Foundations of Academic Success (BUS101): Cyberbullying Analysis

This assignment provides a comprehensive analysis of cyberbullying among school children, following the 4Ps framework: Present Situation, Problem, Possible Solutions, and Proposal. The analysis begins by outlining the current prevalence of cyberbullying in Australia, highlighting its increasing incidence due to social media usage and the lack of specific legislation to address it. The paper then identifies the core problem, emphasizing the psychological impact on children, including stress and behavioral changes, and the disruption to their studies. Possible solutions are suggested, focusing on preventative measures such as building a positive school climate, educating students and parents, and involving the community. The proposal section advocates for policy changes, increased awareness, and the promotion of ethical online behavior. The assignment is supported by references to academic sources, providing a well-researched overview of the issue and potential strategies for mitigation.

Foundations of Academic Success
(Study Skills)

Cyberbullying among school children
Introduction
• Cyberbullying is analysed as practice which has caused hue and cry in the
whole legal system of Australia but till date there are no special legislation
to deal with this problem.
• It mainly implies to the use of electronic communication to bully a person,
typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.

Present situation
• Cyberbullying has also become an international public health concern
among the School children's and as such it requires further study.
• In Australia, it was found that Prevalence of this problem is increasing
continuously because children's make greater use of social networking
platform.

Cont..
• Cyberbullying complaints they are losing hours of valuable
teaching time each week.
• IRIS also found that 72 percent of Australian schools has
at least one incident of cyberbullying report to them in
2013.
• . As per the report of UNSW, challenges in obtaining exact
cyberbullying figures but it is analysed that Victimization
cyberbullying rates among school children in Australia
ranges from the 6 percent to 40 percent.

Problem
• School Bullying is the serious problem in Australia which
is observed across gender, race, ethnicity, and socio-
economic status etc.
• It is also considered as systematic abuse of power that is
the intension of bullying is to put the children in to
distress in some way, bullies seek power.
• 32% of targets of Cyberbullying experienced at least
symptoms of stress.

Cont..
• Increase in cyberbullying has caused various problems
among the children's which has removed their focus from
the studies and provided major influenced on their
mindset and their behaviours towards other.
• Facebook is the most common social media application
which is used by children for bullying others.
• . Teachers in schools have also encountered that children
who are victimized from cyberbullying does not provide
their focus on class room lectures

Possible solutions
• Cyberbullying is referred to the bulling that take place
over digital devices likes phones, computer and tablets.
• The possible solution to stop bullying never treated to
children like cruelly. Sometime children activity is exactly
what wrongdoer are looking for because they think power
over them and want empower a bully. If the children's
yourself from these situations

Cont..
• Build a positive climate school staff help to their children's
school staff as a teacher can use parents meeting even
send a letter and school websites and discuss the
problems.
• Teacher can help to their children through seminars,
presentations and tries different prescriptive.
• Volunteer in the gathering as parents can keep bullying
working community. School children always tries they
never use these types of activities in the school and
teacher also help them.

Proposal
• Cyberbullying tend to take place within social group and
government add some new change related these types of
activities.
• Students are aware never use these unethical practices.
Social norm changes it is related to the phones, computer,
smart devices and the communications tools that go along
with them such as social media sites text messages in
specific manner.

Cont..
• Children's are aggressive use these things it is related the
psychosocial behaviour. Bulling is defined as
misbehaviour.
• Government takes new decisions safety of the children
are not created any problems like posting embarrassing or
harmful l photos, videos relating to an individual and not
share a message, information. It is very dangerous content
at a rapid rate.

REFERENCES
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• Holfeld, B., 2014. Perceptions and attributions of bystanders to cyber
bullying. Computers in Human Behavior, 38, pp.1-7.
• Kowalski, R.M., Giumetti, G.W., Schroeder, A.N. and Lattanner, M.R., 2014.
Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of
cyberbullying research among youth. Psychological bulletin, 140(4), p.1073.
• Perren, S., Corcoran, L., Cowie, H., Dehue, F., Mc Guckin, C., Sevcikova, A.,
Tsatsou, P. and Völlink, T., 2012. Tackling cyberbullying: Review of empirical
evidence regarding successful responses by students, parents, and schools.
International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6(2), p.283.