New Media Issues

Today, I'm going to discuss one of the new media issues which is Cyber Harassment.Cyber harassment refers to online harassment.Cyber harassment is the use of cyberspace(email, instant messaging and deroogatory websites to harass an individual or group through personal attacks.


This is the real example of cyber harassment

The Tyler Clementi Case (1991-2010)

On 22 September 2010, Clementi was committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. This case is began when Clementi sharing that he was gay during the summer after his high school graduation when he was 18 years old. Clementi's roommate during his freshman year at Rutgers University, Dharun Ravi was used a webcam to stream footage of Clementi kissing another man. Therefore,Clementi had become a topic of ridicule in his new social environment and also saw his was appeared in his roommate Twitter account post. Clementi was unacceptable then committed suicide to end his life. 

Source: 

http://nobullying.com/six-unforgettable-cyber-bullying-cases/

The reason I choose this topic is because

Cyber harassment going viral is an serious cases because it definitely will lead a person to end his or her life. The powerful of new media may spread the news over the country, therefore the cyber harassment problems must be handle well and solve it.

So, these are the solutions of cyber harassment 

1) education- Either parents or schools play a important role to guide and teach the children the rules and policy by using social media. Provide the knowledge to them as well as educate them online bullying is a bad behavior and it does directly damage a person reputation even end someone life.

2) parents should always supervise and concerns their children what have they did through social media- Parents have to spend their time by concerning them and always have a communication with them. Besides, parents should teach them how to handle the cyber harassment issues by not committed suicide.

3) seminar- government should held a seminar on cyber harassment by give a free talk to everyone how to handle it properly and stated out the consequences of cyber harassment if did it on others. Through this action, it does help in prevent the cyber harassment happen in society.

Thank you for your reading:)

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