CYBER

BULLYING

TODAY

BY: MEL I SSA P IN

EDA & ELENA

CORRALES

IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION AS TO WHY CYBER BULLYING IS A

PREVALENT ISSUE IN SOCIETY

TODAY?New Technological Tools

in the Age of communication

WHAT DOES

CYBER

BULLYING

IMPLY? • According to ciao.co.uk

Cyber bullying is one of the fastest-growing forms of harassment affecting both children and adults.

• An Internet bully is constantly in demand for personal information and their repeated attempts to embarrass and intimidate those who resist revealing such information.

HAS TECHNOLOGY PUSHED FORWARD A PARADIGM SHIFT

IN SOCIETY THROUGH THE COURSE OF HISTORY?

• It has been said the invention of the computer triggered cyber bullying but it is rather the way in which human beings run technology.

• In fact, computers were first designed to perform the jobs of people who spent hours calculating multiplications, in other words they were used for mathematical purposes.

• The Internet then evolved in the early 1960s as a great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields.

DEFINITELY!

THE EVOLUTION1969

• 4 universities are connected online, new communication networking for military.

1972• Electronic mail is designed along with the “@” symbol.

1973• Internet is designed as a mean for communication

between computers along with file transferring.

1985• E-Mails, electronic bulletin boards, news and other

information is posted online.

1988• First virus shuts down over 10% of all computers.

1993 • First navigational center.

1994• Mass marketing campaigns evolve.

THE EVOLUTION1995

• Dial-Up Internet Access.

1997• Broadcasts of images evolved and blogs are designed.

1999• Music downloading, electronic commerce and MYSPACE.COM is designed.

2000• Viruses become a BIG thing.

2001• Wikipedia.com is designed and copyright violating starts.

2003• Spam, unsolicited emailsand pornography evolve.

2004 • Internet worms are designed.

2008• Wikileaks, a site disclosing confidential information is disabled.

IS THERE ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE ON CYBER BULLYING’S ROOTS?YES, traditional bullying

maybe?

THE PARADIGM SHIFT TRADITIONAL BULLYING HAS UNDERGONE THROUGH

HISTORY• According to Conn (2009), “...cyber bullying is the new

weapon of choice for a growing number of children....” as it adheres to the infinitesimal world of cyberspace.

Traditional Bullying

Verbal

PhysicalVerbal

Cyber Bullying

Verbal

Harassment

Pseudonyms

Anonymity

Relational

Cyber Stalking

CYBER BULLYING VS. TRADITIONAL BULLYING

Traditional Bullying Cyber Bullying• Had to let their victims see them

and only gained support of friends who were around.

• Have to have the courage to physically bully another child or at least use comments to their face.

• Only act out on their victims when they see them.

• Stopping a traditional bully was relatively easy with the right preventative measures.

• Humiliate, threaten, and belittle their victims with an UNKNOWN identity and have an audience of thousands.

• Communication methods are used more and more in their daily lives.

• Potential for damaging statements is even greater.

• Hundreds of children can gang up on a single child.

• All it takes is a few key strokes and a cyber bully can humiliate their target.

• Can bully others any time as cell phones and computers are both at home and at school.

• Comments are impossible to stop and can potentially reach an unlimited number of people.

HAS CYBER BULLY

ING HAD

WORST IMPLI

CATIONS IN

SOCIETY TH

AN

TRADITIONAL B

ULLYING?

DEFINITELY, EMOTIONALLY ESPECIALLY • It has been linked to:• Depression•Anxiety• Low self-esteem• Suicide

EMOTIONS INVOLVED IN CYBER BULLYING• A new era more

technologically advanced.• What makes it so

dangerous and hazardous is the extensive research it has.

• Compared to traditional bullying there are still emotions being played with and harmful.

REPERCUSSIONS• A great amount of stress is put off

on its victims through cyberspace. • Its meant to harass, threaten,

embarrass, or target another person in front of nearly the whole world.

• Once intimidating go up on the internet they can’t go back.

• What home once felt safe it doesn’t now, since internet is accessible nearly everywhere.

• As a result fear is predominant in cyber bully victims.

Victims

WORKS CITED PAGE • Zacchill, Tammy I Lowery. Psycencelab. Journal of Scientific

Psychology, Mar. 2011. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.psyencelab.com/images/The_Knowledge_and_Prevalence_of_Cyberbullying_in_a_College_Sample.pdf>.

• Webster, Chris. "Types of Cyber Bullying." Cyberbullying.info. Chris Webster, Feb. 2011. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.cyberbullying.info/whatis/book.php?shelf=types&pg=Anonymity>.