The Little Known About Cyberbullying

By Cynthia Johnson


The act of harassing one via information technology networks in a continuous and intended manner is known as cyber bullying. Technology has given nearly everything a new shape including bullying which has taken the top notch when spiced up by the use of electronic communication. The old days are long gone when bullying was done at school face to face and the present new world is here to stay where cyberbullying is the new thing.

Both cyber and real bullying has demerits that affect nearly everyone in the society from students, parents and teachers. Information technology has made a big stride in developments and many teens are using it to play games online, sending text messages, sharing photos and videos. Gadgets which include smart phones and laptops are used by these teens to make sure they have a glimpse of the online gossips and to keep in touch with friends using the popular social network known as Facebook.

One of the consequences that are brought about by online harassment is depression and which has serious effects to ones life. People with depression are lonely in most cases and live with sorrow since they go through emotional distress hence being harmful to the people around them. When teens do recall the harassment they go through in the social networks they do feel embarrassed hence constant talks with parents can help heal the distress.

Wrath is another consequence that is caused by online bullying, the people who pass through it especially teens are not amicable at all since when the wrath reaches the highest levels dire consequences follows to people around them. These people include teachers, parents and their fellow students. The bullying words make them bitter when they recall how they are harassed online.

Suicidal attempt can also be another consequence that is brought forth by the new world bullying. Teens go through a lot of emotional trauma when cyber bullying come their way hence lose hope with life and decide to take away their lives in different ways. They find it hard to open up their feelings to people who can lead them into a journey of self realization hence end up attempting suicide.

Cyber bullying can be done unintentionally in some cases reason being every human being is totally different from the other hence understand things in a different manner. There are different posts and memes that circulate in the social media that can be funny but hurtful to other people. One should keep off sites where they find harassments online.

One can lead to a jail term when found guilty with online bullying hence one should keep off from the trouble. Messages should be sent only to people whom one knows and this includes friends and relatives to avoid the trouble. Different recipients do interpret messages differently hence one can be sued over a message.

Teens are advised to keep in touch with their parents and speak up what is bothering them. This does help in to solve issues of online harassments and they are able to get the required advice. Let us keep in mind that a problem shared is a problem solved.




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