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In Malaysia, cyber bullying has also become an issue. UNICEF Malaysia has come up with their own programme to halt cyber bullying in schools. They believe that a good and profound education will help prevent bullying and cyber bullying from continuing. Guided by the Convention on the "Rights of a Child", UNICEF works to ensure that children and teenagers alike are able to live free of fear and violence.
A popular story that has become a highlight and an idol story for many Malaysians alike is the story about Dashenee Huthamaputiran, who is now 18 years old. She was the head prefect for Convent Sentul High school in the year 2009. She attended a programme hosted by UNICEF and HELP College in her school early 2009, which was about "Bullying". Throughout the whole programme, she managed to learn a lot and has gained more knowladge about bullying and what is categorized as bullying.
The video below is one hosted on the Metacafe website, a video hosting website, and it explains a little something concerning UNICEF's programme.
UNICEF: Preventing Bullying Through Safe Schools in Malaysia
Through the video we can see that Dashenee in fact, helped a student who was cyber bullied through a popular social networking site. She asked this student who was in her school to seek help from the teachers and counselor. This helped her prevent the bully early on, before the bully could do any great harm to the student.
UNICEF will continue to push forward their advice and their knowledge, to schools and colleges in an attempt to halt cyber bullying altogether.
Cyber bullying is not a funny matter, and should not be treated as one.
If anyone has any feedback on how and what methods should UNICEF use to handle cyber bullying, please feel free to leave a comment and we will get back to you.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Surveys and Statistics on Cyber Bullying
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In today's post, we will take a closer look at the surveys which had been done and showing us some really interesting statistics on cyber bullying. This survey was done back in 2003-2004 by i-SAFE Inc America who surveyed the students across the country about this new topic back in those two years, Cyber Bullying. It has become a favorable topics amount students instead of adults.
In today's post, we will take a closer look at the surveys which had been done and showing us some really interesting statistics on cyber bullying. This survey was done back in 2003-2004 by i-SAFE Inc America who surveyed the students across the country about this new topic back in those two years, Cyber Bullying. It has become a favorable topics amount students instead of adults.
This Survey was done by 1,500 students between grades 4-8 reported:
- 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
- 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
- 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
- 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.
- 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
- 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.
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| Image Obtained From: (http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying) |
Also, a 2006 survey by Harris Interactive reported:
- 43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyberbullying in the past year.
Similarly, a Canadian study reported and found:
- 23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail
- 35% in chat rooms
- 41% by text messages on their cell phones
- Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.
Another Interesting Graph reported:
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| Image Obtained From: (http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying) |
Reference: i-SAFE Inc American, Wikipedia [Online] Retrieved on 26th February, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cyber-bullying
http://www.isafe.org/channels/sub.php?ch=op&sub_id=media_cyber_bullying
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
week 4 poll result
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This week we have ask the readers the question 'what would be the punishment for people who cyber bully?' and the answer that are given to the readers are 'jail time, money fine and counseling'. From here we are able to figure out what the readers think about those people who cyber bully.
The answer that have the most vote comes from the answer 'money fine' with 50% of the vote. To my opinion, the reason for the readers to chose this answer is maybe because they don't believe that cyber bully is a big crime. Therefor they don't need to be heavily punishment.
The answer next both have 25% each. to my opinion i think that only some people do believe that cyber bully is a big crime as they pick on jail time. This answer maybe pick by them as they have been a cyber bully victim before. so they want to have revenge towards them for the action that they have made. that is why they pick the jail time punishment. the reason for the readers to pick on counseling is because they do believe that people who cyber bully will stop went they have went for counseling.
Monday, February 22, 2010
网络欺凌的少女使用
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Dialogue
Duration: 2:23 min
Hello everybody. My name is Muzakkir. I would like to talk to everyone about cyber bully used by teenage girls. In this generation, teenagers girl are more commonly expose to the cyber bully. This is because by using the Internet, nobody can know who they are therefore they can do whatever you like.
From here, i would like to tell everyone cyber bully is more dangerous then playground bully. Let me tell you all why. This is because they can do whatever they want and no body will know who they are therefore the victim will be more affair then usual.
The effect of cyber bully compare to playground bully is more serious. This is because cyber bully is able to spread globally whereby playground bully only spreads around the area.
To reduce the rate of cyber bully cases, i urge the parents to take responsibility and monitor their children's movement towards the Internet.
Glossory
Cyber bully: 网络欺凌
Playground bully:操场欺负
Responsibility:责任
Teenages girl:少女
Victim:受害者
Global:全球
Spread: 伸展
Dialogue
Duration: 2:23 min
Hello everybody. My name is Muzakkir. I would like to talk to everyone about cyber bully used by teenage girls. In this generation, teenagers girl are more commonly expose to the cyber bully. This is because by using the Internet, nobody can know who they are therefore they can do whatever you like.
From here, i would like to tell everyone cyber bully is more dangerous then playground bully. Let me tell you all why. This is because they can do whatever they want and no body will know who they are therefore the victim will be more affair then usual.
The effect of cyber bully compare to playground bully is more serious. This is because cyber bully is able to spread globally whereby playground bully only spreads around the area.
To reduce the rate of cyber bully cases, i urge the parents to take responsibility and monitor their children's movement towards the Internet.
Glossory
Cyber bully: 网络欺凌
Playground bully:操场欺负
Responsibility:责任
Teenages girl:少女
Victim:受害者
Global:全球
Spread: 伸展
Saturday, February 20, 2010
梅根•梅尔的故事
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Dialogue：
Duration： 3Mins & 14 Seconds
Good day everyone. My name is Ali. I am here to share the story of Megan Meier, an ordinary 13 years old American girl, who committed suicide as a victim because of cyber bullying from her friends.
The 13 years old Megan is weak and overweight and as a result, she had a depression problem. Tina, mother of Megan, said when Megan was in standard three, Megan started to hate herself and dislike herself. She began to have thoughts and conversations such as killing herself. As a result, Megan was undergoing fixed consultancy appointments with doctors and a compulsory continuously medical treatment.
After got permission from Megan's parents, Megan opened a MySpace account. Not long after, Megan met a 16 years old handsome boy name Josh, who find Megan very beautiful. However, this so called Josh boy actually does not exist, he was a fake identity which was made up by one of Megan's friends mum, Lori, who live four houses away from Megan on the same street. Lori purposely created such fake account withe the fake Josh's identity to give a fake impression to Megan that actually someone was really into her.
However, everything went wrong six weeks later. Josh began to say that Megan is not a nice person and everyone is talking about her. Many others joined the topic start calling her by names over the Internet such as "Fat Girl" and "Bitch".
At first, Megan was not affected much, in fact, she began to fight back to those who were talking bad things about her. However, with such actions, it only made the situation worst when the others began more and more heavy and tactical revenge against Megan. This was a big challenge and a big impact to Megan.
In the end, Megan could not handle the pressure and such embarrassment, therefore, she hang herself to death in her closet. Megan's mum, Tina said, Megan was already undergoing cyber bullying from her friends previously and Megan had dream to find a boy who is interested in her. Josh was the first boy who Megan thought he really liked her and because Josh's change of face to Megan is too much an impact for Megan to handle, as a result, Megan lost all her hope and under her depression disorders, she killed herself.
The story report will end here. Thanks everyone for listening. Good bye.
Glossary:
网络暴力 - Cyber Bullying
Dialogue：
Duration： 3Mins & 14 Seconds
Good day everyone. My name is Ali. I am here to share the story of Megan Meier, an ordinary 13 years old American girl, who committed suicide as a victim because of cyber bullying from her friends.
The 13 years old Megan is weak and overweight and as a result, she had a depression problem. Tina, mother of Megan, said when Megan was in standard three, Megan started to hate herself and dislike herself. She began to have thoughts and conversations such as killing herself. As a result, Megan was undergoing fixed consultancy appointments with doctors and a compulsory continuously medical treatment.
After got permission from Megan's parents, Megan opened a MySpace account. Not long after, Megan met a 16 years old handsome boy name Josh, who find Megan very beautiful. However, this so called Josh boy actually does not exist, he was a fake identity which was made up by one of Megan's friends mum, Lori, who live four houses away from Megan on the same street. Lori purposely created such fake account withe the fake Josh's identity to give a fake impression to Megan that actually someone was really into her.
However, everything went wrong six weeks later. Josh began to say that Megan is not a nice person and everyone is talking about her. Many others joined the topic start calling her by names over the Internet such as "Fat Girl" and "Bitch".
At first, Megan was not affected much, in fact, she began to fight back to those who were talking bad things about her. However, with such actions, it only made the situation worst when the others began more and more heavy and tactical revenge against Megan. This was a big challenge and a big impact to Megan.
In the end, Megan could not handle the pressure and such embarrassment, therefore, she hang herself to death in her closet. Megan's mum, Tina said, Megan was already undergoing cyber bullying from her friends previously and Megan had dream to find a boy who is interested in her. Josh was the first boy who Megan thought he really liked her and because Josh's change of face to Megan is too much an impact for Megan to handle, as a result, Megan lost all her hope and under her depression disorders, she killed herself.
The story report will end here. Thanks everyone for listening. Good bye.
Glossary:
乔希 - Josh
梅根•梅尔 - Megan Meier
故事 - Story
自杀身亡- Committee Suicide
超重- Overweight
治疗- Treatment
虚伪- Fake
喜欢- Like/Interested
报复- Revenge
考验 - Challenge
自信心 - Self-Confidence
橱柜 - Closet
暴力 - Violence
打击 - Impact
污辱 - Embarrassment
绝望 - Give Up
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sebalik Tabir Pembuli Siber - Ini adalah suatu pembicaraan mengenai pembuli siber, dan sebab mereka melakukannya.
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Sebalik Tabir Pembuli Siber
Dialogue:
Tanith : (0.00 to 2.23 minutes)
Good evening all, I am Tanith Nadia, and on this noble day I will discuss a little about cyber bullying. The topic that I am about to touch on here, is about the cyber bullies and why they behave as such.
In my opinion, cyber bullies, like all other bullies behave in such a manner because of a few factors. Firstly, maybe they have had tough childhood experiences and they have not been getting enough love and affection from their parents and family members. They might be bullied by their own siblings, or even have to fight to get attention from their parents. This is a cause of why they would want others to notice their existence.
Secondly, by bullying, they feel more powerful and others fear those who bully. They get hooked on that feeling.
Through a research done by the Pew Internet and American Life project, in 2007, they found that the problem of bullies arises in their childhood era. Parent who are busy with work, tend to give less attention to their kids. Apart from that, kids who have to witness their parents divorce also with give a negative impact on the kids and could mold them into bullies when they grow older. Another reason is kids who are victims of child abuse also get inflicted with mental stress and they have a tendency to act out as bullies as they wish to do to others what they have experienced. They want others to feel their pain.
Today, I am also having a short interview session to find out what people have to think about this issue, and today I will interview miss Pauline, who will give us her opinion.
Good evening miss Pauline, thank you for being with us today.
Pauline: (2.24 to 2.26 minutes)
Good evening miss Tanith. Thank you for having me.
Tanith: (2.27 to 2.34 minutes)
Miss Pauline, what is your opinion on the topic of discussion? Why does cyber bullying occur?
Pauline: (2.35 to 2.59 minutes)
In my opinion, this occurs more than regular traditional bullying due to the fact that the victim can not necessarily know the true identity of the bully. This makes the bully feel safe and innocent of his act. He or she does not feel his victims pain or hurt as he or she does not have to face the victim.
Tanith: (2.60 to 3.11 minutes)
I can understand that thought, as now there are commodities such as hand phones' and computers, that allow bullies to hide their true identity.
Pauline: (3.12 to 3.34 minutes)
That is correct. Bullies in this era have the potential to be more hurtful, as cyber commodities has become something that is a necessity to the lives of the victims and they will feel isolated as they feel these commodities are not safe for them. This feeling is brought on by continuous bullying.
Tanith: (3.35 to 3.40 minutes)
Do you feel that these bullies are immoral people?
Pauline: (3.41 to 4.04 minutes)
Not necessarily. There are some bullies who do this only to get attention from other people but they do not know other ways to get it. But, on the other hand, there are some bullies who actually gain excitement in seeing others suffer. Either way, this does not deny the cruelty in such activities.
Tanith: (4.05 to 4.37 minutes)
Thank you miss Pauline, for your opinion. End of the story, cyber bullying is not a good activity and it ruins lives. We have to understand the steps and thoughts of these bullies to put a halt to these activities. We also have to watch and analyze the situation and our kids and friends to ensure they are not victims of cyber bullies.
Lastly, Id like to end it here. Thank you.
Glossary:
Mengiktiraf: Acknowladge
Tertagih: Addicted
Penderaan: Abuse
Siber: Cyber
Kemudahan siber: Cyber commodities
Menderita: Suffer
Mangsa: Victim
Sebalik Tabir Pembuli Siber
Dialogue:
Tanith : (0.00 to 2.23 minutes)
Good evening all, I am Tanith Nadia, and on this noble day I will discuss a little about cyber bullying. The topic that I am about to touch on here, is about the cyber bullies and why they behave as such.
In my opinion, cyber bullies, like all other bullies behave in such a manner because of a few factors. Firstly, maybe they have had tough childhood experiences and they have not been getting enough love and affection from their parents and family members. They might be bullied by their own siblings, or even have to fight to get attention from their parents. This is a cause of why they would want others to notice their existence.
Secondly, by bullying, they feel more powerful and others fear those who bully. They get hooked on that feeling.
Through a research done by the Pew Internet and American Life project, in 2007, they found that the problem of bullies arises in their childhood era. Parent who are busy with work, tend to give less attention to their kids. Apart from that, kids who have to witness their parents divorce also with give a negative impact on the kids and could mold them into bullies when they grow older. Another reason is kids who are victims of child abuse also get inflicted with mental stress and they have a tendency to act out as bullies as they wish to do to others what they have experienced. They want others to feel their pain.
Today, I am also having a short interview session to find out what people have to think about this issue, and today I will interview miss Pauline, who will give us her opinion.
Good evening miss Pauline, thank you for being with us today.
Pauline: (2.24 to 2.26 minutes)
Good evening miss Tanith. Thank you for having me.
Tanith: (2.27 to 2.34 minutes)
Miss Pauline, what is your opinion on the topic of discussion? Why does cyber bullying occur?
Pauline: (2.35 to 2.59 minutes)
In my opinion, this occurs more than regular traditional bullying due to the fact that the victim can not necessarily know the true identity of the bully. This makes the bully feel safe and innocent of his act. He or she does not feel his victims pain or hurt as he or she does not have to face the victim.
Tanith: (2.60 to 3.11 minutes)
I can understand that thought, as now there are commodities such as hand phones' and computers, that allow bullies to hide their true identity.
Pauline: (3.12 to 3.34 minutes)
That is correct. Bullies in this era have the potential to be more hurtful, as cyber commodities has become something that is a necessity to the lives of the victims and they will feel isolated as they feel these commodities are not safe for them. This feeling is brought on by continuous bullying.
Tanith: (3.35 to 3.40 minutes)
Do you feel that these bullies are immoral people?
Pauline: (3.41 to 4.04 minutes)
Not necessarily. There are some bullies who do this only to get attention from other people but they do not know other ways to get it. But, on the other hand, there are some bullies who actually gain excitement in seeing others suffer. Either way, this does not deny the cruelty in such activities.
Tanith: (4.05 to 4.37 minutes)
Thank you miss Pauline, for your opinion. End of the story, cyber bullying is not a good activity and it ruins lives. We have to understand the steps and thoughts of these bullies to put a halt to these activities. We also have to watch and analyze the situation and our kids and friends to ensure they are not victims of cyber bullies.
Lastly, Id like to end it here. Thank you.
Glossary:
Mengiktiraf: Acknowladge
Tertagih: Addicted
Penderaan: Abuse
Siber: Cyber
Kemudahan siber: Cyber commodities
Menderita: Suffer
Mangsa: Victim
Monday, February 15, 2010
How Girls Bully
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Girls used a new method knowed to men to bully others amoung themselve. They used words rather then action that can be compare with men that ussually use action then words to bully others. For girls, the best way to use word on bullying others will be ussing the internet. By ussing this method, it is called cyber bullying.
Ussing cyber bully to bullying other girls, the most effective way to bully will be calling names. The girls will call names to each other and this will hurt the feelings as the words that are being use are not such a nice word to use and hear. The girls when they bully,its hard to find them bully one by one. They normally bully the other girls in pack. By doing this, it makes them look much bigger and this will help to scare off the other girl for them not to fight back when they are being bully.
When girls bully, parents will find it hard to recornize the bully is going on as they dont look that obvious. Atleast no till you pay attention to it. So this will be hard for the parents to control as they cant find the problem.
Reference: [Online] Retrieved on 15th February, 2010
teenadvice.about.com/od/violencebullying/a/girlbullies.htm
Girls used a new method knowed to men to bully others amoung themselve. They used words rather then action that can be compare with men that ussually use action then words to bully others. For girls, the best way to use word on bullying others will be ussing the internet. By ussing this method, it is called cyber bullying.
Ussing cyber bully to bullying other girls, the most effective way to bully will be calling names. The girls will call names to each other and this will hurt the feelings as the words that are being use are not such a nice word to use and hear. The girls when they bully,its hard to find them bully one by one. They normally bully the other girls in pack. By doing this, it makes them look much bigger and this will help to scare off the other girl for them not to fight back when they are being bully.
When girls bully, parents will find it hard to recornize the bully is going on as they dont look that obvious. Atleast no till you pay attention to it. So this will be hard for the parents to control as they cant find the problem.
Reference: [Online] Retrieved on 15th February, 2010
teenadvice.about.com/od/violencebullying/a/girlbullies.htm
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Lets Fight It Together
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This video is one that was found on Youtube. It is an advertisement about an organization, Childnet International along with Digizen.org who work together to fight against cyber bullying. Their key message here, is that, all of us must fight against cyber bullying as a team. They are also extending a helping hand to those youngsters who are already victims of cyber bullies.
In the video we see that the young boy, who is the victim is always bullied by a group led by a curly haired girl. They send him nasty text messages, threatening IM's (Instant messages), call and harass him and also they posted a blog about him and made him look bad. These are all different examples of cyber bullying methods.
The victim would never speak out as he had a fear that the bullies would harm him. He also was very depressed and did not know how to speak out. Words failed him. Thus, nearing the end of the video, the boy, did a video recording of himself explaining about what had happened to him and how hurt and depressed he felt and left it lying around for his mother to find. Once she did, she took action against the kids who cyber bullied him, by meeting the school and the other necessary departments.
The boy who also followed his mother to speak to the departments who handled cyber bullying cases also spoke out about his problem and in the end a solution was achieved. The ending of this video is the boy speaking and laughing happily with a new friend at school. This goes to show, that cyber bullying does not pay off.
There were also quotes such as "Cyber Bullying IS Bullying" and also "Cyber Bullying Ruins Lives". These are powerful quotes as they create an awareness among the people who watch this advertisement. This goes to show that cyber bullying has the same effect mentally and physically on a person as bullying would. They are both of the same category.
This video proves to be a great advertisement as it has all the elements an advertisement does. Your feedback on this video is much appreciated.
This video is one that was found on Youtube. It is an advertisement about an organization, Childnet International along with Digizen.org who work together to fight against cyber bullying. Their key message here, is that, all of us must fight against cyber bullying as a team. They are also extending a helping hand to those youngsters who are already victims of cyber bullies.
In the video we see that the young boy, who is the victim is always bullied by a group led by a curly haired girl. They send him nasty text messages, threatening IM's (Instant messages), call and harass him and also they posted a blog about him and made him look bad. These are all different examples of cyber bullying methods.
The victim would never speak out as he had a fear that the bullies would harm him. He also was very depressed and did not know how to speak out. Words failed him. Thus, nearing the end of the video, the boy, did a video recording of himself explaining about what had happened to him and how hurt and depressed he felt and left it lying around for his mother to find. Once she did, she took action against the kids who cyber bullied him, by meeting the school and the other necessary departments.
The boy who also followed his mother to speak to the departments who handled cyber bullying cases also spoke out about his problem and in the end a solution was achieved. The ending of this video is the boy speaking and laughing happily with a new friend at school. This goes to show, that cyber bullying does not pay off.
There were also quotes such as "Cyber Bullying IS Bullying" and also "Cyber Bullying Ruins Lives". These are powerful quotes as they create an awareness among the people who watch this advertisement. This goes to show that cyber bullying has the same effect mentally and physically on a person as bullying would. They are both of the same category.
This video proves to be a great advertisement as it has all the elements an advertisement does. Your feedback on this video is much appreciated.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Case of Megan Meier
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Megan Meier is just an ordinary girl from America, but who committed suicide by hanging herself because of cyber bullying through the social networking site MySpace. Previously Megan had already been suffering from attention deficit disorder and depression and considering herself of overweight.
Megan Meier is just an ordinary girl from America, but who committed suicide by hanging herself because of cyber bullying through the social networking site MySpace. Previously Megan had already been suffering from attention deficit disorder and depression and considering herself of overweight.
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Soon after Megan had opened a MySpace account, she became friend with a boy name Josh Evans and soon after they became really close online friends, however, they have never met in person. Megan found Josh was really attractive and and she began to exchange messages with him online and Megan's parents was really happy because Megan's family thought this is helping Megan as having her "spirit lifted".
Soon after Megan had opened a MySpace account, she became friend with a boy name Josh Evans and soon after they became really close online friends, however, they have never met in person. Megan found Josh was really attractive and and she began to exchange messages with him online and Megan's parents was really happy because Megan's family thought this is helping Megan as having her "spirit lifted".
However, everything became a nightmare over a simple message from a friend of Megans name Drew which the saying that he can't be friend with Megan anymore because because he had heard from others that Megan is not very nice to her friends. Following such common from her friends, similar messages were sent out and shared with many more people and bulletings about Megan were posted up on the Internet.
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What made Megan collapsed and committed suicide was the message from Josh, after assuming Josh had heard rumors bout Megan, he sent a message to Megan saying you are a bad person and everybody hates you. The world would be a better place without you. Surprisingly with a reply from Megan to Josh saying you're the kind of guy a girl would kill herself over. Because the impact of such message from Josh to Megan had really broken Megan's heart, thus she was already suffering from depression and low self-esteem disorder. Megan was found in her bedroom closet where she had hung herself to death.
What made Megan collapsed and committed suicide was the message from Josh, after assuming Josh had heard rumors bout Megan, he sent a message to Megan saying you are a bad person and everybody hates you. The world would be a better place without you. Surprisingly with a reply from Megan to Josh saying you're the kind of guy a girl would kill herself over. Because the impact of such message from Josh to Megan had really broken Megan's heart, thus she was already suffering from depression and low self-esteem disorder. Megan was found in her bedroom closet where she had hung herself to death.
Reference: Wikipedia [Online] Retrieved on 13th February, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Week 3 Poll Result
On the three of the poll, we ask the readers 'Is cyber bullying easy?'.From there, we have given them four answer to choose from. The four answers are 'Yes, No, I don't know and finally I don't care'.
Based on the result that we have gather from the readers, we have found out that the readers think that cyber bullying is an easy job to do as they have vote 56% of the votes on yes. To my opinion, the readers think its easy because it looks easy Or maybe the ones that are voting actually are cyber bullies.
The second most highly voted answer was share by both answers that are i don't know and i don't care both having 22% of the votes.From my opinion, the reason for the readers to choose this two answer is because they have no idea about it and for some reason they just don't bother about it.
Lastly, the answer that receive the least vote is no.None of the readers vote on this answer. From my opinion, i do believe that the readers think that cyber bullying is a easy job to do.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Causes of Cyber Bullying
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The causes of cyber bullying started from many aspects of a person's surroundings such as family and friends. Mostly children now days, they revolved around there parents alot and therefore as a result, they begin to copy whatever their parents are doing, such as their attitude, behaviors and etc. If the family members are uneducated which as a result, making fun of each other and arguments always involved. As a result, there children will start to adapt from the family's bad behavior and think it is a normal thing to do and also begin to behave themselves like their parents. Thus, when the children are outside of their home, they begin to follow the path of what they have learned from their parents and begins to bully, both cyber bullying and playground bullying.
The causes of cyber bullying started from many aspects of a person's surroundings such as family and friends. Mostly children now days, they revolved around there parents alot and therefore as a result, they begin to copy whatever their parents are doing, such as their attitude, behaviors and etc. If the family members are uneducated which as a result, making fun of each other and arguments always involved. As a result, there children will start to adapt from the family's bad behavior and think it is a normal thing to do and also begin to behave themselves like their parents. Thus, when the children are outside of their home, they begin to follow the path of what they have learned from their parents and begins to bully, both cyber bullying and playground bullying.
Another reason for the cause of someone being a cyber bully is definitely their friends. When a friend, or a group of friend bullies others, the rest of the group will feel left out and in order to fit into the group, they will begin to do the same thing as an negative influenced which they do not even realise what they have gotten themselves into. Also, if they don't copy and start doing the same thing as what their friends are doing, they could feel neglected from their group or even a possible chance go get bullied by their friends. Therefore, nobody wants to cause conflicts among friends by sticking up for themselves and merely to keep the friends they already have. Teenagers at their young age, their personal morals are not set in stone yet and they will try to avoid social conflicts at all costs.
Reference: Kalemm (Online) Retrieved on 5th February, 2010
http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/cyberbulling/archives/2007/03/what_are_the_so.html
Reference: Kalemm (Online) Retrieved on 5th February, 2010
http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/cyberbulling/archives/2007/03/what_are_the_so.html
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Mental and Physical Effects of Being Cyber Bullied.
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As stated before this is a serious issue which indeed can cause severe side effects to the victims who are bullied. These effects will be categorized into two, the mental effects and the physical effects. Each person takes a nasty comment differently. Some take it as a joke, others can be very hurt and humiliated by it. This post will discuss in more detail the mental and physical effects of being a cyber bully victim.
First, we will discuss the mental effects of being a cyber bully victim. Similar to mental stress which is brought on by the traditional bullies, cyber bullying can also cause intense mental torture for the victim. The victim will develop a low self esteem and feel as if they are not worthy of being treated better. They will feel as if the treatment from the bullies is how their life is going to be and therefore they give up seeking higher appraisal. They tend to think of themselves lowly and they believe that they are unworthy of praise or good thoughts. They could also develop mean thoughts and treat others the way the bullies treat them, as they believe that is the proper way. The victims could also develop depression, and pull themselves from the world, secluding themselves in a 'shell' which they think is safe. They will tend to become anti-social, as they believe that everyone will treat them the same as the bullies do. They are the extremely quiet ones, the ones who do not socialize and speak at all.
Mental effects are not the only problems these victims must face, they also must face the physical problems. People who suffer from being bullied may develop eating disorders. Some of the more common eating disorders range from anorexia, bulimia to obesity. Anorexia and bulimia usually effect those who believe it is their weight which causes bullies to target them. They are not an 'ideal' weight and therefore not 'beautiful', thus they try to fit in by either not eating at all, or throwing up after they have eaten. Others who are in the midst of depression usually tend to eat to drown their sorrows, causing them to gain weight and become obese. Both versions of these problems are serious and can lead to shorter life span and lack of proper nutrients. Other physical problems would be the tendency to harm themselves. Those who hit paranoia in a way that they become nearly suicidal, would develop a need to harm themselves to feel 'better' about themselves. They may cut themselves with a knife or blade, or they could even try to overdose on tablets or painkillers in order to either attempt suicide or just to harm themselves as they develop a mental state of hating who they are. Either way this is a dangerous situation to be in.
We have to realize that cyber bullying isn't just annoying but it also causes long-term effects in the victims.
As stated before this is a serious issue which indeed can cause severe side effects to the victims who are bullied. These effects will be categorized into two, the mental effects and the physical effects. Each person takes a nasty comment differently. Some take it as a joke, others can be very hurt and humiliated by it. This post will discuss in more detail the mental and physical effects of being a cyber bully victim.
First, we will discuss the mental effects of being a cyber bully victim. Similar to mental stress which is brought on by the traditional bullies, cyber bullying can also cause intense mental torture for the victim. The victim will develop a low self esteem and feel as if they are not worthy of being treated better. They will feel as if the treatment from the bullies is how their life is going to be and therefore they give up seeking higher appraisal. They tend to think of themselves lowly and they believe that they are unworthy of praise or good thoughts. They could also develop mean thoughts and treat others the way the bullies treat them, as they believe that is the proper way. The victims could also develop depression, and pull themselves from the world, secluding themselves in a 'shell' which they think is safe. They will tend to become anti-social, as they believe that everyone will treat them the same as the bullies do. They are the extremely quiet ones, the ones who do not socialize and speak at all.
Mental effects are not the only problems these victims must face, they also must face the physical problems. People who suffer from being bullied may develop eating disorders. Some of the more common eating disorders range from anorexia, bulimia to obesity. Anorexia and bulimia usually effect those who believe it is their weight which causes bullies to target them. They are not an 'ideal' weight and therefore not 'beautiful', thus they try to fit in by either not eating at all, or throwing up after they have eaten. Others who are in the midst of depression usually tend to eat to drown their sorrows, causing them to gain weight and become obese. Both versions of these problems are serious and can lead to shorter life span and lack of proper nutrients. Other physical problems would be the tendency to harm themselves. Those who hit paranoia in a way that they become nearly suicidal, would develop a need to harm themselves to feel 'better' about themselves. They may cut themselves with a knife or blade, or they could even try to overdose on tablets or painkillers in order to either attempt suicide or just to harm themselves as they develop a mental state of hating who they are. Either way this is a dangerous situation to be in.
We have to realize that cyber bullying isn't just annoying but it also causes long-term effects in the victims.
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