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Introduction
Grabber:
Thesis: Cyber bullying is not worse than physical bullying.
Main Points:
I. Cyber bullying has become a problem.
II. The power of the written word is incredibly strong.
III. Traditional bullying is still much worse
First Body Paragraph
Main Point I: Cyber bullying has become a problem.
Details: A: “About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the Internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities—such as receiving threatening messages; having their private e-mails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online” (Lenhart).
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B: “Depending on the circumstances, these harassing or "cyberbullying" behaviors may be truly threatening, merely annoying or relatively benign. But several patterns are clear: girls are more likely than boys to be targets; and teens who share their identities and thoughts online are more likely to be targets than are those who lead less active online lives” (Lenhart).
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C: “Of all the online harassment asked about, the greatest number of teens told us that they had had a private communication forwarded or publicly posted without their permission” (Lenhart).
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D: Cyber bullying has reached a new level of harassment that physical bullying has not, but physical bullying forces kids and teens to tell others what happened when they may not want them to know, which causes the same emotional pain as cyber bullying.
Second Body Paragraph
Main Point II: The power of the written word is incredibly strong.
Details: A: “Should abuse such as keyboard-clicking something into cyber-space, qualify
as a hate crime? How can the murky line between freedom of speech, boorish teasing and suicide-inducing insults be defined by laws? These are all urgent ethical questions for an era where slow-moving laws fail utterly to keep up with fast-evolving technology” (Doucet).
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B: “Online bullying from peers is not only driving ordinary youth to suicide, but anonymous trolls are celebrating those deaths in what could only be equated to the chat-room equivalent of snuff videos” (Doucet)
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C: “A bit more than one in eight or 13% of teens said that someone had spread a rumor about them online” (Lenhart).
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D: The power of the written word is incredibly strong, but not as strong as most of the
bullies who physically beat people or the words of the people who tease someone until they break down and cry.
Third Body Paragraph
Main Point II: Traditional bullying is still much worse
Details: A: “An increase of media reports of cyber bullying have led people to believe that
online interaction is more dangerous for children and teens than it really is. These reports undermine the fact that most bullying of students occurs in face-to-face interactions, not online. The focus on cyber bullying should not distract leaders and parents from solving the problem of traditional bullying” (Jayson).
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B: “’Reports of a cyber bullying explosion over the past few years because of increasing use of mobile devices have been greatly exaggerated’, says psychologist Dan Olweus of the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway. He says his latest research, published this spring in the European Journal of Developmental Psychology, finds not many students report being bullied online at all” (Jayson).
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C: “In a U.S. sample, 18% of students said they had been verbally bullied, while about 5% said they had been cyber bullied. About 10% said they had bullied others verbally and 3% said they had bullied others electronically. In the Norwegian sample, 11% of students reported being verbally bullied; 4% reported being the victim; 4% said they had verbally bullied others; and 1% said they had cyber bullied” (Jayson).
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D: Theories show that even though cyber bullying is a problem, it has been way overblown and is not as prevalent as traditional bullying.
Conclusion
Restate thesis: While cyber bullying is still a problem, physical bullying is still a much larger dilemma.
Sum up each main point: Since social networking became popular, kids have found new ways to bully others. The things people write online can be very powerful so be careful. Cyber bullying is a problem, physical bullying is still a much larger dilemma.
Add a clincher (the last thought on your topic that you want your audience to think about.)
Next Page Should Be Your Works Cited Page, in alphabetical order, taken from the note cards you used in this outline.
Works Cited
Doucet, Isabeau. "Cyberbullying Among Students Is a Dangerous Epidemic." Netiquette and Online
Ethics. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Anti-Social Network: The Rise of a Cyber-Bullying Epidemic." http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 23 Sept. 2014. Document URL:
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010868213&source=Bookmark&u=nysl_li_fpmh&jsid=0218c0ae4794bd4ae609249febd59c16
Jayson, Sharon. "Studies Show Cyberbullying Concerns Have Been Overstated." USA Today 2 Aug. 2012. Rpt.
in Has Child Behavior Worsened? Ed. Amy Francis. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2014. At Issue. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 29 Sept. 2014. Document URL
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010885211&source=Bookmark&u=nysl_li_fpmh&jsid=7b1da715dcb8dd235de28d807149a7c0
Lenhart, Amanda. "Cyberbullying Is Not Worse than Physical Bullying." Media Violence. Ed. David M.
Haugen and Susan Musser. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Cyberbullying and Online Teens." Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2007. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 23 Sept. 2014. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&display-query=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Viewpoints&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3010153275&source=Bookmark&u=nysl_li_fpmh&jsid=93d8a227af56490f5c5f977a07983aa4
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