The Sad Truth

Here is the picture I chose for cyber bullying. Clearly this picture is targeting a young audience in the hopes to stop cyber bullying. I think this is a great ad because it is making a great point. We all know that cyber bullying involves harassing someone or embarrassing them online, through text, twitter anything, but I like how it also includes that laughing or even not stopping it means you are a part of it too, which I think is an aspect no one really thinks of as cyber bullying.
This ad is evoking a sense of guilt almost because we all know at some point we have laughed at something whether it being an embarrassing comment or picture on Face book, but we never stop to think how this could hurt the person that it a part of it.
I really like how the ad makes it look like you are looking straight at a computer screen, since we are dealing with cyber bullying. The diagonal lines and kind of fuzzy imagery really makes it seem like it was taken right from someone’s computer. The font also looks very much computerized which adds to the computer screen look. The picture however is a little disturbing though. It really conveys the message of everyone being able to see something online (all the kids in the screen), and how it can cause someone to potentially take their life because everyone can see whatever was online (the girl looking asleep).
I really like this ad because it really makes a statement about cyber bullying that people do not primarily think of. The picture is a little disturbing, but it goes with what the message is saying, which is a sad and horrible thing to happen to someone just because of cyber bullying.

Statistics and News Reports

As I mentioned before, cyber bullying is becoming a huge issue in this day and age. Cyber bulling is at an all time high right now amongst teens and is having a profound effect on these kids every day. 97% of middle school kids have cyber bullied some in their young life and 42% of all children have been cyber bullied. These statistics are ridiculous and terrifying. There have also been reports of teen suicides due to cyber bulling.

One teen who committed suicide early this year, cops say cyber bullying is to blame. Kids who taunted the teen continued to bash her on her web page even after her death. However, teens are not fully to blame for cyber bullying sometimes adults are to blame too. One of the most infamous cases of cyber bullying is the suicide of a teen girl because of the mom of a classmate. This mom created a fake profile and slandered the teen girl’s name which eventually led her to suicide. Another case of adult cyber bullying is from the reality television show The Real Housewives of New York. In the show, one woman’s husband slanders another woman via twitter, which may seem harmless, but since they are television stars they have hundreds of twitter followers. Even a simple tweet can really hurt someone’s feelings and reputation.  I know it may seem odd to be using this show as an example, but it just goes to show how far cyber bullying has taken off in the recent years.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3882520&page=1
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/29/earlyshow/main6343077.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20083781-501465.html

Cyber bullying

Online safety is a big concern in this day and age. People have learned to hack, steal, even bully online. Internet safety is something everyone should be concerned with. Cyber bullying is a topic that has been coming up a lot lately. TV movies, commercials and legislation have been bringing awareness to the issue. Cyber bullying is the use of the internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner. The reason this is becoming more prevalent in society is the much more frequent use of the internet and social networks, such as Facebook and twitter. Even though this type of bullying may not be physical in any way, it is very emotional and psychological. Not to mention that this type of bullying can be seen by anyone on the web as opposed to just the school yard full of kids.

I believe that cyber bullying is a horrible act to commit and I am glad that this issue is becoming more public. I am unsure how this issue can be solved, but raising awareness will definitely help. I know that Facebook is a big part in every young person’s life right now and even the older and younger generations are being introduced to Facebook, which is why I feel that cyber bullying can really hurt. Someone hacking or posting a mean comment on someone’s Facebook can really affect that person because all your friends and even family can read that, which is where the emotional and psychological damage of cyber bullying can come from.