Being harassed online
When facebook, twitter and other social media sites exploded all people talked about was the good it was going to do for out society and how convenient and easy it was easy to stay connected with people from all over the United States and the world. But just like anything else that we have, social media started to show it's ugly head when people started to get bullied via the internet using social media sites. Now cyber bullying has totally spiraled out of control and it seems to be worse then ever, that could also be because it's getting more attention then ever now. In the poll talked about in the article 56% of teens and young adults said that they were bullied online which was up 50% from a similar survey taken in 2009.
We are all aware of the recent news stories about teens killing themselves because they were being severely bullied by classmates both in and out of school. The very aspects of social media that people were raving about have had some major downsides because now these kids who are subject to bullying in school can't escape it when they go home. The effects have proven to be extremely devastating to the kids who are being bullied and their families. Is the convenience factor of being able to communicate with anyone anywhere who has an internet connection really as great as we all saw it to be or is it too good to to be true?
Cyber-bullying is definitely a new dilemma in today's world. It is so devastating to hear about the effects that it has on teens and young adults who are bullied. I remember reading an article that compared and contrasted traditional bullying and cyber-bullying. It seems as though social networking sites allow people easy access, anonymity, and a security to say or do anything without being reprimanded. It is scary that anyone can make a fake profile and harass an innocent person online.
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