Cyberbullying

Cyber bullying is bullying through instant messaging, web site post, email, tweet, or digital messages and images send to a cellular phone. It involves negative action against someone or imbalance of power and agression. Children involved in cyber bullying often feel tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated and embarrassed. Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyber bullying incident. For example, the article " Girl's Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies," talks about the a 12-year-old girl who was driven to suicide after being maligned, threatened and taunted online through texting and photo sharing cellphone apps. She was the youngest teen to commint suicide as a result of 15 middle school children who urged her to kill herself.