Cyberbullying Questions
Q1- What is the definition of Cyberbullying?
A1- the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.
A2-self-willed and recurred harm inflicted through computers, mobile phones, and other electronic devices, especially over the internet, SMS, instant messages, and email.
A3-An aggressive and intentional act or behavior that is carried out by a group of individuals using electronic device and ends up harming another party.
Q2- What are the types of Cyberbullying?
A2-
- Harassment
It involves the bully sending offensive and malicious messages to an individual or a group and is often repeated multiple times. Cyberstalking is one form of harassment that involves continual threatening and rude messages, and can lead to physical harassment in the real, offline world.
- Flaming
Flaming is similar to harassment, but it refers to an online fight exchanged via emails, instant messaging or chat rooms. It is a type of public bullying that often directs harsh languages, or images to a specific person.
- Exclusion
Exclusion is the act of intentionally singling out and leaving a person out from an online group such as chats and sites. The group then subsequently leave malicious comments and harass the one they singled out.
- Outing
Outing is when a bully shares personal and private information, pictures, or videos about someone publicly. A person is “outed” when his information has been disseminated throughout the internet.
- Masquerading
Masquerading is a situation where a bully creates a fake identity to harass someone anonymously. In addition to creating a fake identity, the bully can impersonate someone else to send malicious messages to the victim.
Q3- why is there cyberbullying?
A1- There are many causes for Cyberbullying to occur. One cause of cyberbullying is when students use technology to harm others. When the students use the computer, they may use it to harm another student in which this results in cyberbullying.
A2- Cyberbullies Believe the Victim Deserves It, for instance one mean girl at school might get cyberbullied online by her fellow students with the intentions of shaming her.
A3- Cyberbullies Are Power Hungry, cyber bullies want to fee like they hold the power to control others and make them bend to their will.
A4- Cyberbullies Lack Empathy, those who intentionally prey on others on social media platforms believe that it is not a big deal and they have little or no remorse for their actions.
Q4- who are the victims of cyberbullying?
A1- Anyone can be a victim of cyberbullying, however in most occasion teenagers and young girls are more susceptible to cyberbullying.
A2-At times cyberbullies generally target someone and sometime they pick victims they do not know based on their gender, race and sexual orientation.
Q5- What are the symptoms of cyberbullying?
A5-
- stomach-aches or other physical ailments.
- The stress of bullying also can cause stress-related conditions like stomach ulcers and skin conditions.
- cyberbullied may experience changes in eating habits like skipping meals or binge eating.
- Low self-esteem.
- Withdrawal from family and spending a lot of time alone.
- Reluctance to let parents or other family members anywhere near their mobiles, laptops
- -fear.
- low self-esteem.
- Struggle academically for students.
Q6- How can someone get Cyberbullied sexually and what could it lead to?
A1- Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet Sexting or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person Cyber bullying can be very damaging to adolescents and teens. It can lead to anxiety, depression, and even in extreme cases suicide.
