Annotated Bibliography
Bilton, Nick. "Name-Calling in the Virtual Playground." New York Times.(2014).
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Web. 5 October 2014.
This article was written to inform people of different apps that are being used to bully other people. The one app that is mostly talked about is called Secret, which was a six-week-old social app that connects people anonymously. It has also put the Silicon Valley in touch with its inner 10th grader and become a cyber-school yard for all manner of gossips inside the technology industry. Some people like Veronica Belmont, who is a video host and technology writer, and Aaron Durand, a photographer soon deleted this app because they don't need the hate in their life. It is said that cyber bullying is bad enough when you know who is doing it but it is even worse when the source is cloaked by design. To reduce negative comments, Secret has said that it is adding features that detect when people's names are typed into in messages and worn those who would include them to think before they post and users can have the ability to ban those who trash-talk others. I think that the author was a credible source because he was doing research and used the right resources to get his information. the article is also up to date because it was written in March 2014 and it gives you the names of the apps that are out there that people used to bully. I also think that this article is a good source to get information about how bullying is happening in different was by apps on our phones but I didn't get a great understanding of what the app Secret is and what you use it for. The author does a great job on getting the information out there about these apps and what is being done to correct the problems that cause bullying.
"The Cyber Bullying Virus." YouTube. http://youtube.com, March 22, 2012. Web. 5 Oct. 2014.
This video talks and shows how cyber bullying is a virus and once one person does it then everyone else joins and makes it into a virus. It also shows how once the person who is the bully picks the victim the bully is the least expected and they are unaware of their own infection. Cyber bullying is spread through social media and many get hurt by it. It shows ways on how people need to stand up to bullies by protecting the one that is getting bullied so they don't get depressed or even worse commit suicide. This video is a great source and is very credible and up to date by it shows you how easy it is to cyber bully and how fast it spreads. I also think this is a great video to show those people who are bullying innocent victims that it is not great and it can seriously hurt someone so bad that they commit suicide. We need to put an end to cyber bullying and this video is a great way to teach everyone on how to do it.
Shelby, I did my annotated bibliography on cyber bullying, too, and also used this video! I think this is a great video for cyber bullying because it really puts it into perspective about how fast it can travel on the internet and how easy it is for other people to join in.
ReplyDeleteShelby, I thought the article you cited was very interesting. The fact that cyber-bullying is coming from so many different mediums is almost shocking. You immediately think about cyber-bullying occurring on social networks, but now that it's even happening on apps what do we do to try and contain it?
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