Dangers of new
media
There
are many dangers that people must be aware of if they use new media. Some examples include cyber-bullying,
cyber-terrorism, trolling, spam, and cyber-stalking. But, I feel that the biggest danger to new
media has to be cyber-bullying.
I
believe this is the biggest danger to people using the web because people can
get seriously hurt by what people post online about them. “Cyber-bullying presents unique challenges in
the sense that the perpetrator can attempt to be anonymous, and attacks can
happen at any time of day or night” (Landau).
I mean take the case of Brandon Turley, who lived in Oregon. According to an article on the CNN website
that was last updated in April 2013, he was bullied online over the internet in
middle school; students that he never even spoke to face-to-face were calling
him names like “fag” or “fatty.” When he
questioned why they would say those things, they responded that “…he should
stop going to school and die” (Landau).
Now,
I can honestly say that I’ve never had a problem with cyber-bullying. This is mostly because I grew up in the ‘90’s
when cyber-bullying wasn’t really an issue at the time. It seems to mostly affect young people in
school. I think that dealing with this
problem is really up to the parents to try to protect their kids from being
bullied either online or offline. Kids
should also have the courage to tell their parents about this if a situation
does come up.
As
I have stated previously, there are many dangers that are associated with using
new media. However, I believe that
cyberbullying stands out a top the rest of them. Kids and parents really need to be united and
tell each other about what to do when a cituation like this comes up
Works Cited:
Landau,
Elizabeth. "When bullying goes high-tech." CNN. Cable
News Network, 15 Apr. 2013. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.
<http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/27/health/cyberbullying-online-bully-victims>.
Great blog! I agree with your blog and that cyber-bullying is the most dangerous in our society today. Many teens become victim of cyber-bullying and either have switch schools or completely take themselves off of social networking. Many times that is not enough to stop the bullying. Cyber-bullies are not age discriminate and they easily can attack someone anonymously, which makes it much harder to stop the bullying. Making a fake facebook profile or twitter account does not take very much and it makes it difficult for the victim to get away from the bullying. Many of the victims feel that there is no way out other than to commit suicide. It is extremely sad when a victim could have been helped and they do not get the help until its too late. There should be some sort of class for parents, so that they can understand all of the new ways their children can be bullied and ways they can help.
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