Preventing Cyberbullying

Running head: PREVENTING CYBERBULLYING
Preventing Cyberbullying
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. Cyberbullying..................................................................................................................2
2. Effects of cyber Bullying.................................................................................................3
3. Cyberbullying Tactics......................................................................................................4
4. Prevention of Cyberbullying............................................................................................5
4.1. Role of Health care Providers in preventing cyberbullying.....................................7
4.2. Reporting the cases of Cyberbullying.......................................................................7
4.3. Identifying and Talking to the Victim......................................................................8
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................8
References..........................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The aim of the report is to discuss the concept of cyberbullying and the measures that can
be taken to prevent cyberbullying from occurring. Bullying that takes place through digital
devices such as cell phones, computers and the tablets. Cyberbullying occurs through SMS, text
and other social media application. The process of cyberbullying include sending, posting or
sharing of the negative or harmful content related to someone else. Cyberbullying further
involves sharing of personal and private information of someone else which can cause
embarrassment and humiliation to the person whose content is being shared (Hinduja & Patchin,
2014). Cyber bullying often causes the line leading unlawful criminal behavior. There are
various mediums of disseminating the cyber bullying, which include social media platforms such
as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. The use of short message services, email and
instant messages is common in cyber bullying (Brewer & Kerslake, 2015). Therefore, the
practice of cyberbullying gives rise to certain special concerns which are needed to be addressed.
Cyberbullying has the capability of harming the reputation of a person and therefore, prevention
of cyber bullying becomes a necessity. The following paragraphs discusses the concept of cyber
bullying and its preventive measures.
1. Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is a form of harassment that is executed by electronic means. Cyber
bullying therefore involves making use of technology to harass, threaten or embarrass a person.
Cyberbullying harms the online reputation of not only the person being bullied, but also
everyone who are related to the victim (Kowalski et al., 2014). Cyberbullying can be easily

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categorized as it has certain unique characteristics and concerns. The concerns related to
cyberbullying are as follows-
Persistent: Digital devices provides the ability of continuously communicating all throughout
the day (Whittaker & Kowalski, 2015). Thus a person who is experiencing cyberbullying finds it
difficult to find relief from cyber bullying.
Permanent: Cyberbullying leaves a huge impact on the victim particularly because most of the
information that is being communicated is thorough cyberbullying is permanent and public if
those information is not reported or removed (Lee & Shin, 2017). A negative online reputation of
a person who is being bullied can severely impact the person including their admission in
colleges, employment and social life. Therefore, permanent information presence can be
considered as a major concern related to cyber bullying.
Hard to Notice: Children and adults suffering from cyberbullying often becomes hard to notice
(Rice et al., 2015). The teachers and the parents of the victim may not overhear or see that their
friends or family members are suffering from cyberbullying.
A number of laws and sanctions are associated with cyberbullying as the frequency and
number of cyberbullying increases at a significant rate (Waasdorp & Bradshaw, 2015). The rate
of cyberbullying is increasing at an exponential rate mainly because this type of crime are
difficult to identify. However, cyberbullying can also happen accidentally. The impersonal
nature of the text messages or emails can even give rise to cyberbullying (Beran et al., 2015). It
has been observed that many people or kids are reluctant to report the cyberbullying.
2. Effects of cyber Bullying