Types Of Cyberbullying

 

Types of Cyberbullying

1. Exclusion

Exclusion is the act of singling out or leaving someone out deliberately. from an online group such as chats and sites. Exclusion exists with in-person bullying situations, but is also used online to target and bully a victim. For example, an individual might be excluded/uninvited to groups or parties while they see other friends being included or left out of message threads or conversations that involve mutual friends. The group then subsequently leave malicious comments and harass the one they singled out.

2. Harassment

It is a broad category that contains many types of cyberbullying. Harassment generally refers to a sustained and constant pattern of hurtful, offensive, malicious, or threatening online messages sent with the intention of doing harm to an individual or a group and is often repeated multiple times.

3. Outing/Doxing

Outing, also known as doxing, refers to the act of openly revealing sensitive or personal information about someone publicly without their consent for purposes of embarrassing or humiliating them and other malicious purposes. A person is “outed” when his information has been disseminated throughout the internet. This can range from the spreading of personal photos or documents of public figures to sharing an individual’s saved personal messages in an online private group. The key is the lack of consent from the victim. The effects of cyberbullying which are based on outing can be severe, especially among teenagers.

4. Trickery

Trickery is like outing, with an added element of deception. In these situations, the bully will befriend their target and lull them into a false sense of security. Once the bully has gained their target’s trust, they abuse that trust and share the victim’s secrets and private information to a third party or multiple third parties.

5. Cyberstalking

Cyberstalking is one form of harassment that involves continual threatening and rude messages, and can lead to physical harassment in the real, offline world to an individual being targeted. It can include monitoring, false accusations, threats, and is often accompanied by offline stalking. It is a criminal offense and can result in a restraining order, probation, and even jail time for the perpetrator.

6. Fraping

Fraping is when a bully uses someone’s social networking accounts to post inappropriate content with their name. has potential to be incredibly harmful. For example, a bully posting racial/homophobic slurs through someone else’s profile to ruin their reputation and account owner could be blamed for such actions when in fact they are not involved with it.

7. Masquerading

Masquerading happens when a bully creates a made-up profile or identity online with the sole purpose of cyberbullying/ harass someone anonymously. This could involve creating a fake email account, fake social media profile, and selecting a new identity and photos to fool the victim. In these cases, the bully tends to be someone the victim knows quite well, In addition to creating a fake identity, the bully can impersonate someone else to send malicious messages to the victim.

 8. Dissing

Dissing refers to the act of a bully spreading cruel information about their target through public posts or private messages to either ruin their reputation or relationships with other people. In these situations, the bully tends to have a personal relationship with the victim, either as an acquaintance or as a friend

 

9. Trolling

Trolling is when a bully will seek out to intentionally upset others by posting inflammatory comments online. Trolling may not always be a form of cyberbullying, but it can be used as a tool to cyberbully when done with malicious and harmful intent. These bullies tend to be more detached from their victims, and do not have a personal relationship.

10. Flaming

This type of online bullying constitutes of posting about or directly sending insults and profanity to their target. Flaming is like trolling but will usually be a more direct attack on a victim to incite them into online fights. Flaming is like harassment, but it refers to an online fight exchanged via emails, instant messaging, or chat rooms. It is a type of public bullying that often directs harsh languages, or images to a specific person.