CYBER BULLYING AMONG YOUTH

Abstract
Bullying has been getting more and more attention from the media, decision
makers, industry players, and society as a whole over the last decade.
Nowadays, communication and information can be accessed easier than before.
All people in the world can access internet everywhere. And the technological
advance is getting improved every day. Cyberbullying is one of the types of
bullying. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic
forms of contact like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can
occur through every electronics device so the agent of cyberbullying is easier to
do it every time and everywhere. And for the victim it is also easier to delete the
message. But the fact is the harm of cyberbullying is equal with the traditional
bullying. The victims will feel powerless, humiliated, angry, lonely and isolated,
depressed and in the end they can do harmful things like suicide. The agents of
bullying choose do bullying through internet because it is anonym, they ignored
the consequences, do not want to see their victims’ reaction in person and
because of social pressure. In this era, mainly teenagers have trouble with their
friend because of cyberbullying and impact to their communication’s skill. They
feel hard to communicate with others about the problem they have.

Keyword : Cyberbullying, social media, suicide