JT’s life

Jordan Tingson

Cyber-bullying Research Guide.

I think that cyber bullying is another method of verbal bullying, only that it is through the internet. I think that it is a way where students tease each other and threaten each other. Cyber bullying is just as bad, or maybe even worse than regular bullying. Just because it’s different methods, doesn’t mean that people are effected differently.Once, my school was threatened by cyberbullying. As I have heard, someone threatened a student at my school via myspace. I am not entirely sure what happened, but that is what I know.

I have read an article from www.msnbc.com, saying that cyber-bullying is bullying via online communication, such as texting,myspace, or instant messages. Cyber-bullying is as bad as regular bullying, but sometimes can be worse.Through personal experiences, and by reading L.A. Times, I have learned that people hack their friends’ myspace or unse someone else’s identity, pretending to be someone else. Sometimes, they bully other people using their friends myspace, teasing them, and saying bad things about them, while using their friends identity. Another form of cyber-bullying is internet predators, where they threaten people if they do not commit sexual acts.

According to the L.A. Times newspaper, and www.msnbc.com, the effects of cyber-bullying is the same as bullying. From cyber-bullying, people feel sorrow and pain, causing emotional problems and can lead to suicide. Even though teasing people is one way of cyber-bullying, even by saying that you are not there friend can effect those who have no one else, such as Megan Meier, who according to L.A. Times, commited suicide because she was cyber-bullied.

According to an article I have read, which my teacher found at www.msnbc.com, it is difficult to prevent cyber-bullying due to the certain rights given to all people by the Bill of Rights; however, parents may view their childs instant messages and myspace or blogs, to see i they are being bullied or to see who they are talking to. Children can also stop using blogs, or talking with people they do not know through myspace or instant messenger. My friends have told me that they meet new friends from myspace, which is dangerous because their newfriend could be a cyber-bully.

One of the most interesting things I learned from cyber-bullying, is that it is not much different from regular bullying. People are still threatened and teased by cyber-bullying. The only way to stop them is to stop using myspace. The most common way people are cyber-bullied is by instant messenger. Cyber-bullies could be anyone, young, old, big, small, or even middle age.