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AshleySimpsonSecondPaper 4 - 23 Apr 2010 - Main.AshleySimpson
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| | | Does her suicide demonstrate the trend? From what I've been reading, the social networking aspect of the bullying wasn't primary - the face to face bullying was a large part of it. The triggering incident, if one can be found, was supposed to be the students pelting her with a can as they drove away. But I do agree that the facebook bullying acts as a massive aggravating factor - the larger audience, coupled with the permanence of it all. When someone orally insults you, the words dissipate - facebook taunts don't just linger, they multiply across profiles. I'm also not sure if the indecent photos is something you want to mention - I'm not fully informed about bullying, but to me this seems like a separate issue and one with a lot of stuff attached to it that I don't think you want to implicate. Something else to consider is the anonymity of the internet, or more accurately, the illusory anonymity. A few years ago, Brown had a campaign to convince college aged kids that yes, facebook was real, permanent, and read by the outside world - now that facebook is being used by babies (I know a couple that created a page for their month old infant), that message needs to get taught to a younger and younger audience. | |
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> | I was trying to use a real world example to function as a prompt or a jumping point into my thesis; an attention grabber of sorts. If you think it is ineffective, I will think about whether or not I can adjust the example to make it more appropriate or just delete it in general. I meant through its reference to show that it demonstrates that this is an issue that needs to be adequately addressed. I was actually really interested in cyber bullying so maybe I will take this paper in that direction instead. | | | Prince's unfortunate suicide was not the typical reaction, however bullying is still a problem that demands greater attention. The recent prosecution of 6 of Prince's classmates demonstrates one approach to assuaging the bullying problem. That response is to bring law enforcement into schools to further encourage criminalization of bullying as a means of prevention. Though I acknowledge that criminalizing certain offenses can deter some offensive behavior, I do not think it is appropriate with regards to the pairing of school aged children and the specific offense of bullying.
From what I've read, and what you mention below, the prosecutor is charging the students with Assault with a Deadly Weapon (for throwing the can), Stalking, Harassment, Statutory Rape, Violation of Civil Rights (?), and even Assault and Battery for beating up a girl who gave a TV interview about the bullying. Instead, your beef is with those pushing to create Bullying Statutes, which some states already have. Or, you might want to say that it is unfair to press the bullying tactics of the students into these (Stalking, Harassment) adult crimes? |
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