Bullying can happen anywhere, even in the small town of St. Marys. It was easy for the bully as he was hiding behind a computer on a social networking site called Twitter. This user created an anonymous account and was posting gossip about other people. Most teenagers thought this story was funny until they wrote something secret about themselves. Many offensive posts led St. Marys teens to believe things about themselves that probably weren't even true. This page spread so much that it was reported to the police and was eventually shut down. Bullying is a serious problem and most adults don't even know it's happening. Children and teenagers are probably too scared to tell an adult that they are being bullied. Teachers may want to help, but they can't add students as friends on Facebook or follow them on Twitter so they don't know what's going on. Bullies can use the Internet as a form of bullying. They may also tease due to growing popularity or their gender. Some ways to resolve bullying are to educate students and reinforce punishments. There are many different types of torment, but cyberbullying appears to be the most used in St. Marys. Denise and Michael Accordino, co-authors of “An Exploratory Study of Face to Face and Cyber bullying in Sixth Grade,” remind everyone that cyber bullying is horrible because it can be anonymous. Many children mistreat social media (Accordino). Kids who have been bullied face-to-face will most likely use technology to get revenge (Accordino). There are many ways classified as cyberbullying, such as using social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, or using portable connections, such as texting or emailing (Accordino). However, cyberbullying mostly...... half of the paper ......of Face-to-Face and Cyberbullying in Sixth..." American Secondary Education. Fall 2011: 14. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web . February 10, 2014. Brown, Eryn. “Study Links Teen Bullying to Social Status.” Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2011: A.13. Crime Researcher 't Deter Bullies. USA TODAY. 24 October 2013: A.8. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 10 February 2014. Furman, Wyndol and Masters, John C. “Popularity, Individual Friendship Selection, and Specific Peer Interaction among Children.” PsycNET. Developmental Psychology, n.d. Web. 04 February 2014. Shah, Nirvi. “Sting Study on Social Status Stereotypes of Bullies.” Talbot, Margaret. “Girls just want to be bad.” New York Times Magazine, February 24, 2002: 24+ Web Researcher. 2014.
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