"Conclusion"

I know we were supposed to avoid making sweeping conclusions and all-inclusive statements about digital technologies and how they affect the human experience.  But after all that I have read, even the information that I did not have time to post about, I believe (as the title conveys) that the Internet provides both a place for cyber-bullying to occur and also a place for people to fight cyber-bullying and its consequences.  Basically, the Internet can be used both for bad and for good.  That is definitely NOT a brilliant new conclusion.

Bullying is not something that is going away.  There is research proving that it is evolving and we do not have a full understanding of how it is currently happening in schools.  Cyber-bullying can be present at every college in the U.S. with websites like JuicyCampus and CollegeACB that provide anonymous forums to gossip about fellow students.  At every level of education, there are always going to be the "popular kids" and the "dorks" at every school.  I can only hope that the plethora of information that the Internet provides on the prevention of cyber-bullying reaches people before another person's happiness has to be affected.