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  • Essay / Effects of cyberbullying on adolescents - 1437

    It seems that Facebook can be considered the origin of cyberbullying among adolescents. However, is there any other platform that may also increase cyberbullying among teens? Cyberbullying could be defined as an aggressive and intentional act committed by a group or individual, using forms of electronic contact, in a repeated and prolonged manner, against a victim who cannot easily defend themselves (Peter Smith, Jess Mahdavi, Manuel Carvalho and Neil Tippett). , 2006). Text bullying, a type of traditional cyberbullying that might be ignored, can also increase cyberbullying among adolescents. The evolution of technology has opened new avenues for bullying using electronic contact, from text messages on cell phones to videos on websites (Patchin and Hinduja, 2006 and Smith et al., 2008). Prevalence rates for text harassment range from 15 to 32 percent (Beran and Li, 2005, Jerome and Segal, 2003, Kowalski and Limber, 2007, Raskauskas and Stoltz, 2007, Smith et al., 2008 and Ybarra and Mitchell, 2004). More recent research by Smith and colleagues (2008) found that students generally felt that cyberbullying had a similar impact to traditional bullying. While cyberbullying occurs primarily outside of school, texting bullying occurs more often at school, despite school policies that prohibit cell phones (Agatston, Kowalski, & Limber, 2007). It is therefore difficult to justify that Facebook bears more responsibility for the increase in cyberbullying.