Concepts of cyber bullying

Cyber bulling

The term 'Bully' means a learned behavior and not an innate characteristic of anyone that clearly relates that cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through messages, Text, and apps, or online in social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. 

Different views of adults and young people

There is a general sense within the literature that adults and young people think differently about the online and offline world. For children and young people, the online and offline world are "seamless" in providing a holistic arena of communication, socialization, play, research and learning (JSCCS, 2011a; Willard, 2011). Consequently, children and young people don't necessarily see any difference between online and offline bullying - in one study young people described cyberbullying simply as "bullying via the Internet" or "bullying using technology.”

This is further supported by the idea that many young people who perpetrate cyberbullying also engage in offline bullying, and many young people who have experienced cyber bullying has also experienced offline bullying.

Location

There is often a transference and continuation of cyberbullying behavior from home to school or vice versa, with some the suggestion that more students experienced cyber bullying outside of school than in school hour.  Spears et al. (2008) described this as "cyclical" bullying, was not only the location but also the type of bullying (offline/online) may change over time. This nature of cyberbullying highlights the importance of parental involvement in preventing and addressing cyberbullying in partnership with schools and possibly other youth-focused

There are so many types of cyber bullying, amongst all I have noted it eight types of cyber bullying. The following are as follows;

Types of cyber bullying

 1. Flamming

Online fights using electronic messages with angry and vulgar language.

2. Harassment:

Repeatedly sending cruel, vicious and/or threatening message.

3.Denigration: Sending or posting gossip or rumors about a person to damage his or her reputation or friendships

4. Impersonation: Breaking into someone's email account and using it to send vicious or embarrassing material to others

 5. Outing

 Public display or forwarding of personal communications such as text messages, emails or instant messaging. ... Even reading out the saved messages on a person's mobile phone is a form of outing. It can cause real psychological damage to the people involved if the message is private information.

6. Trickery: Engaging someone in instant messaging, tricking him or her into revealing sensitive information, and forwarding that information to others.

   7. Exclusion: Intentionally excluding someone from an online group.

8. Cyberstalking: Repeated, intense harassment and denigration that includes threats or create significant fear

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