There are many reasons to worry about it. This social media is hurting our society in such way that it causing harm to one’s privacy, it disseminates misinformation, and effect on student’s grade. It is clear that social media is hurting our society by putting one’s privacy and security at risk. In the article “Teens Privacy Is Threatened by Social Networking” author Peter Bazalgette said, “Can you truly delete entries from social networking sites with the confidence they no longer exist on a server somewhere? You cannot” (Bazalgette p.1).
A child or young person may find cruel messages or pictures about themselves and having their username stolen to spread lies or rumours about someone else. Techniques used by a cyber- bully involves setting up websites to target certain individuals and inviting others to post hate comments about that person. • A child or young person may unknowingly download viruses and malware; a programme that can attach itself to another programme, if this is opened through a spam email it can then damage or create files and generate unwanted behaviour to your computer. • Young people also use mobile phones to send images of themselves to their friends or publish them on the internet, once that image has been published then the sender has lost the power as to what happens to it, it may then be used in contexts other than what it was originally intended for. • Even more seriously they may be groomed by individuals or paedophile rings that use the internet and mobile technology to identify and target potential victims.
Lately, there have been many news stories about young adults who have committed suicide due to cyberbullying. In today’s society, the internet has become very common and it plays a major role in teenagers’ lives. They can shop, express their thoughts, and even make new friends online. It is also important to note how easy it is to distribute information across the internet in very little time. While there are positive outcomes of the internet, there still exist dangerous aspects to it, such as bullying.
Cyber bullying is legally defined as actions that use information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm another or others. Many bullies and witnesses don’t know how severe the effects of cyber bullying can be. People who are cyber bullied often bring harm upon themselves by cutting themselves, or even killing themselves. Studies show that over half of teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying. Bullying is shown in all races.
Social media can create a false sense of reality because a lot of things on social media are not what they seem. Many teens want to obtain these false realities which creates disappointment in themselves. From the article, there is evidence to prove why people become so easily addicted to social media. Social media engages the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and using this part of the brain creates a natural inclination to social media compulsiveness. I believe excessive use of social media is more dangerous for young adults because the part of the brain that does the decision making is still growing and developing.
Essay Cyber bullying is a word you hear a lot and sometimes its never really dealt with right. Cyber bullying happens to nearly everyone once and it can be a very serious issue, cyber bullying takes place using a electronic device on instance messaging and social media sites such as Facebook and askfm. You all need to know that cyber bullying is bad and must be stopped! Cyberbullying is a serous situation because over two million people are online using social media incorrectly. Cyberbullying is different from verbal/physical bullying because people can use the disguise of “anonymous” to harass their victims.
Cyber bullying is a huge issue that many people don’t acknowledge, but it in fact does affect at least 80 percent of adolescents. This is probably because there are many life changing issues happening that are prioritized over cyber bullying (e.g. Teen pregnancy, effects of smoking, being on the phone while driving etc.) but people need to realize cyber bullying has harmful effects too, such as making teens depressed and causing them to take their lives. Not many people are educated on cyber bullying.
Major Points A. Cyberbullies can become insensitive because they can hide behind their computer screens or mobile phones their identities. B. Cyberbullying has greater impact than school bullying and can lead to depression for victims. B. There have been reports of suicide on being victimized online III. Wrapping Up A.
Cyber bullying is when someone writes humiliating comments about someone on the World Wide Web. Cyber bullying is when an adolescent is harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, threatened or tormented using digital technology, such as the computers, and cell phones. It’s important to understand why people use this type of bullying. Cyber bullying is used in an effort to make the person who is doing the bulling feel better about themselves, in a way that isn’t as confrontational. As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying, even though there is still more bullying at school in comparison to online.
This can lead into severe and even life threatening situations as the child begins to build a relationship with the person. Some predators will work their way into gaining trust before slowly introducing sexually explicit content in the conversations while others maybe faster and upfront with sexually explicit content. Many times, predators may record or make use of conversations to blackmail or harass a child. The most common stereotype of the online predator is a middle-aged man with no job who lives alone and whose day only consists of luring young children and teenagers through the Internet. Though this may be partly true, the real statistics are interesting.