Cyberbullying to me is something that is going to happen no matter what. As long as we have access to websites, and social networks cyberbullying can not be stopped. It goes along with freedom of speech, except for in the online form it is nearly impossible to erase. Its funny that this is the topic this week because I just actually watched the movie Social Network and it reminds me of the part where the girl is extremely upset with Zuckerburg because he wrote in his online blog that she was a whore, etc... Towards the middle of the movie she tells him that she can never forgive him for writing those things because he wrote them on the internet, where they will be forever. This is the same with cyberbullying... the hurtful things someone may say now can be seen by people for a long time. Facebook, myspace, social blogs... you name it and you can write anything you want on it.
To say that gender is not a factor in cyberbullying would not be right. Ofcourse gender is a factor it just depends on the way that you look at it. I feel that if an outsider were reading a comment by a male that could be considered bullying they could autmatically identify it. When it comes to girls though it can be more settle. Not to say that guys and girls can not be cruel in an not so obvious way but sometimes girls are better at it. It can go undetected, and be more hurtful.
Also thinking about the positions in the book, its hard to actually research who has participated in being a bully. No one want to admit to being a bully... well not atleast to authority figures. If you were to hear on the news and such about all the bullying going on the internet and people being charged with murder because of it you wouldnt willingly admit that you have cyberbullied before. I think some research was not true, a lot it would be answers that are more sociably acceptable.
DQ:
1. Would you willingly admit to having cyberbullied someone after seeing the lawsuits that have occured from it?
2. Do you think that boys or girls are more effective when it comes to cyberbullying?
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