Many of these cyberbullies have also been victims of bullying themselves, perhaps by their friends or family and they do the same to another person to feel good about themselves. Perhaps an individual is friends with people who enjoy cyberbullying other people online. That individual will then become one of them and begin to follow that example. Another study in an article, “Why do some children cyberbully others?” by Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray shows that face-to-face bullies are more likely to become cyberbullies. Furthermore, this article states that when it comes to cyberbullying, the “cyber victim” often has difficulty escaping from the bully. It is stated that in face-to-face bullying the victim may escape the situation. With cyberbullying, the victim being harassed cannot escape the situation because the “cyberbully” can constantly harass that person behind the computer screen. The only solution the victim can do is to “block” the bully from their social media profile. Furthermore, the article states that teenagers like to cyberbully because it is fun and makes them “cool.” Maybe that person wants to impress their friends and show them that they are so “cool”. An example of this is if a person spread embarrassing rumors online about someone at their school. Sooner or later those messages will catch on and the whole school will think those rumors are true. Obviously, this will damage that particular person's "reputation" and he or she will be excluded from society. As a result, the cyberbully will gain popularity among his classmates and will be
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