CAUSES & EFFETS OF CYBER BULLYING

Causes &
Effets of
Cyber
bullying

A STUDENT IN BACHELOR OF INFORMATION SCIENCE (UITM PUNCAK PERDANA) INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT FOR IMC401

12/11/2017
Introduction about cyber bullying This study is significant because it
by Fatihah Suhaimi aims to provide school leaders and
policy makers with information on
Significance of the study. be. Cyberbullying is a digital form
how to proactively create policies
of bullying done over the internet.
Cyberbullying on social media is that decrease the prevalence and
This includes actions such as
linked to depression in teenagers, negative effects of cyberbullying.
being called fat, stupid, wanna-be,
according to new research that School officials are still struggling
loser, ugly, freak or fake,
analyzed multiple studies of the on how to properly intervene
harassing others. It can lead to
online phenomenon. Victimization when made aware of instances of
physical actions that sometimes
of young people online has cyberbullying, and a great deal of
cause serious injury or loss of life.
received an increasing level of that struggle centers around their
In recent years it has gotten
scrutiny, particularly after a series hesitance to take action on
vicious and dangerous among
of high-profile suicides of behaviors that do not occur on the
teens and adults. Many feel there
teenagers who were reportedly school.
has not been enough action taken
bullied on various social networks. to reduce or prevent such
behavior. Yet, sometimes people
There is plenty of talk about
may not realize exactly how
cyberbullying but few actually
cyberbullying gets it start.
dont know how detrimental it can
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line into unlawful or criminal changing e-mail addresses,

What is cyber behavior. changing ISPs, changing cell
phone accounts and attempting to
bullying Cyber bullying can include such
trace the source. Because the use
acts as making threats, sending
of mobile and online
By: Fatihah Suhaimi provocative insults or racial or
communications has grown so
ethnic slurs, gay bashing,
Cyber Bullying is bullying that rapidly and the crime is relatively
attempting to infect the victim's
takes place over digital devices new, many jurisdictions are
computer with a virus and
like cell phones, computers, and deliberating over cyber bullying
flooding an e-mail inbox with
tablets. Cyber bullying can occur laws. However, the crime is
messages. If you are a victim, you
through SMS, Text, and apps, or covered by existing laws against
can deal with cyber bullying to
online in social media, forums, or personal threats and harassment.
some extent by limiting computer
gaming where people can view, In some cases, it may be advisable
connection time, not responding to
participate in, or share content. to inform the local police
threatening or defamatory
Cyber bullying includes sending, department or consult an attorney.
messages, and never opening e-
posting, or sharing negative, It is not recommended that you
mail messages from sources you
harmful, false, or mean content retaliate in kind because such
do not recognize or from known
about someone else. It can include behavior can lead to heightened
sources of unwanted
sharing personal or private attacks, or even civil actions or
communications. More active
information about someone else criminal charges against you.
measures include blacklisting or
causing embarrassment or
whitelisting e-mail accounts,
humiliation. Some cyber bullying
cros
ses
the
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on the sites with links to a fake site. If

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users follow the link, they are told they
Examples of cyber bullying
By: Fatihah Suhaimi need to update their Flash Player. The
installer then installs malware rather than
the Flash Player. The malware then
Online threats downloads a rogue anti-spyware
application, AntiSpy Spider.
An online threat is any threat that uses
the World Wide Web to facilitate Posting unwanted pictures or
cybercrime. Web threats use multiple messages
types of malware and fraud, all of which
Once electronic messages or pictures are
utilize HTTP or HTTPS protocols, but
made public, containing them becomes Team Handball FPM UiTM Puncak
may also employ other protocols and
very difficult. Video or pictures can be Perdana
components, such as links in email or IM,
passed between mobile phones either by
or malware attachments or on servers that
a local wireless connection (which allows
access the Web. They benefit
free messages to be sent between devices
cybercriminals by stealing information
that are close to each other), sent by text
for subsequent sale and help absorb
to other phones, uploaded to websites, or
infected PCs into botnets. Online threats
posted to public video hosting sites. Most
pose a broad range of risks, including
young people are aware of Happy
financial damages, identity theft, loss of
Slapping, a term which has been used to
confidential information/data, theft of
refer to physical assaults that are
network resources, damaged
recorded and circulated, usually via
brand/personal reputation, and erosion of
mobile phone. The Department for
consumer confidence in e-commerce and
Children Schools and Families (DCSF) Team Badminton FPM UiTM
online banking. It is a type of threat Puncak Perdana
does not promote the use of this term,
related to information technology (IT).
although it recognises that its popular
The IT risk affecting has gained and
currency has at least allowed discussion
increasing impact on society due to the
around this form of cyberbullying to
spread of IT processes.
begin to take place. The term is
For examples, in September 2008, inaccurate and misleading, and risks
malicious hackers broke into several minimising serious and illegal incidents
sections of BusinessWeek.com to redirect of physical assault. People who record
visitors to malware-hosting websites. attacks can be actively engaging in
Hundreds of pages were compromised cyberbullying. Circulating images of
with malicious JavaScript pointing to attacks can also be a form of harassment,
Team E-Sports FPM UiTM Puncak
third-party servers. In August 2008, and will certainly compound the harm of Perdana
popular social networking sites were hit the original attack.
by a worm using social engineering
techniques to get users to install a piece
of malware. The worm installs comments
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teens who used social media had a like ongoing sadness, withdrawall
Effects of cyber bullying Facebook account. Seventeen of from others, losing interest in
By: Fatihah Suhaimi the 36 studies analyzed looked at favourite activities or trouble
how common cyberbullying was, sleeping or eating. Second, talking
A. Depression and the researchers found that a about or showing an interest in
Researchers have discovered a median of 23 percent of teens death or dying. Third, engaging in
strong link between bullying and reporting being targeted. About 15 dangerous or harmful activities,
depression. Depression is an percent reported bullying someone including reckless behavior,
illness that is not totally online themselves. substance abuse, or self injury.
understood, and may have a Fourth, giving away favourite
Two studies examined the
variety of causes, but it is clear possessioms and saying goodbye
prevalence of so-called "bully-
that it can have a relationship to to people. Next, saying or
victims," meaning teens who both
bullying. Both bullies and their expressing that they cant handle
bully others and are bullied.
victims are more likely to suffer things anymore. Last but not least,
Research on offline bullying
from depression than youth who making comments that things
shows these kids to be most at-risk
are not involved in bullying. This would be better without them.
for mental health problems. One
connection can be long-lasting;
study found that 5.4 percent of
people who are bullied as children
teens were bully-victims, while
are more likely to suffer from
the other reported a prevalence of
depression as an adult than
11.2 percent.
children not involved in bullying.
Depression can have a number of B. Suicide or kill he/her self
serious effects on a persons life.
There is a strong link between
The link between bullying and
bullying and suicide, as suggested
depression can also extend to
by recent bullying-related suicides
other problems, like low self
in many countries. Parents,
esteem, anxiety, high rates of
teachers and students learn the Caprice (celebrity) the one
school absence and physical
dangers of bullying and help who care about people
illness. bullying and his trademarks
students who may be at risk of
are #bullyingstopsnow
committing suicide. There are
The studies covered a variety of #watlekwatpeace
some example of this effect, first
social sites, but Facebook was the https://www.instagram.com/
is showing signs of depression, p/BEB4DWkMTKe/
most common between 89
percent and 97.5 percent of the
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and other information that Work with your child. There

Solution to stop cyberbullying makes you easy to find If are two reasons why youll want to
By: Fatihah Suhaimi
you fear someone else is keep your child involved. Bullying
Take immediate action impersonating you, iit might be and cyberbullying usually involve a
First is attempt to identify the cause. necessary to create new accounts so loss of dignity or control over a social
Some bullies start out as a friend, an that the person is no longer able to situation, and involving your child in
ex or someone else you know well. If pretend to be you. Notify your friends finding solutions helps him or her
it seems possiblle to have a and family that you have new email regain that. The second reason is
reasonable discussion with the address, social media page and so on. about context. Because the bullying is
person, cosideer asking him or her to almost always related to school life
Last but not least, you have to save
stop. Have the conversation in and our kids understand the situation
the evidence. File away every email,
person, not through email or text. and context better than parents ever
text, instant message, web address
Keep in mind there may not always can, their perspective is key to getting
and other evidence you collect from
not be a reason for cyberbullying or to the bottom of the situation and
the bully. Record the time and date
one that is straightfoward. Sometimes working out a solution. You may
that each message was sent. Having
people lash out on others because of need to have private conversations
as much information as possible
their own insecurities. In case it is not with others, but let your child know if
about the bullys behaviour will help
yor fault. If you dont know who the you do, and report back. This is about
you determine how to stop his or her
bully is or if you are being bullied by your childs life, so your child needs
behaviour.
ag roup of people, attempting to talk to be part of the solution.
it out probably wont work. You may More than one perspective
need to take a stronger action. Additional advice for parents needed. Your childs account of what
Next, change your account settings. Know that youre lucky if your child happened is likely completely
Prevent the person from finding a asks for help. Most young people sincere, but remember that one
new way to contact you by limiting dont tell their parents about bullying persons truth isnt necessarily
the amountof personal information online or offline. So if your childs everybodys. Youll need to get other
you make available online. Take the losing sleep or doesnt want to go to perspectives and be open-minded
following measures to protect school or seems agitated when on his about what they are. Sometimes kids
yourself. Consider changing your or her computer or phone, ask why as let themselves get pulled into chain
screen name and other online calmly and open-heartedly as reactions, and often what we see
identification. If you have been using possible. Feel free to ask if it has online is only one side of or part of
the same screen name for years, the anything to do with mean behavior or the story.
bully may able to find a way to social issues. But even if it does,
continue harassing you by posing as dont assume its bullying. You wont
someone else. Eliminate the know until you get the full story,
possibility by changing your screen starting with your childs perspective.
name, as well as your profile picture
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STATISTIC ABOUT CYBERBULLYING FROM 2012 TO 2016 IN

MALAYSIA

Cyber harassment cases

13%
23%
2012
2013
22% 2014
2015
19%
2016

23%

Cyberbullying among students

16%
22%
2012
2013
2014

17% 26% 2015

2016

19%
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