Unfortunately, the Internet is capable of causing tragic
events such as suicide. In this article, a 15-year-old girl named Kenyatta
Parker took her life after being a victim to cyber bullying. A video of
Kenyatta was sent around her school of a funny video of her dancing meant for
her friend’s eyes-only. Harsh comments were left on Kenyatta’s Facebook page regarding
her skin color, along with nasty text messages. Kenyatta is one of the many
lives that have been taken because of cyber bullying. This shows how something
originally created only to be helpful, has been used abusively in order to hurt
others.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Bad Side of the Internet
This article is an example of the bad side of the Internet.
It describes a new rehab facility in Britain. This rehab program is not for
drugs or alcohol but Internet addictions. At this facility, patients have to
give up all technology such as cellphones and computers. The unfortunate part
about this rehab is that majority of these patients are teenagers. This shows just
how much children growing up now depend on technology and the Internet. These
young patients are obsessed with constantly being connected to the grid and are
losing their ability to interact socially. Activities in this rehab program
include therapy sessions and taking the patients outside so that they can have
the real life experiences that they have been depriving themselves of.
Good Side of the Internet
The website stopcyberbullying.org is an example of a website
that is beneficial to society. This website provides tips on how to prevent or
help someone that is getting cyber bullied. This website also allows people to
unite together and find each other in order to promote the ending of cyber
bullying. This website also provides detailed information such as what exactly
cyber bullying is, how it works, prevention, take action, what’s the law, stop cyber
bulling, etc. Thus, stopcyberbullying.org is an influential website that has
the potential to help many people.
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