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Monday 15 September 2014

Cyber Bullying and Traditional Bullying... Whats the Difference?

Certain characteristics inherent in online technologies increase the likelihood that they will be exploited for deviant purposes. Unlike physical bullying, electronic bullies can remain virtually anonymous using temporary email accounts, chat rooms, instant messaging programs, cell-phone text messaging, and other Internet venues to mask their identity; this perhaps frees them from normal and social constraints on their behaviour.

Additionally, electronic forums often lack supervision. While chat hosts regularly observe the dialogue in some chat rooms in an effort to police conversations and evict, remove, or ban offensive individuals, personal messages sent between users (such as electronic mail or text messages) are viewable only by the sender and the recipient, thereby outside the regulatory reach of such authorities. Furthermore, when teenagers know more about computers and cellular phones than their parents or guardians, they are therefore able to operate the technologies without concern that a parent will discover their experience with bullying (whether as a victim or offender).

Another factor is the inseparability of a cellular phone from its owner, making that person a constant target for victimisation. Users often need to keep their phone turned on for a number of purposes, which provides the opportunity for those with cruel intentions to engage in persistent unwelcome behaviour such as harassing telephone calls or threatening and insulting statements via text messages. Cyber bullying penetrates the walls of a home, traditionally a place where victims could avoid other forms of bullying. This infiltration into the home life of the cyber bully victim is the unique way in which the Internet can create simultaneous sensations of exposure and alienation. For youth who experience shame or self-hatred, this effect is dangerous because it can lead to extreme self-isolation.

One possible advantage for victims of cyber bullying over traditional bullying is that they may sometimes be able to avoid it simply by avoiding the site/chat room in question. Email addresses and phone numbers can be changed and e-mail accounts now offer services that will automatically filter out messages from certain senders before they even reach the inbox, and phones offer similar caller ID functions. Bullying through text, email, social networking sites, etc. also provides the victim with evidence against the bully to present to a friend or family member.

However, this does not protect against all forms of cyber bullying; publishing offensive material about a person on the internet is extremely difficult to prevent and once it is posted, many people can potentially download and copy it, at which point it is almost impossible to remove from the Internet. Some perpetrators may post victims' photos, or victims' edited photos like defaming captions or pasting victims' faces on nude bodies. Despite policies that describe cyber bullying as a violation of the terms of service, many social networking Web sites have been used to that end.


Another result of cyber bullying that differentiates from normal or physical bullying is the lack of visual damage or pain. Cyber bullying affects victims mentally, which makes it difficult for family members or close friends to detect or notice on a person. This can leave the victim feeling very isolated and feeling as though they have no one to turn to. Unfortunately in the most extreme example, can lead the victim to commit self-harm, or in the worst case, suicide.