Media presentation on social media and cyberbullying.

2. The Effects of Cyber Bullying
Cyber Bullying can start as a very minor form of bullying which usually happens face to face primarily at school. This is
then escalated to a different level by the bully carrying it online. This can create a lot of pressure on the victim as hey
have no escape, even when they are in the safety of their own home the bully can still contact them. This can then soon
takes its toll and the effects start to show.
1. The victim can start expressing that he/she doesn't want to go to school
2. Where the victim is feeling under pressure it can effect their concentration as this is always on their mind so the
victims grades and performance at school can start to drop dramatically
3. As the student doesn't feel safe at school he/she can start skipping school to make sure they don't see their bully
4. The student can start complaining of illness. This can either be from the stress of being bullied that it can make them
physically and mentally ill or as an excuse so the don't have to go to school.
5. The victim can then start to act out by becoming interested in the use of alcohol and drugs. This could be used as a
cry for help for parents and friends to see that their struggling or a way to escape from the hell that their living.
When cyber bullying really starts to take its toll the effects can get incredibly worse then not wanting to go to school
and can vary from depression, self harm, anorexia, bulimia and at the worst case suicide. Cyber bullying is now one of
the main sources of suicidal for teenagers. One of the examples of this was the death of Megan Meier. Megan had
always struggled with depression and mental illnesses but became very worse when she started using Myspace. Megan
became to give a lot of her trust to a boy called josh who she didn't know but started to have a very trusting relationship
with the boy who complimented her and treated her different to the how the boys at school did. But this started to go
awfully wrong in October 2006 when josh and the whole of Myspace started to turn on her. she felt completely
betrayed as her friends started to create bulletins so the whole of Myspace could vote on how fat she was. After josh
sending her a final message saying how horrible and worthless she was and why doesn't she just end her life, she then
when upstairs and hung her self in the closet. Her parents soon found out that josh was actually a fake account created
by a family of one of Megan's ex friend. Who were fully aware of Megan struggling from depression and suicide
thoughts and acted upon this by bullying her.

3. 1. Nearly 43% of children have been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than
once.
2. 70% of students report seeing frequent bullying online.
3. 68% of teens agree that cyber bullying is a serious problem.
4. Over 80% of teen use a mobile phone regularly, making it the most common medium
for cyber bullying.
5. 81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in
person.
6. 90% of people said they have ignored online bullying. 84% have seen others tell cyber
bullies to stop.
7. Girls are twice as likely as boys to be a victim or perpetrator of cyber bullying.
8. Bullying victims can be up to 9 times more likely to commit suicide.
9. Only 1 in 10 victims will inform a parent or trusted adult of their abuse.
10. About 58% of children admit that someone has said something mean or hurtful to
them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.

4. 1.Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Instagram
4. Ask Fm
5. Chat rooms
6. Youtube

5. Amanda Todd was a 7th grade school girl from Vancouver, Canada when
she became a victim of cyber bullying through a social video chat. In the
7th grade Amanda was pressured into removing her top and bra whilst on
video chat to a man. Her topless moments were print screened and
smothered all over social media websites, more specifically Facebook, and
the pictures were used as blackmail. Amanda became globally well known
when she pleaded for help and told her story on Facebook using flash cards
and titled the video "My Story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self harm.
After moving to numerous schools in numerous cities to start fresh the
passed followed Amanda wherever she went. Amanda was followed and
stalked by a Facebook profile which took her identity and made friends
with everyone on her profile, after doing this, the profile would then show
her friends the nudity picture. After many attempts of suicide, on October
10th 2012, Amanda was found dead.

6. From the research that I have come across I have realised that cyber bullying is a
much bigger problem then we all think. When you see the facts and how many
people actually suffer it becomes a lot more really. There needs to be a lot more
awareness out there so we all know how to stop cyber bullying so it doesn’t
become worse. Also I believe that teachers and parents need to know the effects
of cyber bullying so they see if their student or child is suffering and how to help
them so the situation doesn’t get worse. Also there should be a lot more
campaigns out there to stop cyber bullying forever there isn't much awareness out
there so people don’t realise what a problem it is. You don’t realise until you
actually research it and find out how many suicides have happen because it or
how many teenagers and children are becoming depressed because of people
online. In conclusion cyber bullying needs a lot more attention because when you
are at school getting bullied people don’t have as much confidence to say the
nasty things that they do online also if it happens at school the bullying stop there
but now with cyber bullying it carries on when you are safe at home so the victim
never has any escape so that’s why it gets so severe. So we all need to stop and
realise the reality of cyber bullying and how dangerous it can be.