CAUSES & EFFETS OF CYBER BULLYING
Causes &
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Introduction about cyber bullying
by Fatihah Suhaimi
Significance of the study.
Cyberbullying on social media is
linked to depression in teenagers,
according to new research that
analyzed multiple studies of the
online phenomenon. Victimization
of young people online has
received an increasing level of
scrutiny, particularly after a series
of high-profile suicides of
teenagers who were reportedly
bullied on various social networks.
There is plenty of talk about
cyberbullying but few actually
dont know how detrimental it can
Effets of
Cyber
bullying
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This study is significant because it
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aims to provide school leaders and
policy makers with information on
be. Cyberbullying is a digital form
how to proactively create policies
of bullying done over the internet.
that decrease the prevalence and
This includes actions such as
negative effects of cyberbullying.
being called fat, stupid, wanna-be,
School officials are still struggling
loser, ugly, freak or fake,
on how to properly intervene
harassing others. It can lead to
when made aware of instances of
physical actions that sometimes
cyberbullying, and a great deal of
cause serious injury or loss of life.
that struggle centers around their
In recent years it has gotten
hesitance to take action on
vicious and dangerous among
behaviors that do not occur on the
teens and adults. Many feel there
school.
has not been enough action taken
to reduce or prevent such
behavior. Yet, sometimes people
may not realize exactly how
cyberbullying gets it start.
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What is cyber bullying Cyber bullying can include such phone accounts and attempting to
acts as making threats, sending trace the source. Because the use
Cyber Bullying is bullying that provocative insults or racial or of mobile and online
takes place over digital devices ethnic slurs, gay bashing, communications has grown so
like cell phones, computers, and attempting to infect the victim's rapidly and the crime is relatively
tablets. Cyber bullying can occur computer with a virus and new, many jurisdictions are
through SMS, Text, and apps, or flooding an e-mail inbox with deliberating over cyber bullying
online in social media, forums, or messages. If you are a victim, you laws. However, the crime is
gaming where people can view, can deal with cyber bullying to covered by existing laws against
participate in, or share content. some extent by limiting computer personal threats and harassment.
Cyber bullying includes sending, connection time, not responding to In some cases, it may be advisable
posting, or sharing negative, threatening or defamatory to inform the local police
harmful, false, or mean content messages, and never opening e- department or consult an attorney.
about someone else. It can include mail messages from sources you It is not recommended that you
sharing personal or private do not recognize or from known retaliate in kind because such
information about someone else sources of unwanted behavior can lead to heightened
causing embarrassment or communications. More active attacks, or even civil actions or
humiliation. Some cyber bullying measures include blacklisting or criminal charges against you.
crosses the line into unlawful or whitelisting e-mail accounts,
criminal behavior. changing e-mail addresses,
changing ISPs, changing cell
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Examples of cyber bullying
Online threats
An online threat is any threat that uses
the World Wide Web to facilitate
cybercrime. Web threats use multiple
types of malware and fraud, all of which
utilize HTTP or HTTPS protocols, but
may also employ other protocols and
components, such as links in email or IM,
or malware attachments or on servers that
access the Web. They benefit
cybercriminals by stealing information
for subsequent sale and help absorb
infected PCs into botnets. Online threats
pose a broad range of risks, including
financial damages, identity theft, loss of
confidential information/data, theft of
network resources, damaged
brand/personal reputation, and erosion of
consumer confidence in e-commerce and
online banking. It is a type of threat
related to information technology (IT).
The IT risk affecting has gained and
increasing impact on society due to the
spread of IT processes.
For examples, in September 2008,
malicious hackers broke into several
sections of BusinessWeek.com to redirect
visitors to malware-hosting websites.
Hundreds of pages were compromised
with malicious JavaScript pointing to
third-party servers. In August 2008,
popular social networking sites were hit
by a worm using social engineering
techniques to get users to install a piece
of malware. The worm installs comments
on the sites with links to a fake site. If
users follow the link, they are told they
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need to update their Flash Player. The
installer then installs malware rather than
the Flash Player. The malware then
downloads a rogue anti-spyware
application, AntiSpy Spider.
Posting unwanted pictures or
messages
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very difficult. Video or pictures can be
passed between mobile phones either by
a local wireless connection (which allows
free messages to be sent between devices
that are close to each other), sent by text
to other phones, uploaded to websites, or
posted to public video hosting sites. Most
young people are aware of Happy
Slapping, a term which has been used to
refer to physical assaults that are
recorded and circulated, usually via
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mobile phone. The Department for
Children Schools and Families (DCSF)
Puncak Perdana
does not promote the use of this term,
although it recognises that its popular
currency has at least allowed discussion
around this form of cyberbullying to
begin to take place. The term is
inaccurate and misleading, and risks
minimising serious and illegal incidents
of physical assault. People who record
attacks can be actively engaging in
cyberbullying. Circulating images of
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and will certainly compound the harm of
the original attack.
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Effects of cyber bullying
A. Depression
Researchers have discovered a
strong link between bullying and
depression. Depression
illness that is not
understood, and may have a
variety of causes, but it is clear
that it can have a relationship to
bullying. Both bullies and their
victims are more likely to suffer
from depression than youth who
are not involved in bullying. This
connection can be long-lasting;
people who are bullied as children
are more likely to suffer from
depression as an adult
children not involved in bullying.
Depression can have a number of
serious effects on a persons life.
The link between bullying and
depression can also extend to
other problems, like low self
esteem, anxiety, high rates of
school absence and physical
illness.
The studies covered a variety of
social sites, but Facebook was the
most common between 89
percent and 97.5 percent of the
teens who used social media had a
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Facebook account. Seventeen of favourite activities or trouble
the 36 studies analyzed looked at sleeping or eating. Second, talking
how common cyberbullying was, about or showing an interest in
and the researchers found that a death or dying. Third, engaging in
median of 23 percent of teens dangerous or harmful activities,
reporting being targeted. About 15 including reckless behavior,
is an percent reported bullying someone substance abuse, or self injury.
totally online themselves. Fourth, giving away favourite
possessioms and saying goodbye
Two studies examined the
to people. Next, saying or
prevalence of so-called "bully-
expressing that they cant handle
victims," meaning teens who both
things anymore. Last but not least,
bully others and are bullied.
making comments that things
Research on offline bullying
would be better without them.
shows these kids to be most at-risk
for mental health problems. One
study found that 5.4 percent of
teens were bully-victims, while
the other reported a prevalence of
than
11.2 percent.
B. Suicide or kill he/her self
There is a strong link between
bullying and suicide, as suggested
by recent bullying-related suicides
in many countries. Parents, Caprice (celebrity) the one
who care about people
teachers and students learn the
bullying and his trademarks
dangers of bullying and help
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students who may be at risk of #watlekwatpeace
committing suicide. There are https://www.instagram.com/
some example of this effect, first p/BEB4DWkMTKe/
is showing signs of depression,
like ongoing sadness, withdrawall
from others, losing interest in
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Solution to stop cyberbullying
Take immediate action
First is attempt to identify the cause.
Some bullies start out as a friend, an
ex or someone else you know well. If
it seems possiblle to
reasonable discussion with
person, cosideer asking him or her to
stop. Have the conversation
person, not through email or text.
Keep in mind there may not always
not be a reason for cyberbullying or
one that is straightfoward. Sometimes
people lash out on others because of
their own insecurities. In case it is not
yor fault. If you dont know who the
bully is or if you are being bullied by
ag roup of people, attempting to talk
it out probably wont work. You may
need to take a stronger action.
Next, change your account settings.
Prevent the person from finding a
new way to contact you by limiting
the amountof personal information
you make available online. Take the
following measures to
yourself. Consider changing your
screen name and other
identification. If you have been using
the same screen name for years, the
bully may able to find a way to
continue harassing you by posing as
someone else. Eliminate
possibility by changing your screen
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name, as well as your profile
picture and
information that makes you
easy to find online.create
accounts. If you fear someone else is
impersonating you, iit might be
necessary to create new accounts so
have a that the person is no longer able to
the pretend to be you. Notify your friends
and family that you have new email
in address, social media page and so on.
Last but not least, you have to save
the evidence. File away every email,
text, instant message, web address
and other evidence you collect from
the bully. Record the time and date
that each message was sent. Having
as much information as possible
about the bullys behaviour will help
you determine how to stop his or her
behaviour.
Additional advice for parents
Know that youre lucky if your child
asks for help. Most young people
dont tell their parents about bullying
protect online or offline. So if your childs
losing sleep or doesnt want to go to
online school or seems agitated when on his
or her computer or phone, ask why as
calmly and open-heartedly
possible. Feel free to ask if it has
anything to do with mean behavior or
the social issues. But even if it does,
dont assume its bullying. You wont
know until you get the full story,
other starting with your childs perspective.
Work with your child. There
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are two reasons why youll want to
keep your child involved. Bullying
and cyberbullying usually involve a
loss of dignity or control over a social
situation, and involving your child in
finding solutions helps him or her
regain that. The second reason is
about context. Because the bullying is
almost always related to school life
and our kids understand the situation
and context better than parents ever
can, their perspective is key to getting
to the bottom of the situation and
working out a solution. You may
need to have private conversations
with others, but let your child know if
you do, and report back. This is about
your childs life, so your child needs
to be part of the solution.
More than one perspective
needed. Your childs account of what
happened is likely completely
sincere, but remember that one
persons truth isnt necessarily
everybodys. Youll need to get other
perspectives and be open-minded
about what they are. Sometimes kids
let themselves get pulled into chain
as reactions, and often what we see
online is only one side of or part of
the story.