Effects of Social Media

As we have learned, nearly 20% of students have participated in bullying someone else through the internet. The most common forms of bullying are posting mean comments, of which 8.8% of students have done, and spreading rumors, of which 6.8% of students have done. Although equally painful, or in some cases more so, less common forms of bullying include posting a hurtful video or picture of someone and threatening to hurt someone.

Although both genders are active in social media, the data proves that girls are often bullied more but also tend to be the bullies. Even though the difference in lifetime bullying is only 3.8%, girls being more likely to be bullies, females are bullied a staggering 8.5% more often. Despite these facts, the data also shows that boys might be growing as bullies, in the last thirty days 9.3% of boys have cyberbullied someone else, while only 7.9% of girls have. Finally, the ways in which the two g

Since 88% of students are familiar with cyberbullying, and only 7% of parents are worried about their children being cyberbullied, it is obvious that the public needs to learn more about cyberbullying so as to prevent it. Although it has been proven that cyberbullying takes an emotional toll on its victims, few parents know the consequences and how to prevent it in the future. Finally, the graph also shows the most common forms of cyberbullying are “mean and hurtful comments” as well as rumors.