Impact of Bullying and Cyber Bullying on Adolescents

Imp strike of Bul untruth and Cyber hector on AdolescentsIntroductionIt has been coarse believed that bulling is a part of growing up and since they be only children, they do non k straightway that they argon possibly causing disablement. This is not the case, bullies act with the sole intent to inflict mental and or physical harm to their chosen victim for their admit individual(prenominal) gratification. Bulling and Cyber Bulling argon becoming study issues in our community and the problem is ever increasing. Since rapid advancement of someoneal communication devices especi onlyy smart phone and applications that use companionable media, it has sire simpler for bullies at access their victims twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. This occurs covertly, no one is the wiser unless the intended victim expresss up, this rargonly occurs. How do we ar educators help address the issue of bulling, bedevilment and cyber bulling, so it does not extradite a negative effec t on the students academic and kindly achievements. How do we as a society, stop this culture of detestation that is affecting a generation of teenagers. It is the duty of educators to die hard students who are universe tar nabed and to help them to visualize the tools on how to start, this dark side of growing up in todays societyThe Digital SocietyIn society, technology is paving the way we conk with the world around us. The number of bulk joining and participating in friendly media is growing on a daily basis. We provoke adoptive this technology into ever facete of our lives, from work, to school, to the home. Adolescents today are growing up in this ever-changing digital world, but are we as their guides, giving them the tools to survive in it. According to Federal Justice Department in the f on the whole(prenominal) in States of America each month one f each out of four children leave alone be targeted for abuse by their peers, either in the playground or via Per sonal communication devices. What is bulling, how rout out we recognise it?Types of BullingThe definition of bulling tramp be quite broad, the NSW education department as the repeated physical, social, verbal, and psychological abuse defines it. It involves the constant abuse of power by a group or an individual by one or more than people. Physical Bulling intromits hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching, pushing, whateverthing that affects the victims body, this does include sexual abuse or the destruction of a persons property. Verbal Bulling is name- commerce, insults, teasing, and intimidation, homophobic, sexist, and antiblack remarks. Other styles of bulling is covert bulling, it is harder to recognise and lowlife be carried out potty the victims back. It is intended to destroy whatsoeverones social standing or to cause humiliation. It includes lying about the person, facing pagesing rumours, negative facial or physical gestures, minatory or contemptuous looks, playin g nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate, mimicking, encouraging separate to socially other to socially exclude someone. Cyber Bulling is a perfect employment of covert blustery manoeuvre. This part of bulling takes it to a completely red-hot take aim of cruelty by using digital technologies. By using wandering(a) phones to harass their victim, setting up defamatory websites or facebook pages, spreading rumours via social media sites such(prenominal) as facebook, myspace, instagram, snapchat. Previous generations of teenagers who start been the victims of bulling were able to seek sanctuary from the daily torture at home, now thank to mobile phones and social media the bullies meet destroyed this refuge and get access to their victim anytime they want. Bulling foot be a public incident or private, and in some cases only known to the parties involved. So if it is only known to the people involved, how do educators combat it?GlamorizationBullying in schools is an often-gla morized in Hollywood movies picture in high school teen comedies, for example Mean Girls, a movie about social acceptance, isolation and gaining a ego charge from the pain of others. What they do not show are the effect of blusterous on their intended victim. Bulling is not a mutual disagreement or an isolated incident of social rejection or nastiness. It is not a random act of aggression or intimidation. The oxford dictionary definition of harassment is the unwanted or warranted conduct on the grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, which has the purpose or effect of either violating the claimants dignity, of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment. This is when it can get confusion as all bulling is harassment, but not all harassment is bulling. So how do adolescents tell the difference?Target Acquired The bullies target students who are not part of an established social group at school, such as new students or those who suffe r from health or teaching disabilities as well as students who have trouble fitting in socially, as well as jealously. For bulling to occur there destinys to be a power difference between the two parties unfair fights where the person who bullies has an advantage or power over the person who is being victimized. Bullying is not the same as a disagreement, it is about the abuse of power. The effects of bulling can be short term and long term effects for the victims. Although severe long term effects can be avoided by someone intervening as soon as possible. The intervening party does not have to be a parent, teacher or vainglorious in a position of authority, it is more effective in obliteration of bulling, if one of the victims classmates steps in to stop it. Why did we as a society, think that this behaviour was harmless? Long and Short Term effectsThe effects of bulling can be quite broad, they can range from locomote grades, depression, anxiety an increased sense of loneli ness, sadness, isolation, there can be changes in sleep and eating patterns. Activities that the victim once enjoyed, suddenly they do not what to be involved. Sadly, these issues do not rectify themselves and can celebrate into the adolescents, spiritedness after school. The long term effects can include a higher risk of depression and issues with a low self-esteem by and by in life, there is links that teenagers that bullied in their teens are more seeming to have problems with drugs, alcohol and promiscuity. In some extreme cases, bullied teenagers have es show and succeeded in ending their lives, to end their suffering. As this issue continues to grow, schools have been arduous to implement a Zero tolerance policy on all types of bulling. School needs to be a safe place for all students, as a safe place gives students the ability and the confidence to learn. Bulling and cyber bulling can turn the classroom environment from a place of knowledge to a living nightmare, which students end up dreading. Bulling is the cause of up to 15% of all school ab moveeeism. It does not only affect a victims attendance, but it can also affect their ability to focus and participate in the classroom. there is also a high probability of the victim dropping out of school, so they do not need to confront their bully any womb-to-tomb. The victims ability to focus is continually compromised they worry about what the bully result do next, where the bully will be during the lunch break.The Digital beingnessThe internet and social media use have grown in the chivalric ten years. Adolescents have access to the internet and personal communication devices in their bedrooms away from parental supervision. In previous years, the only way adolescents had to air with the outside world from their home was the telephone in a common area and a desktop computer again in a communal area. Parents were able to monitor everything that was being said or sent to their teenager. cordial networking websites have become increasingly popular among teenagers, as a place where they can meet friends and new people, communicate and exchange nurture. The type of relationships for teenagers have evolved to a level that has never been experienced on this scale. fond media is the main contributor of this change. Adolescents have the facilities to communicate with people, preadolescent and old from all over the globe. For the first time in our history, geographical barriers are no longer a issue for communication. No longer waiting on the postman for letters, worried about different time zones to make a phone call, adolescents have instant results with the use of social media. on that point has been a positive outcome due to genial media teenagers who are active on social media sites are more social and well adjusted than their not connected peers. This technology are tools for todays adolescents, it develops social bonds, their identities, and an ability to communicate with others including teachers, classmates, murder parents. Teens who spend their time on social networking sites are actually the healthiest psychologically according to new accumulating evidence from a report from Psychological Science. (N. Murashev, whitethorn 2011) evening so, the destruction these devices are used for, negates any positive attributes.Social NetworkingSocial networking has created new ways to communicate, share information and meet new people. Even with all the positive possibilities associated with social networking. Like with everything, there are risks that are associated with the use or misuse of this technology. It hold up safe online teenagers need to know the risks and how to protect themselves online, from bullies and predators. People are able to be anonymous, anominity gives people a sense of freedom, they can be whoever they want to be, freedom to say and do without any consequences. Bullies are able to use the personal information posted online t o gain an insight in how to torture them. Cyber Bulling is a methodical, think method of violence and torture, affect teenagers. As mentioned earlier, it has the potential to lead to anxiety, depression, self harm, and even suicide. The Cyber Bullies use social media, text messages and email to harass their victim. The bullies tactics are to send mean messages, start disparaging rumours, posting evil comments and unflattering pictures, altering images to depict the victim, these can be through social media sites, emails and text messages, these can be done by direct nexus or public comments or private messages to others about the victim. According to Cyber bulling statistics over half of adolescents and teenagers have been subjected to online bullying, the same amounts of adolescents have engaged in cyber bulling. more than half of young people do not tell their parents or teacher that they have experienced cyber bulling. The best way to stop cyber bulling is to modernise adol escents about the consequences of cyber bulling and what they need to do to stop it occurring if they are ever bullied. Bullies analogous to act covertly, it is where they gain their power, by opening up communication channels, and bullies can no longer hide in the shadows of the online world or the playgrounds. Unfortunately, virtually adolescents do not feel comfortable talk of the town to parents and teachers about their experiences of being bullied. However, why does it stop, victims of bullying telling their true friends. Why are their friends staying unsounded as well? We drill into young children when in early ancient school, not to tattle tale. Have we made a rod for our own backs, by teaching this? We should be drilling into them, which if someone is hurting you or your friends tell your teacher, tell the world. If you bring light onto the subject, bullies can no longer hide in the shadows or behind a computer screen.Consequences or lack ofBulling is going to be a cont inuing issue deep down the education ashes. The law cannot keep up with this every changing cyber world. Even though it is starting to catch up to the technology, there are now serious consequences if caught cyber bullying. Depending on what was done during the bulling, consequences can range from punishments at the school level to criminal charges. It is the repetitive nature of bulling that is the cause of the anxiety to the victims, the forecast of bulling becomes as problematic as the actual bulling. The consequences of bulling were once name calling and possible push and shove in the playground. In recent years, the consequences of schoolyard bulling have taken a more serious turn more and more frequently, bullied students are turning to violence. Bullies adolescents feeling that there is no other option, revenge in a deadly manner, attacking their persecutors and any other students and teachers. These tragedies have caused more awareness and fear among, parents, other Adol escents, educators, as well as the Police Force about the effects of bulling. The response of the education system and law enforcement has not been fast or strong enough for the families of bullying victims who had felt they had no other choice, than to end their lives to end the torture.ConclusionThere is no quick fix, to this epidemic, if at all. Educators and parents can only protect the victims, if they speak up. There is no way to eradicate bullying from our society it is engrained at heart Australian society. However, as educators we can try to bring it out from the shadows. look up and shame bullies, have it part of their permanent record, most bullies will continue the behaviour into adulthood, especially if they got away with in as a teenager. Bulling is no longer contained to the schoolyard, bus, or train, it enters our homes, and it destroys lives, families, futures, and communities. Victims feel isolated, unsupported it is one the main causation why dropout rates are high. Bulling is causing a generation of young people to have low self-esteem, depression issues not only objet dart the abuse is occurring but into their adult life. Teenagers who are bullied are more plausibly to develop future academic problems and psychological difficulties. School should offer support groups for the ones being bullied on and the ones doing the bullying. There should be harsher penalties, as these adolescents know what they are doing and know that their choice to bully with hurt someone. No one should have to feel like the only way to uphold with a item is to harm themselves of others. Bulling is doing them more harm than good. They need to know that there are different ways to handle a situation like talking about it with friends, families, and teachers. We must step up and help others know how to deal with this issue. There is no reason to let anyone friend or terra incognita get picked on. We need to provide an inclusive environment for adolescents to st and up and prevent bullying in their micro chasm of a community. It will spread to the wider community. Lets turn on a light.ReferencesAttorney General Martha Coakley, http//.mas.gov Eagle Triune, (16 January, 2011) http// www.eagletribune.comRalph, L, Berglas, N, Schwarts, S.., and Brinidis, C (2011) Finding Teens in TheirSpace Social Networking Sites to Connect youth to Sexuality look for and Social Policy, 8(1). 38-49 From Research libraryMolly OToole (2011 September 2) Social Media use linked to smoking, alcohol. Times Colonist, p.6. 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