Literature review

In an article that I found a lot is being done to make cyber bullying a term of the past. But, cyber bullying is still a real thing in our society none the less.In 2004 an increase of cyber bullying was found since 2000, " In 2004, the Internet safety education website iSafe.com surveyed the same number of students between grades four and eight and found that 42 percent of students had been bullied online; 35 percent of those surveyed had been threatened and many said it had happened more than  once."  This survey shows that cyber bullying is a real problem that has escalated between four years, but considering that that survey is from ten years ago the numbers now could be even more increased. Despite the increase of cyber bullying there has been an increase of action to prevent cyber bullying as well, "According to Hinduja and Patchin of the Cyber bullying Research Center, as of September 2014, twenty US states had legislation and/or policies that specifically addressed cyber bullying. Forty- nine states and the District of Columbia had anti-bullying legislation in place." These actions are aimed at putting cyber bullying to an end by not allowing the bullies to get away with bullying others through social networks. Because of victims taking extreme measures in response to cyber bullying, like suicide, many organizations and governments have taken actions to prevent cyber bullying from happening to so many children who do not deserve this hate. This article did surprise me because I did not know of the government actions that have been taken to prevent cyber bullying from happening, like the anti-cyberbullying legislation that is in place in forty-nine states. Cyber bullying really is more serious than it seems to a common person just living, I had no idea about these actions before researching it. More awareness needs to be raised, so that others know about the seriousness of cyber bullying in our generation.

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