Cyberbullying in the Philippines

CYBERBULLYING

CYBERBULLYING 

The use of social networks to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner

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The use of internet service and mobile technologies such as web pages and discussion groups as well as instant messaging or SMS text messaging with the intention of harming another person.

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intimidate, control, manipulate, put down, falsely discredit, or humiliate

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sending emails/text messages harassing someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender

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public actions such as repeated threats, sexual remarks, pejorative labels (i.e., hate speech) or defamatory false accusations)

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impersonation, creating fake accounts, comments or sites posing as their target

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bringing hatred in others' minds or convincing others to dislike or participate in online denigration of a target

So what are the most noted effects of cyber bullying, when it happens? In a survey conducted by www.stopcyberbullying.org, victims of Cyber bullying responded in the following methods: 

36% asked the bully to stop.

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34% percent blocked communication.

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34% percent talked to friends about the bullying

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29% did nothing about the bullying.

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28% signed offline.

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Only 11% of teens talked to parents about incidents of Cyber bullying.

Effects of bullying 

Kids that are bullied that are more likely to skip school in an effort to avoid having to encounter their nemesis and experience the emotional, psychological and physical effects of being bullied

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Bullied kids are more likely to get sick.

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Bullied Teens are more likely to use alcohol as a coping mechanism

Long Term Effects of Being Bullied

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Children who were bullied from the 6th-9th grade are more likely to become depressed by the time they reach the age of 23

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depression, pathological perfectionism, social anxiety, and a greater neurotic ism in their adult years

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People who were bullied during their childhood years are more likely to be bullied in the workplace

According to Google Trends, the fourth highest searching country worldwide for Cyber bullying is the Philippines

“The shameful post of their student can destroy the image of the university, not everybody knows her but when her real identity was leaked, it caused big trouble since she is carrying out the name of the school.”

Cyberbullying as a socio economic issue IMMATURITY (BULLY) TRAUMA (BULLIED VICTIMS)

INTELLECT AND PERSONALITY

SOCIAL MORES AND VALUES

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

BAD PUBLICITY, BAD REPUTATION OF COUNTRY

PERCEPTION OF FOREIGNERS DOUBTS

PROFESSIONALS LOWER EDUCATION STANDARDS WORKFORCE

TOURISM AND TRADE