Arguments for my position


Argument 1: Many victims of cyberbullying have committed suicide.

"Child advocates say a growing epidemic of 'cyberbullying' — the use of computers, cell phones, social-networking sites and other technology to threaten or humiliate others — is putting young people at risk, sometimes with deadly consequences" (Billitteri, 2002, p. 385).

Argument 2: Cyberbullying is hard to avoid, because it is on the internet for everyone to see and could be there forever.

"In recent years, not only have the number of SNS users dramatically increased but also the amount of personal information that users posted and shared online" (Chan, 2020, p. 583).

Argument 3: Cyberbullying is not only common for children in elementary school and high school. Many college students have also been victims of cyberbullying.       

"In this study, we made use of an exploratory case study research design to understand the prevalence of cyberbullying in one of the private universities (a privately-funded independent university) within Nairobi, Kenya" (Ndiege, Okello & Wamuyu, 2020, p, 29).



Sources

Billitteri, T. J. (2008, May 2). Cyberbullying. CQ Researcher, 18, 385-408. http://library.cqpress.com/

Chan, T. K. H., Cheung, C. M. K., & Wong, R. Y. M. (2020). Cyberbullying on Social Networking Sites: The Crime Opportunity and Affordance Perspectives. Journal of Management Information Systems, 37(2), 574–609.
https://doi-org.libproxy.adelphi.edu/10.1080/07421222.2019.1599500

Ndiege, J. R. A., Okello, G., & Wamuyu, P. K. (2020). Cyberbullying among University Students: The Kenyan Experience. African Journal of Information Systems12(1), 24–43.