"Cyberbullying leads to Pueblo teen's suicide"
(http://www.koaa.com/story/34368479/cyberbullying-leads-to-pueblo-teens-suicide)
This article is about a girl named Ariana DeHerrera. This 13-year-old girl committed suicide this past month after being constantly bullied online. Someone had earlier made a fake account to purposely send her hurtful messages. The article describes Ariana as trapped. This story is very emotional. It is so sad to know that people turn to end their life due to harassment. This shouldn't exist in the world.
In our communication book, Brian Feinstein holds an experiment to see if Facebook is bad for college students health. He retained much information from the results, one being "that individuals engaging in negative social comparisons while using Facebook placed themselves as risk for rumination, and, consequently, depressive symptoms" (184). This study can tie into the article about Ariana DeHerrera. Although she was only 13, she experienced the negative side of social media and has the most horrible outcome of all. Her whole life was taken away due to the feelings and symptoms she experienced.
The Cyberbullying Research Center released statistics of lifetime cyberbullying victims from 2007 to 2016. The highest percent was reached in 2014. Although rates have gone down from them, cyberbullying should still be considered a serious issue in the U.S.
Back to the article by Laura Wilson about the cyberbully victim, the overall fact that someone went out of their way to make someone else feel horrible could have been easily avoided. If you're feeling hatred or anger, write a letter and never send it, get a stress ball, or work-out until you can't feel your body. The taking your anger out on another human go-to should be avoided as a whole. I don't respect or support that. No one should let their emotions fully control them. We allow social media to be an outlet for many problems and feelings. Instead of abusing the power of the internet, we should be utilizing it to make our world a better, more advanced place.
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In our communication book, Brian Feinstein holds an experiment to see if Facebook is bad for college students health. He retained much information from the results, one being "that individuals engaging in negative social comparisons while using Facebook placed themselves as risk for rumination, and, consequently, depressive symptoms" (184). This study can tie into the article about Ariana DeHerrera. Although she was only 13, she experienced the negative side of social media and has the most horrible outcome of all. Her whole life was taken away due to the feelings and symptoms she experienced.
The Cyberbullying Research Center released statistics of lifetime cyberbullying victims from 2007 to 2016. The highest percent was reached in 2014. Although rates have gone down from them, cyberbullying should still be considered a serious issue in the U.S.
Back to the article by Laura Wilson about the cyberbully victim, the overall fact that someone went out of their way to make someone else feel horrible could have been easily avoided. If you're feeling hatred or anger, write a letter and never send it, get a stress ball, or work-out until you can't feel your body. The taking your anger out on another human go-to should be avoided as a whole. I don't respect or support that. No one should let their emotions fully control them. We allow social media to be an outlet for many problems and feelings. Instead of abusing the power of the internet, we should be utilizing it to make our world a better, more advanced place.
Sources
"Cyberbullying_victimization_all_studies_2016." Cyberbullying Research Center. N.p., n.d. Web.
Huillet, Michelle. Communicating Online. N.p.: McGraw Hill, n.d. Print
@LWilson_TV, Laura Wilson ReporterBioEmailConnectBiographylwilson@koaa.comFollow. "Cyberbullying Leads to Pueblo Teen's Suicide." Home - KOAA.com. N.p., n.d. Web.
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