Do you know about what cyber bullying means? Are
you aware of cyber bullying around you? According to Wikipedia “Cyber
bullying is the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass
other people in a deliberate manner. According to U.S. Legal Definitions,
Cyber-bullying could be limited to posting rumors or gossips about a person in
the internet bringing about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent
of personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely defaming
and humiliating them.” It is deliberately a cruel act, isn’t it? What comes
after a cruel act? It leaves us heartbreaking stories from the victims. Cyber
bullying for any means should be stopped. We must
as well make more efforts to help the victims.
Nearly 30 percent of American youth are either a bully or a target of
bullying. However, bullying is no longer a problem that is isolated to the
playgrounds, hallways and lunch rooms of schools. Instead, advances in
technology have now extended harassment to cell phones, social media websites
and other online avenues that are contributing to an alarming number of cyber
bullying cases leading to suicide. In the past decade, there have been multiple
cyber bullying cases that ended with the victims taking their own lives.
The Ryan Halligan Case (1989 – 2003)
Ryan’s academic and physical struggles made him the regular target of a
particular bully at school between the fifth and seventh grade. In February
2003, after Ryan shared an embarrassing personal story, the newly found friend
returned to being a bully and used the information to start a rumour that Ryan
was gay. The taunting continued into the summer of 2003. Instead, he later
learned that the girl and her friends thought it would be funny to make Ryan
think the girl liked him and use it to have him share more personally
embarrassing material—which was copied and pasted into AIM (chat messenger)
exchanges with her friends. On October 7, 2003, Ryan hanged himself in the
family bathroom. After his son’s death, John discovered a folder filled with IM
exchanges throughout that summer that made him realize “that technology was being utilized as weapons far more effective and
reaching than the simple ones we had as kids.”
The Amanda Todd Case (1996 – 2012)
In October 2012, ABC News reported that the video Amanda Todd had posted to YouTube had been viewed more than 17 million times. In the video entitled “My
story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm,” the British Columbia teenager
uses flash cards to tell about her experiences of being blackmailed and
bullied. A little over a month after posting the video on September 7, 2012,
Amanda hanged herself in her home on October 10, 2012.
Unfortunately, these are only some of the stories that are occurring all
around us on a daily basis. These cyber bullying cases demonstrate that there
are actions that many members of the community can take to prevent additional
harassment. Parents, educators and other school officials need to recognize
signs of cyber bullying, and we must all make a more concerted effort to help
cyber-bully victims.
1.
What
is cyber bullying?
2.
Can
facebook posts insulting a celebrity and written by haters be considered an act
of bullying?
3.
Why
do we must stop cyber bullying?
4.
What
is the most terrifying effect of bullying?
5.
What
happened to Ryan Halligan?
6.
What
happened to Amanda Todd?
7.
Should
the bully be punished in prison for years?
8.
Who
need to recognize signs of cyber bullying?
9.
What
is the purpose of the text?
10. “that technology was being utilized as weapons far
more effective and reaching than the simple ones we had as kids.” (paragraph
3). What does the sentence mean? Use your own words.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbullying
http://nobullying.com/six-unforgettable-cyber-bullying-cases/
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Good article
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