Houston,+Ramsey

=﻿ Cyberbullying=

Initial Proposal
The social issue im doing my research project on is cyberbullying and how it is effecting teens. Many people have gotten hurt physically and mentally because of cyberbullying, some have even commited suicide just to stop the harassment. this type of bullying is the worst because many people can become part of it without even saying anything to the person just by what they say or how they comment about the person. Do you have any personal knowledge or insights to bring?

A tentative solution to this issue would be to have more awareness and less tolerance for the subject. if you see someone being bullied online you should inform someone that can do something about the situation. Don't try and defend the person because in most cases that draws more of a crowd and more people are targeted. So are you going to come up with a campaign to educate teens?

My purpose to writing on this project is because it is something that i know about and have seen what its like and how people react to it. Also i want to alert others on how cyberbullying effects teens and why a solution should be found. Just like the Phoebe Prince incident that happend last year near here, where a new student from Ireland was harassed online about being a whore to the point where she killed herself. Is your main purpose to educate teens about how to handle it, or to persuade them not to do it, or both?

My action plan is to write a letter and send it to the social networking website officials about the issue on cyberbullying and ask them to make more restrictions on what can be posted up on those sites and ask for monitors to decrease the bullying.

Bennett, Jessica. "From Lockers to Lockup - New America Today." //Sirs.com//. 11 Oct. 2010. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. []. this article gave me the full story on the Phoebe Prince incident and it examines bullying in modern times

FOSS, By CASSIE. "Is Your Child a Victim of Cyberbullying? | Islandpacket.com." //The Island Packet | Hilton Head - Bluffton, SC | Capturing Life in South Carolina's Lowcountry Since 1970//. 07 Nov. 2010. Web. 14 Dec. 2010. []. this source gives me exapmles of cyberbullying threats, laws and its effect in the classroom.

Pitts Jr., Leonard. "The Rest of the Tyler Clementi Story | OregonLive.com." //Oregon Local News, Breaking News, Sports & Weather - OregonLive.com//. Sirs, 8 Oct. 2010. Web. 17 Dec. 2010. []. this article gave me an example of how technology has gave people a reason to be bullies and why Tyler Clementi killed himself