Real-life examples of cyberbullying incidents Megan Meier This horror story is a case of child depression made worse because of cyberbullying. Megan had suffered from severe depression from the age of eight and was already taking antipsychotics and antidepressants. While they helped slightly, she still suffered from her mental illnesses. A female neighbor set up a MySpace account and pretended to be a male to tease Megan. At first, Megan found herself attached to this “Josh Evans,” but “he” later turned on her and started discussing some rumors “he’d” heard. At first it all started private but then he started sharing their private messages and went public with a declaration that the world would be better without her. Megan, already susceptible to depression, believed that comment. After telling him that “you’re the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over,” she took her own life in her bedroom. She was just 13 years old. Hailee Lamberth Another 13-year-old took her life due to c...
Definition of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying refers to the use of digital platforms such as social media, messaging apps and other online tools to harass, intimidate or harm a student. It can take many forms including spreading rumours, sending hurtful messages, spreading inappropriate images or excluding individuals from online groups. Impact on victims, perpetrators and bystanders The documented effects of cyberbullying take a burden on all those involved, but also impact the wider social environment as well. Victims experience difficult emotions: feelings of humiliation and worthlessness, shame, fear, despair, and sadness. In the long run, they may suffer reduced self-esteem and interpersonal problems: difficulties in establishing contacts and a tendency to withdrawal and isolation. The consequences for perpetrators include the consolidation of aggressive patterns of behaviour, the lowering of the sense of responsibility for their own actions, the tendency to antisocial behaviour, and...
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