash cards to tell her
experiences of being blackmailed online and bullied.
About one month after she
posted the video, Amanda
hanged herself in her home
On October 10, 2012. The
Internet stalker even went
undercover and became her
Facebook friend every time
she changed school.
(1992-2006)
Megan Meier (13-year-old)
hanged herself in a bedroom
closet in October 2006. A 16
year-old boy, John Evans
played with Megan’s feeling
and left her even more
depressed when Josh said
that he didn’t want to be
friends anymore and the
situation worsened when her
friends on MySpace began
cyber bullying her.
CREDITS:
http://bullystandup.weebly.com/
http://www.memecenter.com/
http://www.cyberbullyingcmst102.com/
http://www.helpguide.org/
How to deal with Cyberbullying
What the cyberbullies
want from their victims
is for them to respond
to their posts so what
you can do , is to ignore
any of their harsh post.
about you. Instead, you
can respond by firstly,
having the evidence of
cyberbullying saved.
relentless is the key to
stop cyberbully. Like
the bully, you have to
be relentless and
report every incident
until it stops. Lastly,
halt all communication
from the cyberbully.
Block their email
address, delete their
cellphone number from
Take a screenshot of
social media contacts
the insulting post and
Their actions may
consult a trustable
constitute a violation of
adult or teacher,
the website’s terms of
cyberbully might get
service and may even
might get forceful if you warrant criminal
keep silent about the
charges,
matter. Secondly, being
Chavel Chee is a
journalist who has
written for Nineteen
Magazine.