Tuesday, April 20, 2010
C Y B E R T E R R O R I S M
This week in class we talked about the topic of cyberterrorism....for this blog post however i have decided to focus on cyber bullying. cyber bullying is a legit problem in todays society. in the days before cell phones aim and emails bullies were limited to bullying the victim when they saw him/her. that has since changed. during that time the home was somewhat of a sanctuary...when they were there everything would be ok because you couldnt be bothered. now with threatening text messages, emails and aim messages not even the home is safe. its almost like theres never a break from the bullying. just recently one of these stories made national headlines when a young woman hung herself after being cyber bullied...as i said before this is a problem that needs to be fixed ASAP...the commercials help but we need to come up with another way to reach the youth to prevent another young death.
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I agree that bullying was limited before cell phones and emails. I wonder what was more hurtful..face to face bullying or cyber bullying. I would guess cyber bullying because I think people say things online that they are afraid to say in person.
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I agree with Liz, i think that cyber bullying is more hurtful. Kids are unable to escape it and it can be reached anytime, day or night. With technological advancements I wonder what will come next.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you guys.... I remember when people at school had trouble with bullies it was restricted to face to face interactions.... nowadays you can never escape it unless you have not connection to the internet.... its really sad that kids nowadays can endure constant abuse
ReplyDeleteCyberbullying is awful. I did my senior project on how to prevent cyberbullying amongst Middle School aged students. AIM is so popular and they have the ability to remain undiscovered that no wonder why it is occuring. Bullying does not have to done in school anymore kids are able to do it discretely at home. Something needs to be done.
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