Traditional and electronic bullying among adolescents

Traditional and Electronic Bullying among Adolescents

Definitions of Traditional and Electronic Bullying

Bullying has been a major problem in schools ever since . It may take different forms either verbal , non-verbal , direct or indirect . It is a problem that has caused major attention because of it 's rising gravity and the numerous cases of student deaths resulting from intense bullying . Adolescents are most likely the culprits and victims of bullying because it is a time in the human physical and social development that emotions are most sensitive , hormones are at an all-time

high , and peer pressures are abound . However , in the fast paced world that we have that caused evolution of technology , traditional bullying has taken on a different look . Like our gadgets , clothes , look and style has been modernized , so has traditional bullying . It has taken a form that was motivated by the availability and accessibility of the internet . It is now of another form referred to as electronic bullying

Traditionally , bullying is said to occur when a person is the target of criticism or any form of attack and that the bullied person eventually feels that he is powerless to put a stop to the harm being done to him The main forms of bullying are physical and verbal (Olweus ,2001 Physical bullying would mean physically hurting another person by kicking , punching , pushing , throwing things and other forms of abuse that may hurt the person physically . Verbal bullying on the other hand constitutes calling the person names that are...