Cyberbullying: A Detailed Analysis

This essay provides a detailed analysis of cyberbullying, its consequences, and prevention methods. It discusses the difference between traditional bullying and cyberbullying, the consequences of cyberbullying, and laws and initiatives to prevent it. The essay also highlights the responsibility of schools and parents in addressing cyberbullying. The subject is school violence and the document type is an essay.

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Bullying is the most common and the hostile behaviors that have been seen in the school as well
as the colleges. The concept of the Bullying emerged since 1950, but due to the enhancement in
the technology, bullying has been accelerated. As such there is no particular definition of
Bullying however; it refers to the intentional, harmful behavior which is carried out immediately.
Generally bullying is of four types namely physical, verbal, cyber and relational. In this essay a
detailed analysis of bullying will be carried out in detail to understand its major sector such as
Cyber Bullying.
There is a huge difference between the traditional bullying and the cyber bulling in terms of the
ways of the bullying by the preparatory. As it can be observed cyber bullying has taken place in
the entire digital environment. There are several issues which have been created by the ethical
and the legal issues. Cyber bullying is generally making sure to influence young people and
youngsters. School heads by and large concede some obligation in ensuring unfortunate
casualties. Notwithstanding, most digital tormenting happens outside school hours. It happens
through media over which schools have no expert or control. In this way, utilizing school
approaches to teach culprits can be troublesome. However numerous schools have set up new
strategies explicitly to address digital bullying1.
Cyber bullying now conveys criminal punishments in numerous spots in the United States. In
any case, the nature of online correspondence can likewise make it trying to demonstrate the
culprit's personality. There are numerous ways for digital bullying jerks to conceal their
personality, including mysterious email locations and phony internet based life accounts.
1 "Cyberbullying." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999103/OVIC?u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=06dc3528.
Accessed 7th July 2019.

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Numerous digital harassers go unpunished, notwithstanding when experts are sensibly sure of
their character.
As per the report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has been concluded that
14.8 % of the high school students are prone to cyber bullying at least once in the previous year.
The count of the female bullying is more than the count of the male bullying and this is not just
confined to lesbian, gay or bisexual reported the higher rates of the cyber bullying at the rate of
27.1%2.
Consequences of Cyber Bullying
The consequences of the cyber bullying can be generated as per the opinion of the researchers.
The aim of the researchers is to carefully analyze what is the reason of the becoming the bullies
and what are the risks associated with it. There are several bases for the bullying and the children
are the major ones who can get affected by it. The children can be bullied on the basis of the
physical appearance, personality, disposition, socioeconomic status. From the point of view of
the society, bullies are further bifurcated into two major categories, such as connected or
isolated.
Moreover the major concern is with the cyber bullying which tends to take the serious toll on the
victims. The consequences that are involves are the decrease in the academic performance,
severe tension including the siblings and the parents, engaged in the unethical practices. The
common consequences that can be vouched for while analyzing whether the person is suffering
from the cyber bulling or not are he/she suddenly loses the interest in the internet. He/she is not
2 School Violence." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999234/OVIC?u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=1cb78f74.
Accessed 7th July 2019.

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comfortable in attending the schools or the social functions. Victims of such kind of the cyber
bullying have to face the life challenges such as anxiety, depression, and self-harm, suicidal
ideations. There are several suicidal cases that have been reported under the cybercrime
department in case of the excessive bullying and not being able to cope up with the same. A
comparative study was conducted in the year 2018, where it was showcased that the people who
were bullied constantly are facing the suicides and the deaths on the spot rather than the non-
bullied peers3.
A case of the aggressive bullying let a girl being commit a suicide, by shooting herself in the
chest belonging to the school of the Texas. Cyber bullying is the reason for the major suicides
these days as the students are not able to cope up with the cyber bullying easily.
Response and Prevention
The responsible authority worth regards to the cyber bullying was one of the greatest challenges
faced by the society. Initially there was a huge debate on who is the responsible body to address
the cyber bullying. It was quite a toll on who is responsible for the disciplinary actions and the
interventions, parents, school and the law officials. By the time many cities have recreated the
definition of the critical harassment for the purpose of the inclusion of the cyber bullying. In
order to face such obstacles, the educators have developed the advanced level protocols. The
major responsibility was off the school to make aware about the policies and interventions.
Laws and Initiatives
3 Preface to 'Is Cyberbullying a Major Problem?'." Bullying, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press,
2015. Current Controversies. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010956103/OVIC?u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=2d0ef93f.
Accessed 7th July 2019

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Under the section of the law and the initiatives, it can be observed that the federal laws that are
presented for cyber stalking and cyber bullying have been criticized due to the limited
applicability. Apart from this all the laws of the US states have the registered laws, due to which
there is an introduction of the criminal sanction on the harassment and cyber bullying. Besides
this the school also provides the formulated guidelines for identifying and intervening of thee
cases of the cyber bullying4. These laws and the initiatives will help the overall society in
achieving the progressive growth towards the decrease in the case of the cyber bullying. The
only drawback of the federal laws is that as per the laws crossed over the thirty states, it does not
legally authorize to extend to off campus settings, especially in case of the students.
4 Chester, Kayleigh. "Bullying isn’t just verbal or physical – it can also be social, and this can have the worst effects."
Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/KCRWDP671139398/OVIC?u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=9cb3043e.
Accessed 7th July 2019. Originally published as "Bullying isn’t just verbal or physical – it can also be social, and this
can have the worst effects," The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2018

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References
"Cyberbullying." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in
Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999103/OVIC?
u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=06dc3528. Accessed 7th July 2019.
"Preface to 'Is Cyberbullying a Major Problem?'." Bullying, edited by Noah Berlatsky,
Greenhaven Press, 2015. Current Controversies. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,
http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010956103/OVIC?
u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=2d0ef93f. Accessed 7th July 2019
Chester, Kayleigh. "Bullying isn’t just verbal or physical – it can also be social, and this can
have the worst effects." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing
Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/KCRWDP671139398/OVIC?
u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=9cb3043e. Accessed 7th July 2019. Originally published as
"Bullying isn’t just verbal or physical – it can also be social, and this can have the worst effects,"
The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2018.
School Violence." Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in
Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3010999234/OVIC?
u=lincclin_mdcc&sid=OVIC&xid=1cb78f74. Accessed 7th July 2019.