Cyber Revolution Cyber means computer whereas revolution means abrupt/rapid change happened in an area. Computer has created revolution in the world not by itself as a standalone unit but also because of the penetration of Internet. Both together have made many of our lives easy and hence it has become one of the necessities in almost every home.
Technology such as cell phones with messaging, computers with internet and the use of social networking has changed the way adolescents have learned to communicate. With the rise of these devices many young people do not understand the risks they are taking.
The devices themselves are not harmful but how they use them and what they say with them can be harmful not only to themselves but to others. Bullying was once the way youth would harass one another but now, cyber bullying has become a new phenomenon that is sweeping through young people’s lives. Qing Li of the university of Calgary, describes cyber bullying, “as the involvement of the use of information and communication technologies, such as e-mail, cell phone and pager text messages, instant messaging, defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others” (373). Cyber bullying is new to all and many adults do not know the characteristics of a child being cyber bullied. Mickie Wong-Lo states, “Cyber bullying represents a unique phenomenon that creates lasting memories to those who are who have experienced it (64). This crisis among young teens is advancing so rapidly that many legislatures are passing laws about many of the cases because cyber bullying can become fatal.
Bullying is not new but cyber bullying is and everyone should know the effects and how to help.
Information Technology Has The Potential To Change Societal Structure And Processes Similar In Scale To That Of Both The Agricultural Revolution…
