In this last blog, the assignment was to choose a scholarly article. I came to the conclusion that the article I chose is scholarly because professionals with their Ph.D. wrote it and it was in The American Journal of Psychiatry. This article is about a book that the authors are writing. The first half of the book is meant for thee victims, bullies, while the second half is for the parents and teachers of the children. This article introduces an electronic problem that seems to be like an epidemic about harassment towards children. It contains surveys that have been analyzed by professionals and it shows data tables and graphs of trends that have been seen. This also contains demographics of cyber bullying as well as events like the killings at “Columbine High School”. Even though this is an online cyber-bulling article the authors do include cyber bullying that is not seen online but “old school” bullying. Not only does this article provide information to parents and children it also advices parents and educators. There is discussion of how to prevent, intervene, and even seek aid when it comes to cyberbulllying.
The main points of the article start by giving background information about cyber bullying. Then the research that was done by the psychologists is published for the audience to read. The main point of this article and book is that electronic harassment can happen in any way, direction, and it seems like it’s a phenomenon that people need to be aware of. Overall, this article does convey a successful rhetorical message.Bullying in the Digital Age
This sounds like a very informative scholarly source. However, I was wondering - what was the title of the article?
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a great article for any parent to read so that they can be aware of cyber bullying and the problems it causes. More informative parents may result in less chance for cyber bullying to occur with their kids.
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