There were a variety of different final paper topics chosen and talked about today. I chose to do my final paper on cyberbullying, specifically the laws and legislation put into place to solve cyberbullying and possibly the cases that led to that legislation or law.
Cyberbullying is defined as "The act of harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages, usually anonymously." Over half of adolescents have been victims of cyberbullying, almost the same have taken part in cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying can lead to violence, feelings of depression, and in some cases suicide. Cyberbullying is a growing problem, and with that growing problem laws and legislation soon follow.
Though this blog is going to take a slight change of topic to something that has been bothering me. Recently I was enlightened to an example of cyberbullying that is happened at ASU currently. But this time it is not children and teens, but adults. A site dedicated to bashing one of our professors with comments about another.
The point here is that no-one is immune to cyberbullying, not even adults. Even as a joke, sites like that are unacceptable and degrading. While teenagers are more susceptible to their emotions and less likely to seek help, the emotional effects of being bullied carry the same for adults as well.
Sources: http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html
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